Hope Republican, Volume 2, Number 14, Hope, Bartholomew County, 27 July 1893 — Page 2

HOPE REPUBLICAN. By Jay C. Smith. HOPE INDIANA The Mexican silver dollar contains more silver than the standard United States coin of that denomination. This does not increase its value in the least as a medium of exchange, the coin having been quoted on the New York market at 58 cents for some time past. Glass brick are, made in numerous colors “without straw” in this Columbian year, and are said to be so cheap that they can be profitably used for a variety of purposes. They possess the very great advantage of being water-proof and practically indestructible. Policeman Perkins of New York, has achieved notoriety—if not greatness and fame —by arresting his own wife and escorting her to the station house. His gentle spouse had attacked him with a knife on his leaving home to report for night duty, and afterwards followed him to his post and assaulted him with an umbrella. The infuriated Amazon weighed 225 pounds and her beloved husband found it necessary to blow for assistance to take her to the lockup. Stories come from Berlin that {vaiser Wilmhelm is given to noc- , \al promenades about the capital No;uise. He arrays himself in *, 'Handish toggery and strolls some .. .. \ «, oorer quarters of the a ou t ic lAyti) crowds and T J’ r T" CS * H'rs ill the beer talks with the lounX hefu . what halls. He is anxious about the common people will Jyl it js him. He craves popularity%, n 0 f said, more than any sovereijsX 01 . Europe. This is all well enough IV a young man like the Kaiser, bui our Grover at present would have some difficulty in carrying out such an idea. A man of such proportions could hardly be disguised. The unanimity with which the officers of the British fleet in the Mediterranean lay the blame upon f Tryon for the sinking of ti-.c Victoria is a sad commentary upon the fleeting character of fame. Admiral Tryon had the reputation of being the most accomplished officer in the British navy, and that he erred in an order that cost him his own life, together with the lives of hundreds of his brave seamen, seems improbable, although it may be possible. The abuse and censure that has been indulged in against a man of such spotless reputation and phenomenal talents, now that, he is lead and unable to defend himself, S not complimentary to the gener- 1 isity and manliness of the officials I if the British fleet. It is safe to nalign a man when he is dead. Electricity is now applied to a war machine that will lay the gatlrrrxvun i n piles of old iron if reports oX.„ dcadN: -- J i ra %es are sustained by further triahv,.»N Turpin is the inventor, and his dcX vice can be worked by four men on ships, and can be, transported by two horses when used in the field. It can discharge 25,000 missills of death at intervals of fifteen minutes, in every direction or angle desired. Ordinary ships and fishing boats, armed with this machine, become valuable for offence or defence without any alternation or important change in their equipment. It is even claimed that the projectiles will pierce the heaviest armor now in use. The inventor hopes to pro sent his perfected plans to the French Ministry in a short tijne, and has not patented the idea, as he ftars that other mechanics will seize upon the invention and patent it in other countries before he has had an opportunity to protect his riguts. The people of Creede, Colo., recently held a mass-meeting and passed a series of resolutions declaring their loyalty to the Republic but d V, 'ed a new ileal all around. T.ut-y want a Department of the West and a Department of the East, each with a separate President and Congress. They consider that the financial interests of the two sections are of such an antagonistic nature Vhat iegis ation by a composite body

drawn from the opposing section? must necessarily result in an injur} to one or both There was a body of talented men something over thirty years ago who became infatuated with the same idea and staked their lives and fortunes in an effort to give practical effect to their views. The result was very disastrous to the conspirators and a vast amount of damage was done on both sides, as many can testify. The Colorado secesssion idea is in the same line but can hardly [have the same disastrous effects upon the country at large. Modern methods of architectural construction, especially in large buildings, possess great advantages from an economical point of view, although in many cases robbing the structures of the impressiveness that old-time ideas gave to lofty edifices by way of ponderous foundations and lower walls of stone work of tremendous weight and thickness. This change in builder’s ideas has recently been of very valuable advantage to Mr. W. D. Manice, of New York, who for years has owned a piece of ground 1(5 feet 3 inches by 5G feet 5 inches at the corner of Pine and William street in that city. The owner was disposed to sell the lot, as its size seemed to prohibit the construction of a building that would be at all profitable in so valuable a location, but adjoining property holders — thinking the same—refused to make any adequate offer. Accordingly Mr. Maniee let the contract for an eleven-story office building, now nearly completed, that will tower above the sidewalk 135 feet, being the tallest building on the narrowest lot in the world. The lower walls are but 20 inches in thickness, tapering to six inches at the top, yet by means of iron and steel girders and beams the safety and solidity of the building is insured. The metal skeleton is completely hidden by brick work. 'The apartments are roomy, light and j \rv, and easy access is had to them ; ai '""leans of an electric elevator, by n.'qiding is fitted with all modThe bu \eniences, and will prove a era conv for its owner, profitable in'i = \ expected, Carlisle Just as we yocuted murderer, Harris, the elect.'-jn the “glorious has been located \t medium gives i hence.” A down easVessions of that to the world the imprK various subi versatile young man on\ trip with ■ jec'.ts. Carlisle made t!u\ went by I out any misadventure and\ least he ’ the sleeping car route. Av\ in the j awoke to consciousness ana X and full possession of his liberty \ a faculties after what seemed to him \ brief nap, and speedily got his bearings by the aid of two companions—Rohle and Pallister, the mur-y dcrers who escaped from Sing Sin^ I and whose bodies were found injJT Hudson. Curiously enough, medium is silent on the point of the manner of and does not attempt t<^p ar U P i that mystery. Harri^^ owever > i made a complete st^u® 11 *- -^ e | avers that he was nyi^] * n bh° least by the electaxWtion, and felt no pain whatevqg / He has not seen 'Melon Potts and -vtill not, as he has . V"ifiro to see hir, and disembodied S l’-is so U says, have the power iX j - all other sp i r its whose compfsA. not desirab i e . Communication the Great Beyond is being rapidlXT ed up.and it would seem from theSv > eaven iy interviews, that have of l£K. been cast upon the credulous and * public, that a reliable line of inteK communication will soon bo established. Whether this is a desirable consummation or not, is not for us to determine. We must accept the facts (?) as they are given to us by these superior and supersensitive agents of an occult power denied to the common herd. In the meantime the World’s Fair is going on, the price of wheat is very low, the silver question is up for adjustment, and the teeming millions seem more than ever intent on the pursuit of the omnipotent dollar and are more than ever indifferent to these vapid emanations from mediums and dreamers,, who, in many cases are doubtless sincere, but are so compassed about with fraud and trickery that it is not given to the average mind the ability to discern the truth—to separate the genuine wheat from the ocean of chaff in which it is engulfed.

BUSBVESSTR1ALS, And Divine Consolation for Financial Buin. The Desire for niches Lnmlable hut Not All-liiiportftiit—Dr. Talmaso's Siirmou. Rev. Dr. Talrnage preached at Brooklyn, last Sunday. Subject; “Comfort for Business Men.” Text: “Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem.” He said; What an awful six weeks in commercial circles! The crashing of banks from San Francisco to New York and from ocean to ocean. Some of the best vuen in the land have faltered; men, whoso hearts are enlisted in every good work, and whose hands have blessed every great charity. The church of God can afford to extend to them her sympathies and plead before heaven with all availing prayer. The schools such men have established, the churches they have built, the asylums and beneficent institutions they have fostered, will be their eulogy long after their banking institutions are forgot ion. Yet not only now in the time of financial dis- i aster, but all through life, our active business people have a struggle, and I think it will be appropriate and useful for me to talk about their trials and try to offer some curative prescriptions. In the first place, I have to remark that a great many of our business men feel ruinous trials and temptations coming to thepi from small and limited capital in business. It is everywhere understood that It takes now three or four times as much to do business well as once it did. Once a icw hundred dollars were turned into goods—the merchant would be his own store-sweeper, his own salesman, his own bookkeeper. He would manage all the affairs himself, and everything would be net profit. Wonderful changes have come. Costly apparatus, extensive advertising, exorbitant store rent, heavy taxation, expensive agencies, are only part of the demands made upon our commercial men. And when they have found themselves in such circumstances with small capital the} have sometimes been tempted to run against the rocks of moral and financial destruction. The small craft that could have stood the stream is put out beyond the lighthousd on the groat sea of speculation. Stocks are the dice with which he gambled. Ho bought for a few dollars vast tracks of western lands. Some man at the East livifig on a fat homestead meets the gambler of fortune and is persuaded to trade off his estate here for lots in a western city with large avenues and costly palaces and lake steamers smoking at the wharves and rail trains coming down with lightning speed from every direction. There it is all on paper! I would not want to chain honest enterprise. I would not want to block up any of the avenues for honest accumulation that open up for young men. On the contrary, I would like to cheer them on and rejoice Vlmn they reach the goal, but when Ac are such multitudes of men \ to ruin for this life and JFK r that is to come M-\o ale -ng notions of what are through wro. P enterprise it is the lawful sphem 1 n-s of religion and duty of the ■ A <r men to utter the friends of all youn„ . a plain, emphatic, unmisu. liable pro t€ A<*ain a great many of our bw Alness" men are tempted to over anxiety and care. You know that nearly all commercial businesses are overdone in this day. Smitten with the love of quick gain, our cities arc crowded with men resolved to be rich at all hazards. They do not care how money comes. Our best merchants are thrown into competition ; with men of more means and less conscience, and if an opportunity for accumulation be neglected one hour some on else picks it up. Men who are living on salaries or by the culture of the soil cannot understand / the wear and tear of body and mind | W) which our merphants are subjected j Ken they do not know but what/ then' livelihood and their business) honor ave dependent upon the un-j certainK s 0 f the next hour. Oh, wish I coura to-day rub out some oa these lines of Awe; that I could 1H" some of the burdens from my her* 1 ' 1 ; that I could give relaxation to some of these worn muscles. It is time for you to begin to taker it il “ttle easier. Do your best and ” ocl for the rest. Do not fret. t*od man : ages all the affairs of yof 11 ' ‘be and he manages them for the ’ 0es t- t.° n ’ sider the lilies—they r*^' vu .V s have robes. Behold the fowl" °f the air they always have nest"The merchant coir/ 8 home from the store. There bad been great disaster there. He /ipened the front door and said, in /fie midst of his family circle; “l/m mined. Everything is gone. l/m all ruined.” His wife said. “I an^left,” and the little child thi ew umts hands and said, “Papa, I am here.” The aged grandmother, see®d in the room, said, “Then youj*ve all the promises of

God besides, John.” And he burst into tears, and said: “God forgive me that I have been so ungrateful. I find I have a great many things left. God forgive me.” Again I remark that many of our business men are tempted to neglect their home duties. A man has more responsibilities than, those widen are discharged by putting competent instructors over his children and giving them a drawing master and music teacher. The physical culture of the child will not be attended to unless the father looks to it. He must sometimes lose his dignity. He must unlimber his joints. He must sometimes lead them out to their sports and games. If you want to keep your children away from places of sin, you can only do it by making your home attractive. You may preach sermons and advocate reforms and denounce wickedness, and yet your children will be captivated by the glittering saloon of sin unless you can make your home a brighter place than any other place on earth to them. I sympathize with the work being done in many of our cities by which beautiful rooms are set apart by our .Young Men’s Christian Association, and I pray God to prosper them in all things. But I tell you there is something back of that and before that. We need more happy, consecrated, cheerful Christian homes in America. Again, I remark that a great many of our business men are tempted to put the attainment of money above the value of the soul. It is a grand thing to have plenty of money. The more you get of it the better, if it comes honestly and goes usefully. For the lack of it sickness dies without medicine, and hunger finds its coffin in the empty bread tray, and nakedness shivers for lack of clothes and fire. When I hear a man in canting tirade against money —a Christian man—-as though it had no possible use on earth and he had no interest in it, I come to almost think that j the heaven that would be appropriate for him would be an everlasting poor house! Have you ever ciphered out in the rule of loss and gain the sum, “What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul?” However fine your apparel the wings of death will fluter it to rags. Sons and daughters of God, children of an eternal and all loving Father, mourn not when your property goes. The world is yours, and life is yours, and death is yours, and immortality is yours, and thrones of imperial grandeur are yours, and rivers of gladness are yours, and shining mansions are yours, and God is yours. The eternal God has sworn it, and every time you doubt it you charge the King of heaven and earth with perjury. Instead of complaining how hard you have it, go home, take up your bible full of promises, get down on your knees before God and thank him for what you have, instead of spending so much time in complaining about what you have not. Some of you remember the shipwreck of the Central America. This noble steamer had, I think, about 500 passengers aboard. Suddenly the storm came, and the surges trampled the decks and swung into the hatches, and there went up a hundred-voiced death shriek. The foam on the jaw of the wave. The pitching of the steamer as though it were leaping a mountain. The dismal flare of the signal rockets. The long cough of the steam pipes. The hiss of the extinguished furnaces. bThe walking of God on the wave! went not down without a stru Iggle. As /the passengers stationed themselvt is in rows to bail out the vessel hark to the thump of the buckets as men >unused to toil, with blistered hanr/ds and strained muscle, tug for the/ir lives. There is a sail seen against the sky. The flash of the distress gun sounded. Its voice is Iheard not, for it is choked in the /louder booming of the sea. A few passengers escape, but the steamer gave one great lurch and was gone! So there are some men who sail on prosperously in life. All's well, all’s well. But at last some financial disaster comes —a euroclydon. Down they go to the bottom of this com mercial sea strewn with shattered hulks. But because your property goes, do not let your soul go. Though all else perish, save that. For I have to tell you of a more stupendous shipwreck than that which I have just mentioned. God launched this world 6,000 years ago. It has been going on under freight of mountains | and immortals, but one day it will j stagger at the cry of fire. The timbers of rock will burn, the, mountains flame like masts and the clouds I like sails in the judgment hurricane. | Then God shall take the passengers j off the deck, and from the berths those who have long been asleep in I Jesus, and he will set them far be- | yond the reach of storm and peril, j But how many shall go down, that i will never be known until it shall be | announced one day in heaven, the I shipwreck of a world!

OUR PLEASURE CLUB. The thoughtful man never mails a letter with a new Columbian stamp on it without wondering if it will go for two cents. Jagson says if every man were as anxious to test the truth of religion as he is the truth of a fresh paint sign, the churches would be crowded. It is hardly safe to call any one a “silver-tongued orator” now. Boston Commercial-Bulletin. Ice is sensitive. When left at your door in the hot sun it will run away if not brought in. “Weren’t you surprised when he proposed?” “No. Why should I be?” “Everybody else was.” —Life Not likely; “Look here, now, when are you going to pay me the. hundred marks I loaned you six weeks ago?” “How can I tell? Do you take me for a prophet?”

Mrs. Smith—What is the trouble with that poor man at the stamp window? He hops around and doesn’t say a word. Mr. Smith—He can’t; he’s been licking a souvenir stamp.

The Heiress —Yes, when I don't wish to accept certain men’s attentions, and they ask me where I Lite, I say in the suburbs. V Mr. Self sure—Ha! Ha! Ha! Ex-' cellent! But where do you live, Miss Brown? The Heiress —In the suburbs, Mr Selfsuro. An Expensive Luxury—Mac— What was the cause of Jackson’s failure? Mul—He tried to raise a crop of vegetables in his back yard, I believe.

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Mrs. Potter (from her room above) —Is that you, Jack? Jack Potter (with great effort) — Yash, m’ dear! Mrs. Potter —Will you bring that aquarium up when you come? lam afraid it is too cold for the fish there. Tommy—Paw, why do they always make the pictures of Father Time so lean? Mr. Figg—So he will represent spare time, of course.

Harry—Which do you prefer, blondes or brunettes? Cholly—That depends upon me costume and the weathaw, donoherknow. A light lunnen check and sunshine goes well with a bwunette, but foh dahk weathaw and a cutaway, a blonde lights up wondahfully. We have just returned from New Jersey. At least a part of us have done so. The mosquitoes have attached the rest of us.