Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1892 — Page 2

Rm. TAI.II ICE'S SERMON. » • Ithe heavens do indeed der CLARE THE GLORY OF GOD. The Orent Pr®*chor itrglna » Serio* of Merniont on the Ltmaoii* Taught by the f Wonder* of Naliiro-*‘Th« Uudevout Astronomer I* Mad." The Divine Selenoe. Rov. Dr. Talmage preached the first of the promised series of sermons on God in the natural world as disclosed in the Bible. ’1 'he subject chosen for the inl- | ttal sermon was, "The Astronomy of the Bible, or God Among the Stars,’’ the text being from Amos ix, 0, "It is ho that bulldeth his stories in the heaven.” k My hearers,it Is time that we widened out and heightened our religious thoughts. In our pulpits and Sabbath „ clashes and Cbrlsttan work of all sorts wo ring the changes on a few verses of Scripture until they excite no interest, Many of tire best parts of the Bible have never yet been preached from or Indeed even noticed. Hence 1 to-day begin a aeries of sermons, not for consecutive Sabbath mornings, but as often as 1 think it best for variety’s sake, on the astronomy of the Bible, or God among the stars; the geology of the Bible, or God among the rocks; the ornithology of the Bible, or God among the birds; ichthyology of the Blule, or God among the fishes; the pomology of the Bible or God among the orchards; the precious stones of the Blule, or God among the amethysts; the conchology of the Bible, or God among the shells; the botany of the Bible, or God among the flowers; tho chronology of the Bible, or God among tho centuries. The fact is that we have all spent too much time on one story of the great mansion of God's universe. We need occasionally to go up stairs or down stairs in this mansion; down stairs and In the cellar study tho rocks, or up stairs and see God in some of the higher stories and learn tho meaning of the text when it says, "It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven.” Astronomy was born in Chaldea Its mother was astrology, or the science of foretelling events by juxtaposition of stars. The orientals, living much out of doors and in a very clear atmosphere, through which the stars shone especially lustrous, got the habit of studying the night heavens. In the hot seasons caravans journeyed chieilv at night, and that gave travelers much opportunity of stellar information. On tho first page of the Bible the sun moon and stars roll in. The sun, a body nearly three million miles in circumference and more than twelve thousand times as largo as our earth; the moon, more than two thousand miles in diameter. But God is used to doing things on such an omnipotent scale that He takes only one verse to tell of this stellar and lunar manufacture. Yea, in three words al) the other worlds are thrown in. The record says, "Tho stars also!” It takes whole pages for a man to extol the making of a telescope or microscope, or a magnetic telegraph or a threshing machine, or to describe a fine painting or statue, but it was so easy for God to hang the celestial upholstery that the story is compassed in one verse: "God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. The stars also!” Astronomers have been trying to call the roll of them ever. they have counted multitudes of them passing in review before the observatories built at vast expense; and the size and number of those heavenly bodies have taxed to the utmost tho scientists of all ages. But God finishes all He has to say about them in three words. "The stars also!” That is Mars with its more than fifty-five million square miles, and Venus with its more than one hundred and ninety-one million square miles, and Saturn with its more than nineteen billion square miles, and Jupiter with its more than twenty-four billion square miles, and all the planets of our system of more than seventy-eight billion square miles, and these stars of our system, when compared with the stars of the other systems, as a handful of sand compared with all the Rocky mountainsand all the Alps. “The stars also!” For brevity, for ponderosity, for splendor, for suggestiveness, for sublimity piled on sublimity, these words excel all that human speech ever uttered or human imagination ever soared after. "The stars also!” It is put in as you write a postscript—something you thought, of afterward, as hardly worth putting into the body of a letter. ‘The stars also!” Read on in your Bibles, and after awhile the Bible flashes with the aurora borealis or northern lights, that strange illumination, as mysterious and undefined now as when in the book of Job it was written: “Men see not the bright light which is in the clouds. Fair weather cometh out of the north.” While all the nations supposed that the earth ■ was built on a foundation of some sort, and many supposed that it stood on a huge turtle, or some great marine creature. Job knew enough ot astronomy to say it had no foundation, but was suspended on the invisible arm of the Almighty, declaring that "he hangeth the earth upon nothing.” While all nations thought the earth was level, the sky spread over it like a tent over a flat surface, Isaiah declared the world to be globular, circular, saying of God, "He sitteth upbn the circle of the earth." See them glitter in the scriptural sky— Arcturus. Orion, the Pleiades and the

"Bear with her young." While running your fingers among the leaves of your Bible with the astronomy cal thought In your mind, you see two worlds stop—the sun and the moon. But what does that Christian* know about that miracle who does not understand something of those two luminaries? Unless you watch modern astronomy put those two worlds in its steel-yards and weigh them you are as ignorant as a Hottentot about the stupendousness of that scene in the life of Joshua. The sun over three thousand times as heavy as our earth and going thousands of miles an hour. Think of stopping that and starting it again without the shipwreck of the universe! But I can easily believe it. What, confounds tne is not jthat Ho could stop and start again those *two worlds in Joshua’s time, but that He .could have made the wheel' of worlds of which the sun and moon are only cogs, and keep that wheel rolling for thousands of years—the flywheel of all •eternity. If an engineer can start a long train, it is not surprising that he can stop it. If God could make and move the unlU- verse, which is an express train drawn by an. omnipotent engine, I am not surprised that for a part of a day he could put down the brakes on two pieces of rotary machinery. Infidelity is liard up for ground of complaint against the 7 Scriptures when it finds fault wiih that cessation of stellar and lunar travel. Here is my watch. I could not make a watch if I tried, but I can stop it and start it acam. My difficulty Is not that God could Stop two worlds and start them again, ‘ but that he could make them at all as He did make them. What pleases m< • r and astounds me more Is that each out p- ’’ nf the million worlds has a God-giver name. Only a comparatively smal number of them have names given their by scientists. If astronomers can glvet name to a whole constellation or galas] they think they do well, but God has i name for eaoh star in all immensity. In » -i •• A : * » .

spired David declares of God, "He telleth tho number of tho stars; he calleth them nil by their names," They are not orphans that have never lieou christened. They are not unknown shlpson the hlvh seas of Immensity. They belong to a family of which God Is tho Father, and as you call your children Benjamin or Mary or Bartha or Addison or Josephine so ho calls all tho Infant worlds and all tho adult worlds by their first name, andjthey know it as well ns though there wore only ono child of light in all tho divine fam'.’y. "Ho calloth thorn all by their names," ami whin he calls, I warrant they come. Oh, tho stars! Those vestal tiros kept burning on Infinite altars. Those lighthouses on tho coast of eternity. Tho hands and weights and pendulum of tho groat clock of tho universe. According to Herschel, the so called fixed stars are not fixed at all, but each one a sun with a mighty system of worlds rolling round It, and this whole system with all the other systems rolling on around some other great corner—millions and millions, billons and billions, trillions and trlllians, quadrillions and quadrillions! But what gladdens me, and at tho same time overwhelms me, Is that those worlds are inhabited. Tho Bible says so, and what a small Idea you must have of God and his dominion If you think it only extends across this chip of a world which you and I now inhabit Have you taken this idea of ail tho other worlds being Inhabited as human guesswork? Read Isaiah, forty-fifth chapter, eighteenth verso, "Thus saith tho Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed tho earth and made it; he hath established it; he created it not in vain, ho formed it to be inhabited,” Now, if he inhabited tho earth so that It would not be created in vain, would he make worlds hundreds and thousands of times larger and not have them inhabited? Speaking of the inhabitants of this world, he says, "The'nations are as the drop of a bucket” If all the inhabitants of this world are as a drop of a bucket, where arc the other drops of tho bucket? Again and again the Bible speaks of the host of heaven, and the word “host” means living creatures, not inert masses, and the expression "hosts of heaven" must mean inhabitants of other worlds. The psalmist cries out, “Thy mercy is great above the heavens,” If there were no inhabitants above the heavens, what use of any mercy? Again, the Bible exclaims, "Thy goodness is great above the heavens.” What could be the use of his goodness above the heavens if there were no inhabitants-to enjoy it? Again, the Bible says, “He has set thy glory above the heavens.” And here my text comes in with Its idea of a mansion of many stories, "It is ho that buildeth his stories in the heaven.” I admit that scientific exploration has discovered that around many worlds there is an atmosphere in which lungs like ours could not breathe, and there are heats or colds that physique like ours could not endure. But do you suppose that we have the only kind of iungsthat God can make? Do our bodies exhaust divine ingenuity, and must He make all intelligent creatures with our respiration or pulsation or mastication or digestion or habitude, or not make them at all? Because organisms like ours cannot live in Mercury or Saturn or Jupiter or the sun we have no right to conclude that those globes are lifeless. Without any telescope and without out any observatory and without any astronomical calculation, I know that the other worlds are inhabited, because my Bible and my common sense tell me so. It has been estimated that in the worlds belonging to our solar system there is room for at least twenty-five trillion of population. And I believe it is all occupied or will be occupied by intelligent beings. God will not fill them with brutes. He Avould certainly put into those worlds beings intelligent enough to appreciate the architecture, th2 coloring, the grandeur, the beauty, the harmony of their surroundings. Y’ca, the inhabitants of' those worlds have capacity of locomotion like ours, for they would not have had such spacious opportunity for movement if they had not powers of motion. Yea, they have sight, else why the light and hearing; else bow get on with necessary language and *iow clear themselves from advancing perils? Yea, as God made our human race in his o,wn image He probably made the inhabitants of other worlds, in His own image — in other words, it is as near demonstration as 1 care to have it, that while the inhabi-, tants of other worlds have adaptations of bodily structure to the particular climate in which they dwell, there is yet similarity of meutal and spiritual characteristics among all the inhabitants of the universe of God, and made in his image they are made wonderfully alike. Now what should be the practical result of this discussion founded on Scripture and common sense? Ills first of all to enlarge our ideas of God and so intensily our admiration and worship. Under such consideration how much more graphic the Bible question, which seems to roll back the sleeve of the Almighty and say, "Hast thou an arm like God?” The contemplation also encourages us with the thought that if God made all these worlds and populated them it will not le very much of an undertaking for Him to make our little world over again and reconstruct the character of its populations as by grace they are to be reconstructed. What a monstrosity of ignorance that the majority of Christian people listen not to the voices of other worlds, although’the book says, "The heavens declare the glory of God,” and again, “The works of the Lord are g eat and to be sought out." How much have you sought them out? You have been satisfying yourself with some things about Christ, but have you noticed that Paul calls you to consider Christ as the Creator of other worlds, "by whom also He made the worlds.” It is time you Christians start on a world bunt. That is the chief reason why God makes the night—that you may I see other worlds. Go out to-night and look up at the great clock of the heavens. I Listen to the silvery chime of the midI night sky. See that your children and I grandchildren mount tho heavens with I telescope for alpenstock, leaping from ! acclivity of light to acclivity of light What a beautiful and sublime thing that John Quii.cy Adams, the ex-President, borne down with years undertook at the peril of his lisp the journey from Washington to Cincinnati that he might lay the cornerstone of tho pier of the great refracting telescope and there making his last oration. What a service for all mankind when Th 1831) Lord Rdsse lifted on the lawn of his castle, eighty miles 'from Dublin, a tiflescopo that revealed worlds as fast as ! they could roll in, and that started an i entliusiam which this moment concen- ' ters the eyes of many of the most devout '' in all partsof the earth on celestial dis- ' coverv. Thank Go I that we now know where our own world is, bounded on all ; sides by realms of glory. instead of being I where Hesiod in his poetry described it [ j to be—nainely. half wav between Heaven , | and hell, an anvil hurled out of Heaven, ; , taken ten days to strike the earth, and i j taking ten more nays to strike-perdition: 1 ' From the irgli heaven a brazen anvil cast, . Nine rtava and nights in rapid whirls would last ! . Anl reach iha email the ten, U; whence auamgly I hurled, > The same the passage to th’ infernal world, f k 1 thank God that we have found out f that our world is not half way between t Heaven and hell. but is In a sisterhood -of light, and that this sisterhood Joins •

all the other sisterhoods of worlds, moving ro“nd some great homestead, which Is no doubt Heaven, whore God «s and our departed Christian friends are, and wo ourselves through pardoning mercy expect to become permanent residents. Furthermore, I get now from all this an answer to the question which every intelligent man and woman since the earth lias stood has asked and received no answer—why diu God let sin and sorrow como into the world when ho could have prevented them from coming? I wish reverently to say I think I have found tho reason. To keep tho universe loyal ton Holy God, it was Important In some world somewhere to demonstrate tho gigantic disasters that would come upon any world that allowed sin to enter. Which world should It be? Well, tho smaller tho world the bettor, for less numbers would suffer. So our world was selected. The stage was plenty largo enough for tho enactment of tho tragedy. Enter on tho stage sin, followed by murder, pain, theft, fraud, Impurity, falsehood, massacre, war, and all the abominations and horrors and agonies of centuries. Although woknow comparatively little about tho ether worlds lest we become completely dissatisfied with our own, no doubt tho other worlds have heard and are now hearing all about this world in the awful experiment of sin which tho human race has been making. In some way Interstellar’ communication is open, and all worlds, either by wing of flying spirits or by direct communication from God, arc learning that disloyalty and disobedience doom and damn everything they touch, and the spectacle practically says to all other worlds: "Obey God, keep holy, and stay in the orbit where you were intended to swing, or you will suffer that which that recreant world out yonder has been suffering for thousands of years.” It is no longer to mo a mystery why so small a world as ours was chosen for the tragedy. On tto tower of Pharos. Egypt, a metallic mirror was raised which reflected all that occurred both'on land and sea for a distance of 300 miles, and so Egygt was informed of her enemies long before their arrival. By what process I know not, but in some way this ship of a struggling earth, I think, is mirrored to distant worlds. Surely this one experiment of a world unloosing itself from God will be enough for all world’s and al) eternities. But notice that as other worlds rolled into tho first book of the Bible, the book of Genesis, they also appear in tho last book of the Bible, the i ook of Revelation. They will take part in the scenes of that occasion, which shall bo the earth’s winding up and a tremendous occasion for yon and me personally. My father was on the turnpike road between Trenton and Bound Brook. New Jersey. Ho was coming through the night from the legislative halls, where ho was serving his state, to his home, where there was sickness. I often heard him tell about it It was the night of the 12th and the morning ot the 13th of November, 1833. The sky was cloudless and the air clear. Suddenly the whole heavens became a scene never to be forgotten. From the constellation Leo meteors began to shoot out in all directions. For the two hours between four and six in tho morning it was estimated tßat a thousand meteors a minute flashea and expired. It grew lighter than noonday. Arrows of fire. Balls of fire. Trails of . fire. Showers of fire. Some of the appearances were larger than the full moon. All around the heavens explosion followed explosion. Sounds as well as sights. The air filled with uproar. All the luminaries of tho sky seemed tphave received marching orders. The heavens ribbed and interlaced and garlanded with meteoric display. From horizon to horizon everything in combustion and conflagration.' Many a brain that might gave way. It was an awful strain on strongest nerves. Millions of people fell on their knees in prayer. Was the world ending, or was there some great event for which all Heaven was illuminated? For eight momentous hours the phenomenon lasted. East. West. North, South—it looked as though the heavens were in maniac disorder. Astronomers watching that night said that those meteors started from 2,200 miles above the earth’s surface and moved with ten times the speed of a cannon ball. The owner of a plantation in South Carolina savs of that night scene: “I was suddenly awakened by the most distressing cries that ever fell on my ears. Shrieks ot horror and cries of mercy I could hear from most of the negroes on three plantations, amounting in all to about six or eight hundred. While earnestly listening for the cause 1 heard a taint voice near the door calling mv name. I arose, and taking my sword stood at the door. At this moment I heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying, ’Oh, my God! the world is on fire!’ Ithen opened the door, and it is difficult to say which excited me most, tho awfulness of the sceneor the distressed cries of the negroes. Upward of one hundred lay prostrate on the ground —some speechloss and some uttering the bitterest crlds, but most with their hands raised imploring God to save the world and them. The scene was truly awful, for never did rain fall much thicker than the meteors fell toward the earth. But the excitement thus described by the southern planter ramamong the whites as well as the blacks: among the intelligent as well as the superstitious. The spectacle ceased not until the rls-

ing sun of the November morning eclipsed it, and the whole American nation sat down exhausted with the agitations of a night to be memorable until the earth Itself shall become a falling star. The Bible closes with such a scene of falling lights — not only fidgety meteors, but grave old stars. St John saw it in prospect and wrote, “The stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.” What a time that will be when worlds drop! Rain of planets. Gravitation letting loose ner grip on worlds. Constellations flying apart Galaxies dissolved. The great orchard of the universe, swept by thelasvburricane, letting down the stars like ripened fruit Our old earth will go with the rest, and let it go, for it will have existed long enough to complete its -tremendous experiment But there will ba enough worlds left to make a heaven out of, if any more heaven needs to be built. That day finding us in Christ, otir nature regenerated, and our sins pardoned, and our hope triumphant, we will feel no more alarm than when In September, passing through an orchard, you hear the apples thump to the ground, or through a conservatory and you hear an untimely fig drop on the floor. I You will only go up stairs into another ‘ story, a better lighted storv, a l.etter i furnished story.a better ventilated story, a better pictured story, and into a story j where already many of your kindred are waiting for you, and where propbetsand ' apostles and martyrs will pay you celesi tial visitation, aud where,wlth a rapture | bevoiid the most radiant anticipation, you 1 shall bow before Him that "buildetb His stories io the heaven.” -~T ~ A -writer in -an - Eastern scientific I paper has an exhaustive article on | “Why a Man Can’t Fly." He probably nfever had the girl’s father tiptoeing downstairs at 1 :30 in the morning. The man who ean’t fly is lost.

WAGES ARE GOING bi’. FACTS FOR HICH-TARIFFITES TO READ. Able Journal* Nay Expedltloun MenMir* l Should Be Taken to Stop the Tar IIT Robbery—Evidence* that the People Are With the In co min nr Administration* AH Since Election. The McKinley bill took effect in October, 181)0. It had full sway until November Bth, 1602—two years and two months —when two-thirds of tho American people got sick and tired of “McKinley prosperity." During this period more than 1,000 wage reductions occurred In protected industries. Ti e Reform Club of New York published 500 last July, and now has about 500 more ready to add to tne list, and It is probable that the ground has not yet been half covered. Anxious to show that the McKinley wage-advancing bill was not a comp.ete farce, the protectionists made desperate efforts last summer to find cases of wage advances. Circulars were sent out to protected manufacturers. Twenty-eight reported advances, and the American Economist printed the list with a great nourish. Their Joy was of short duration. The Reform Club quickly obtained the facts in each case. These showed that wages had actually been reduced In about half of the bases. In the four or live cases where advances had occurred, they were due entirely to the demands of effective labor organizations. The McKinley bill as a wageadvancer was not a “howling success.” On Nov. 8, the course of human events struck a snag and reversed its wheels. A few of the protected manufacturers, notably Carnegie, Frick & Co. and the Pottstown Iron Company, have gone on reducing wages just as if the election had not occurred. But generally, the downward tendency has been checked and an upward tendency is manifest. Here are some of the advances reported by the Associated Press: Lowell, Mass., Nov. 15.—At a meeting of the agents of the Lowell cotton mills it was decided to grant an increase, not to exceed 7 percent., in the wages of operatives, to take effect Dec. 4. Boston, Nov. 15.—The owners of the Carpenter Mills, at Providence, to-day voted to raise the wages of their employes 15 per cent., without demand. The owners of the Goddard Mills, the Lonsdale Company, and the B. B. 4c D. Knights, the largest cotton mil's in the world, to-day announce a voluntary increase, hinted to be between 6 and 7 per cent. Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 16.— Thomas Mears, proprietor of the largest keg and barrel factory in this part of the country, to-day notified his men of an advance in wages of 10 per cent, all around. Boston, Mass., Nov. 17.—The Blackstone Manufacturing Co., cotton manufacturers, of Blackstone, Mass., today posted notice that they will advance wages Dec. 5. Providence, R. 1., Nov. 17.—A1l the cotton mills in the State will follow the lead of the two big firms and increase wages at an early date. The Messrs. Goddard are still undecided whether to advance 7 or 10 per cent. There is the greatest rejoicing among the operatives. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 18.—The carpet corporation followed the lead of the cotton mills to-day and raised wages 7 per cent., beginning Dec. 5. Rockford, 111., Nov. 20.—The Mechanics’ Furniture Co., which employs a large number of hands, posted notices on Saturday evening that, beginning with Monday, there would be a general advance in wages. Providence, R. 1., Nov. 20.—Four more Rhode* Island cotton mills have posted notices of increased wages, to. take effect the first week in December, while, one factory grants an increase on Dec. 1, and another on Jan. 1.Greensburg, Pa., Nov. 26.—The packers in the .United States Glass Company’s works were last week notified that their hours of work would be lessened from ten to nine hours per day, and wages raised from sl2 to sl3, beginning with Monday, Nov. 21. It is thought the change will Ije made in all the fifteen factories of the company. Lowell, Mass., November. —Lowell spinners want 10 per cent, increase instead of 7 per cent., that is to go into effect shortly. Providence, R. I.—The increase of the J. & P. Coates Co., Limited, at Pawtucket, will be from 10 to 15 per cent, in all departments. Within less than one month after the McKinley bill was frost-bitten, more genuine advances in protected industries have come to the surface, of their own accord, than all the Republicans could dig up in two years of strict McKinley rule. Perhaps the American Economist may care to Investigate as to the accuracy of these strange phenomena.

Unchecked Prosperity in Woolens and Cottons. How little business was affected by the last election, or landslide, and how smoothly and prosperous it has been since, is evident to those who read trade journalsand reports. The new mills going up and the enlargements being made even in protected industries, where there is a strong probability that the protection will soon be lessened or abolished, have been so numerous and conspicuous as to almost completely silence the Republican “calamity howlers,” who, two months ago, saw only ruin ahead if this country should elect Cleveland and declarb for “free trade.” The “scare” now is largely confined to the politicians, who are afraid that their evil predictions will not come true. Because of good crops in 1890 and 1891, and unusually high prices in 1890, and in spite of the McKinley bill, wc were enjoying prosperity before election; for the same reasons and because of the prospect for free wool, coal, ores, etc., and in spite of evil predictions of some Republicans and a few attempts to close mills, reduce wages and charge it to the result of the election, we are still prosperous. Here is a sample of the pictures in trade papers. The American Wool and Cotton Reporter, a limited protectionist journal, has a column (or columns) each week, headed, “Bulletin of New Enter-

prises." These contain a list of “New Mills" and a list of “Enlargements and Improvements" In cotton and woolen mills. The number of mentions made are an index of the degree of prosperity in this industry. Tho following are taken at random: EnlargeIWJ New Milla. meats. Total. March 17 11 10 M Auril 1 V in 37 June v IS 11 a* Hept 8 13 38 i» OoL 8 9 38 48 Oct. 13 18 311 3J Oct. SO 17 46 43 Oot. 27 'JB '2B 47 Nov. 3 14 33 48 Nov. 10 28 28 84 Nov. 17Not Riven. Not given. Nov. 24 18 18 33 Doo. 1 20 34 44 Not a Bad Programme. Certain bills have been passed by the House for the relief ot industry and lowering of taxes. Certain others ot like kind are ready to be reported. These bills have been maturely considered and carefully framed. In th< Ir preparation close attention has been given to tne conditions of the industries likely to he affected by them. It is the desire of the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means to pass the remaining bills of this class through the House at this session, in order that the new Congress, in an extra Session, may promptly enact them into laws, leaving the further work of tariff reform to be considered at leisure during the recess and completed at the regular session next year. The enactment of these bills would not work a satisfactory reform of the tariff, but it would be a long and helpful step in that direction. It would give free raw materials to our manufacturers and cheaper goods to the people. As there is nothing in any of these bills which must not be a part of any general bill that may be framed, there would seem to be no valid objection to their separate passage at the extra session, without waiting for the laborious preparation of a general reform measure. Such, at least, is the view taken by many of tbe leading men in the House. • They urge in support of it another consideration. The passage of these bills in the spring would give to the country the most pressincly needed parts of the reform as early as next fall, and leave a whole year between that time and the next Congressional elections for their benefits to appear. It is argued with force that a year’s experience of free raw materials, enlarged markpts for our products and cheaper goods for the people would dispel whatever remains of apprehension as to the effects of a more liberal policy and convert tariff reform from a party proposal into a national policy approved of all the people. This programme is worthy of care- I ful consideration. It looks to tbe speedy accomplishment ot results. — New York World.

Stop the Robbery at Once! That there should be more than one opinion among Democratic leaders on the subject of a special session is surprising to the Herald, which believes it cannot be mistaken in the sentiment held by the people toward the McKinley tariff. They have twice condemned that tariff as a monstrous wrong. They rejected it overwhelmingly in 1890, when It was fresh from the hands of its makers. In 1892, after they had unwillingly given it a two years’ trial, they repudiated it still more emphatically. They have twice demanded Its repeal, and they have commissioned the Democratic party with power and instructions to strike every line of the infamous law from the statute books. It is difficult to exercise patience toward those who talk in this connection about the dangers of "hasty” action. The protective tariff is a burden and a crime. Is a peace officer expected to act with “great defiberation and delay” when he discovers a helpless victim in the grasp of a h ghwayman? Should he go at once to the assistance of the unfortunate victim or should he summon his fellow officers and consult as to the best means of preventing the robbery, meanwhile permitting the thief to continue undisturbed his work of spoliation? There is but one way in which honest people would answer these questions. The Democratic party cannot act with too much expedition in the work of reforming the tariff. An act repealing the' McKinley bill and arranging the tariff schedules on a revenue basis shou’d be passed as soon as possible after the 4th of March. It is not necessary that the new act should, in all of its features, go into effect at once, but its prompt passage by Congress is essential as a guarantee that the Democratic leaders intend to keep faith with the people.—Chicago Herald.

The Cartridge Trust Trembles. The New York Tribune of Nov. 18 announced, under the heading, “Business Men Canceling Contracts,” that “The Union Metallic Cartridge Company say they also will feel the effects of the change.’’ They certainly will, if the twice expressed wishes of the American people are respected by the Fiftythird Congress. This js one of the principal cartridge in the Cartridge Trust, as miserable a specimen of “our protection” era as now exists, and it has hundreds of competitors. Protected by a duty of 45 per cent,., it has for years been selling cartridges cheaper to foreigners than to Americans. But this is an ordinary proceeding with protected trusts. It is also common for trusts to raise or sustain prices. Few, if any, however, have been able to advance prices about 100 per cent, above fair prices and to sustain them there for ten years, as this trust has done. Here are the changes that have been made in prices of leading styles since May, 1883, when the trust was formed: May, 1883. Deo., 1883. Deo., 1890. 22ca1., 5h0rt...... SI.OB SI.BO $2.14 22 cal., long 1.44 2.1(1 2.51 32 cal., short 2.18 3.60 4.28 32 caL, long 2.43 4.14 4.93 No Sugar Duty. We notice that two or three of our contemporaries commend the proposition made by one or two Democratic members of Congress, that the old duties on sugar should again be imposed. The effect of such legislation would be to increase the price of sugar to consumerajjenerally by at

believe that this propsition will find favor with even a small minority of those who will control tho next House. It deserves no support whatever. The Fifty-third Congress will not begin its work ot revising the tariff by Increasing the cost ot the necessaries of life. —New York Timet. Protection mid Monopoly on Top. The following delicious bit ot irony from the Iron Age of Dec. 1 recalls the riotous times before protection and monopoly were given a black eye on Nov. 8. It is tho last chapter ot a story begun when McKinley made Ids tariff bill. No more such stories will be begun in the new era now opening: At a meeting of tho former strikers of the Beaver Falla mills of tho Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, at Beaver Falls, Pa., held last week, a circular was issued, an extract ot which reads as follows: “Assistant roller, reduced from $9 to $6.40 per day; engineer on Na 1 engine, reduced from $2.64 to $2.25 per day; water tenders, reduced from $2.50 to $2.25; firemen, reduced from $2.10 to $1.80; engineer on big engine, reduced from $2.85 to $2.75, his helper reduced 15 cents a day. The heaters have to work three furnaces for 27 cents, where they should receive 36 cents per ton. These are facts susceptible of proof, and there should be no statements that are not based on facts. To all our friends who have stood by us we return our earnest thanks. To those who have tried to defeat us, and have succeeded in doing it, we say we want no apologies, and we want them to glory in their victory.” “Going to the Dogs.** The Carpet Trade — Everything looks favorable now fora lively spring trade and at good prices. In extra supers several Philadelphia lines, notably those of Ivins, Deitz & Magee, have been advanced 5 cents. In Brussels the Lowells, Bigelows, and Victoiias show no advance as yet In some of the intermediate grades, however, there has Jx?en an advance of 5 cents. Rumor has it that Alexander Smith, Sons & Co. will advance the price on tapestry 2J cents right through the line. Moquettes are a puzzling feature. Some in the trade say that it looks now as if they would advance. In ingrains the advance of 2} cents will be general. Some of the finer fabrics, as the Tremonts, for example, will advance five cents. The general feeling in the trade as to the prospects of spring business is very good. —American Wool and Cotton Reporter, Dec. 1, 1892. 1 ' '■■■“ Harrison’s Message. It is a message which will have as much influence on legislation as last year’s almanac—no more.—Providence Telegram. We must allow something for the animus of a defeated partisan. His arguments are the result of his desires.—Atlanta Constitution. In short, the dominant tone of the message is one of petulant defiance, such as can be recalled in no previous public documentor its class.—Philadelphia Times. Me. Harrison gives his party qp suggestion ot recognition. He* has nothing around which to call a rally of his disheartened followers.—Kansas City Times. Mr. Harrison is a man of great intelligence and profound attainments, and it is immeasurably discouraging to bear Jiim repeat the stale formula of the protectionist at this hour.—St. Paul Globe. • Tris is a gratuitous performance, as nobody has denied that the country has prospered, though the Democratic party maintains thatit has not prospered as it should have prospered, with its manifold natural advantages. —Rochester Herald. And then, with an expression of regret that the work of revising the tariff must be delayed at least three months—because the threat of great tariff changes disturbs business and production—he deliberately recommends that the whole subject be left to tbe incoming Congress.-jJJetroit Free Press. It is hardly in keeping with the dignity, not of the defeated candidate of a political party, but of the chief magistrate of the people, to use his privilege of official communication to Congress to assail the wisdom of the people’s action or to sneer at their declared purposes.—Louisville Courier-Journal. It is inordinately long. In tone it is melancholy and in parts peevish. It is more of a defense of the position the administration has held to during the past two years of its economic debauch, and therefore, without intending to do so, furnishes a justification of the Democratic victory.—New Haven Register. The message adheres to the oldtime policies of the Republican party throughout, including a recommendation for further subsidies and a still further enlargement of the pension rolls. It would have been gratifying to the whole country if Mr. Harrison had broadened out in response to the recent verdict of the people in national affairs, and such an example would have been of great value to the politicians.—Kansas City Star. Having stated that the horse was seventeen feet high, the President, now that he has just taken a tumble from the hurricane deck of the beast, sticks more stubbornly than ever to that opinion, and backs it up by such authorities as Census Superintendent Porter and Labor Commies oner Peck. He shows that we have a great, glorious and growing country and endeavors to show that for these blessings we are more indebted to a protective tariff than to a kindly providence.— Louisville Times. President Harrison certainly deserves credit for the stuidyand bold demeanor with which he races the. overwhelming defeat of bis party and the complete condemnation of his i official administration. He makes no , apologies, offers no excuse, and seeks to condone no mistakes. He does not admit, even by implication, that 1 anymlstakeji were made, but be calmly undertakes the task of vindicating the policy which has met such an overpowering repudiation.—New Or- 1 leans Picayune.

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I, — ~ Annual Feaat of tho Reform Club Held at New York City. At the annual’banquet of the Reform Club at Madison Square Garden, In New York, tho I'realuont-oloct wan tho bright particular star and most honored guest Ho occupied tho post ot honor at the right hand of E. ElFry Anderson, President of tho club. After all tho guests had boon Boated, Mr. Anderson, who prosided, arose and delivered tho welcoming address. Among other things he said: We moot to-night to oolobrat* tbe pomonal triumph of tho man who, knowing the truth, dared proclaim it, and wno*e oourageou* course pointed out to tho party the path to victory. You. Mr. have received tbe enthualaotlo and universal support ot tho party beiauso your cause was their cause; because your belief* were their belief*. We have high authority for saying that Mr. Cleveland 1* a popular man, an *xtraordinsrlly popular num, on every day ot the year except election day; and wo hiv* nt 111 higher authority tor declaring that on election day ho is Irresistible. We all under-’ etnnd and appreciate that the path which oonfronte you ooutelne perhaps as many thorns as roses. The duties assumed are weighty; the dltnculttoe to be overcome are many; but the great Democratic party will always be with you, will always support you, because It has Implicit faith in you. This support will not bo given lor hop? ot reward. Follow Democrats hero assembled. It is mv high privilege ami honor to oak you to unite with me in proposing the health end prosperous adminlrtratlon ot our President-elect, Grover Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland's Speech. Preaident-eloot Cleveland was the next speaker. He was received most enthusiastically, and three cheers wore given befi re he was al owed to proceed. Tho people In the boxes rose with ono accord. Even the ladles in tho gallery cheered, while Mrs. Cleveland looked placidly on. When the enthusiasm subsided Mr. Cleveland skid: Mb. Pbbsipknt and Ladibs and Gkntlsmkn: I have nothing new or startling to say to you, and I hope to do little more than remind you of the meaning and significance ot this occasion. As we are here gathered together, we represent those who have been willing to risk all consequences tn a battle for principles which are grounded in purest patriotism, because they aocord with the purposes and objects of our free institutions. A plain feature ot this gathering, which 1 am sure warms the hearts of all of us, is our celebration ot one of the grandest and most complete Victorios ever achieved in the struggle for right and justice; and our glad greeting of the brightest light of triumph our generation has seen, bursting from the cloud* of defeat and dlsooutazement. Let me suggest to you, however, that we can contemplate nothing more gratifying In connection with this assemblage than the Sroof It affords that the American people can e trusted to manage the government which has been given into their Keeping. If there are those who have been disappointed and disheartened by the extent to which our people have been deceived and misled, or who, with fear, have seen heedlessness of the duty ot citizenship open wide the door of corrupting Influences, or who, with sad forebodings, have beheld popular rule nearing the fatal rocks ot a debauched suffrage, or who havo mourned because appeals to selfishness and promises of unequal advantages were apparently undermining that pitriottsm which alone justifies onr hope or national perpetuity, let this occasion and the events which have led to It. reinstate their faith and their confidence In their countrymen. If it has seemed to those striving for better public sentiment that the disposition was growing among onr people to regard their government as a depository of individual benefits, to be Importuned and threatened and despoiled, let them take heart from the evidences now before onr eyes, that there Is still abroad in the land a controlling belief that our government should be a source of just and beneficent rule, proudly supported by free men, protected by their care and watchfulness, and returning to all our people, with equal hand, the safety and happiness It holds ini store for them. It wo have learned that an appeal the patriotism of our countrymen and an honest, presentation of political principles to thetr intelligence and judgment arc not in vain, the thonaht must not escape us that while our people will in the end repay with their support’ the political party which addresses their understanding and reason, they will surely revenge themselves upon those who deceive or betray them. The National Democracy and Its allies in political principle rejoice over the defeat ot those whose fate is toll of instrnotion and warning. While wc find in our triumph a result of the popular intelligence which we have aroused, and a consequence of popular vigilance which wo have stimulated, let us not for a moment forget that our accession to power will find neither this Intelligence nor this vigilance dead or slumbering. Wo are thus brought face to face with the reflection that if we are not to be tormented by tho spirits which we onrselves have called up we must hear above victorious shouts the call of onr fellow countrymen to public duty and must put on a garb befitting public servants. The sentiment suggested by this occasion, which should dwarf all others, has relation to the responsibility which awaits those who do not rejoice In victory. If we redeem the promises we have made to the voters ot our land the difficulty of onr task can hardly be exaggerated. Conditions involving most important interests must be reviewed and modified, and perplexing problems menacing our safety must be settled. Above all, and as the ultimate object of all we do, tho rights and the welfare of onr people In every condition of life must be placed upon a more equal plane of opportnnltv and advantage. I am confident that the wisdom of the Democratic party Will be equal to the emergency, and I base my confidence upon the belief that it will be patriotically true to its principles and traditions, and will follow the path marked out by true American sentiment. We should not enter upon our work in the least spirit ot resentment nor in heedless disregard of the welfare of any portion of onr citizens. The mission of our party and the reforms we contemplate do not involve the encouragement of jCalous animosities nor a destructive discrimination between American interests. In order that we may begin with free hands should vigorously oppose all delusions which have their origin in undemocratic teacblnga or in demagogic attempts to deceive the people. Mere citjhwords, which, if they mean anything, havo no relation tq sound policy, and phrase* invented to please the earot the victims of cunning greed ought not to stand in our way. Looking beyond all these we shall find just principles furnishing a vantage ground from which we can lay out a safe course of action. We should strive to rid ourselves and onr countiymen of the idea that there is anything shabby or disgraceful lu economy, whether in public or private life. If extravagance in pnbhc expenditure has prevailed in the past it affords no excuse for its continuance, and there is no breach of duty so palpable as the waste of money held by public servants for the people’s uses. Our Government wa* founded In a spirit ot frugality and economy, and its administration should not depart from those lines. We need no glitter nor show to divert onr people from turbulent thought*. We have a more substantial guaranty against discontent in a plain and simple plan of lule in which every citizen has a share, in order that this should do its perfect work it is essential that there should exist among onr people a wholesome and disinterested love for their government, for its own sake, and because it is a heritage belonging to all. The cultivation of such a s< ntiment is not only a high only, but an ahso.ute necessity to tho consummation of the reforms we enter upon. We shall utterly at.d disgracetully latl if we attempt these reforms under the influence of pe tty partisan scheming or the fear ot jeopardizing personal political fortunes. They can only be accomplished when unselfish patriotism guides ths aspirations of our people and regulates the actiou of their chosen servants. We who are to be charged with the responsibility of making and executing the laws should begin onr prepa-.-at on for the tas r by a rigid seft-examination and by a self-purgation from , all Ignoble and unworthy tendencies threatening to enter into onr motives and designs.. Then may me enjoin upon all our countrymen the same duty, and then may wo hope to.perform taithluliy and successfully the work intrusted ot our bauds by a confiding people. Chronology of plants. Purslane is from India; described B. C. 1800; Celery is Asiatic; mentioned by Homer B C. 96 >. The tea plant is mentioned in Chinese annals, B. C. 2*oo. Garlic mentioned in China B. C. 2500; In Egypt B. C. 1900. The pear Is mentioned by Homer In the Iliad, B. C. 962 Barley is an Asiatic. Mentioned in the Bible B. C. 19)0. Peas have been found In mummy cases dated B. C. 201'0. The o ive is an Asiatic. Mentioned p the Bible B. 0. 1900. The onion Is from India; mentioned in the Bib e, B. C. 1571. The cucumber is Indian; described by native authors B. C. 1500. ■ Beans and peas were mentioned in Chinese history, B. C. 2700. ! Flax Jb mentioned on the Egyptian monuments at Least B. C. 2000. ) Rice is indigenous to China. Well known In that country B. C. 2800. ■ Beans' are mentioned on the monuments of the Egyptians B. 0. 2500. The watermelon grows wild all over ; Africa. Grown in Egypt B. Q. 2500. .. • • ' ■ ' ~-i?