Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1889 — Page 6

TliJä 1XDLANA STATE SJSÄTliN EL. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1889.

SLANDERING THE CREEDS.

DEFENSE BY THE REV. DR. TALMAGE. Some Of The Various Att.tck Upon Ortho doxy Explaineil The Sueer of Scof. fers ami Inüdel Considered lly The Preacher. The Rev. Dr.Talmage last Sunday morning baptized ten persona by immersion in the presence of a congregation w hich filled the tabernacle. Ho cave notice of the especial communion to be held, when over two hundred new members will be formally received as the result of the revival services which have been carried on r.t the church during the past three weeks, lie preached a sermon from the story of John and the angel with the book on Tatties. "And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it up; nud it waa in juy mouth 6wect .w honey; and as soon sls I had eaten it my belly was bitter. And he ail unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples and nations nd tönernes and kings." Revelation x: JO, 11. Who that angel was, and what that book was.no one understands. As ominentatcrs ditfer in regard to it, J shall not take the responsibility of interpretation; but I will tell "you that at suggests t- me the little book of creeds which the. skeptic, the infidel, the atheist, takes, r.nd he chews it v.p with his witticisms and afterward he has a dreadful mental lysjepcia. It is Fweet at the first, and he smiles upon us; but after that he is full of distresses. All intelligent people have crem Is. I'olitical reeds that is, favorite theories alnit tariff, about finance, alout civil service, ftbout government. Social r reeds that is, theories about manners and customs and ood neighborhood. .Esthetic creeds that i ?. theories about tapestry and bric-a-brac und stvles of ornamentation. Theological creeds that is, theories about Jod, about the soul, about the great future. The only people who have no creeds are idiots. And yet there is a treat denunciation of creeds. a" though a man might have a creed about everything except that which pertains to his soul's advantage a creed about everything exrept that which he is most interested in it ought to be most interested in. And ail evangelical churches are under caricature and misrepresentation. Orthodox faith is set r.p in a repulsive way and then raked with the musketry of denunciation. Truths that are beautiful stated in a common sense way become disgusting tated in a wrong way mid as though an insane anatomist, wishing to demonstrate what a Man is, should dissect a human body and then put up in one place the heart anil in another place the two lungs and in an-ih-r place an ankle-bone and say : "Now, that is a man!" All thes.; things wrenched from their lod-appointed place. Kvan-g-lical religion is beautiful, is. roseate, is well jointed, is bounding life, and the p alpel ana the dissecting knife cannot tell what it is. The scarecrow that a farmer plants in his cornfield to keen oil' the ravens is no more diti'erent fron the farmer himself than the theories of religion which men set up and then scoff at Are di lie rent from the real and the grand and the tilorious Christianity which you and 1 believe. The enemies of evangelism, for instance, attack presbyterianisni. They say the presbylerhns believe that iod is ;i savage sov-n-eijiu and that He made soni" people iust to damn them, and that there are iifants in hell a san long. And these landers come down from generation to generation and roll on through century liter century, all of them slanders. The presbyterian church believes that (Iod is ji loving and just soerci-n and that we tq iree agents. "Oh," says the r:emy of Christianity, "that is Impossible; if Ood is a sovereign, llicn you are not a free agent." Hut they believe the possibility in other directions. I. le'Vitt Talmage, am a free citizen of Brooklyn. I go when 1 please and 1 come when I please, but 1 have four sovereigns: The church court of my dedenomination that is my ecclesiastical sovereign ; the mayor of the city he is my municipal sovereign ; the governor of New York he is my state sovereign; the president of the United States he is my national sovereign. I, free in everv nerve, muscle and bone of my body, and in every faculty of my mind, and yet have four sovereigns. And yet, there are men who in matters of religion pretend to say they cannot Understand how a man can believe in (Jod Bs a sovereign r.nd the man be a free ?ont. I could, if 1 wanted to, to-morrow inormnggo into the mercantile library and improve my mind. Or I could, if I wanted to, go out into the conservatory rt my friend at Jamaica and look at the flowers under the arches of glass and see tlie a-juarium all asquirm with trout and gold iih, and look :it the trees full of oranges and bananas in midwinter. Or I ran, if 1 please, go over to Iloboken and jump into the furnace of an oil factory, rr J can jump from the steps of a Philadelphia express train, or I can leap i-ti the Brooklyn bridge. I am a free agent. If I should ciio,.se to go over to J'obokcn and leap into the furnace, whose Jault would it be? Oh, of course it would 1-e the fault of the man who built the furnace, laughter. If 1 should leap from the Brooklyn bridge, whose fault would it Ik? Of course, the hunt of the man who Tni!t the bridge. Laughter. Men have common sens? in everything except religion, l'.very mun a, free acrent and yet l mm! is a sovereign. And as to the theory that I have heard announced and as coming down from age to age as one of the theories of the presbyterian church, that there are infants in hell a span long, if you will bring me a Presbyterian of good morals and common sense I say, of food morals and common sense who -eiieves that there ever was an infant in perdition, or ever will be, I will liand over t that man any property I may happen to have, and he can take possession to-morrow. Ood a sovereign. Man a free ngent. Suppose there was a charmed key by which you could open all the prisons and penitentiaries, and you should turn out upon the country all the thieves, vagabonds and outragers of public law, in two or three years what kind of country would this be to live in? Suppose that 11 the outragers of society, all the libertines, all the thieves, all the vagabonds et the ages were turned into the- streets of the New Jenisa- ' in on high, the next morning you would find the gates ot pearl o'.Y their .iiiges laughter and you would find the linch pins gone out of the chariots of salvation, and you would find the "house ri many mansions" burglarized. Arson, theft, assassination would take their residence in the capital of the skies. Heaven would be a great failure if there were no 1 x"k-;:p. If it makes no difference which way we live, or which way we die, all people go straight into heaven anyhow, I wonder if in the temple of tile skies Charles Oniteau and John Wilkes Booth sit in the same pew. Two destinies. Ijod a sovereign. Man a free agent. That is presbyterianism. So, also, the episcopal church is misrepresented by the enemies of evangelism. They say the episcopal church believes that creeds and liturgies arc a euJjstitute for heart religion. False again. All episcopalians believe that creeds and ceremotcies are worte tlum nothing unless tho

heart goes with them. So, also, the baptist church is misrepresented by the enemies of evangelism. They say the baptist church believes that unless a man is baptized by immersion he cannot get to heaven. False again. All baptists.whether close communion or free communion baptists, believe that if a man accepts Jesus Christas his Savior he will goto heaven whether he has a drop of water on his brow or whether he is plunged in the Ohio or tho Susquehanna immersion being the only gate to their earthly communion. So, also, the methodist church is misrepresented by the enemies of evangelism. They say that the methodist church believes a man can convert himself, and religion is a temporary emotion, and that all a man has to do "is to kneel down at the altar and say he feels bad, and then the minister may pat him on the shoulder and tell him it is all right ; that is all there i3of it. False again. The methodist church believes that the llolyOhost alone can convert a heart, and in that church conversion is an earthquake of conviction and a sunburst of pardon, and as to temjwrary emotion, I wish we all might have that temporary emotion which characterized Bishop James and Mathew Simpson for a half century, Bending them forth with a holy enthusiasm that linally consumed their bodies for (iod. So ail denominations, for I have not time to speak specifically of all of them not having mentioned now more than one out of ten they are derided, they nre misrepresented, they are caricatured by the enemies of evangelism. Then, the great doctrines, how they are misrepresented. "There is your alsurd doctrine of the trinity," these men say. "absurd beyond all bounds. If God is one, lie cannot be three, and if lie is three, He. cannot be one." They admit a trinity in many directions, while not admitting it in this. A trinity in our own life body, mind, soul. Bod j- with which we move. Mind with which we think. Soul with which we love. A trinity in every man. They admit a trinity in the air light, heat, moisture. They admit a trinity in the court room three judges on the bench and but one court. Of course, all earthly illustrations must fail in the presentation of those great themes, and yet I havo enough to show the folly of these men who can see a trinity in fifty other directions, but cannot understand or cannot admit the trinity of God. This great doctrine of the trinitv, I cannot understand it, you cannot understand it. There are 10,000 things we do not understand. An ignorant man comes to a chemist and says: "I don't believe what you say about water having so many component parts. "Water is one, lor I drink it every day. I don't believe what you say about air having 60 many component parts; I breathe it every day." The chemist says to this ignorant man: 'You come up to ray laboratory and 1 will demonstrate it, and I will explain it," and he shows to this ignorant man that air lias so many component parts, yet air is one, and that water has so many component parts, yet water is one, and the ignorant man says: "Now I understand it." We cannot down here in our ignorance understand the doctrine of the trinity and (iod says: "Yon come up after death into my laboratory in heaven and I will tell you all about it and show you so you "can plainly understand it." In tho heavenly world we will have all these difficult matters demonstrated so far as is best for us. The fact that the ignorant man cannot understand chemistry, or denies chemistry, does not change the facts of chemistry. The fact that you and I in our icnorance cannot understand the trinity does not change the eternal fact of the trinity. ".So," says the enemy of evangelism, "i'hero is yoiir absurd doctrine of justification bv faith now you cannot explain that.1' Yes, I can. A man takes Jesus Christ for his Savior and the lord lets the oflender off. That's all there is about it. You are in controversy with some one. He has outraged you, he has insulted vou. He apologizes, he makes reparation. You say: "Now, that is all right, that is all right." We havo wronged God. Through Jesus Christ we come into peace with (iod, and Ood says: "You were all wrong once, but you are all right now." That is justification. For Railroad Men. Springfield I'nion. One of the most interesting features of Christian service in this country is the work of the railroad branch of the Young Men's christian association, which is now located and in active operation at ninetythree important railroad centers in the United States and Canada. The work has enlisted the sympathy of railroad managers to a remarkable degree, and in many cases the corporations contribute largely to the support of the work, furnishing rooms and equipment, and paying the salaries of secretaries from their regular pay-roll. The physical, intellectual and moral interests of the railroad employes are thus weil provided for, and the "result is, as managers frequently testify, a more hearty and honest service in the shops and on the trains. Iteligious ote. St. Louis has twenty-two methodist episcopal churches, worth fL'ss.K). The Lev. H. M. Scudder, D. P., is delivering a course of lectures on Christianity at Tokio, Japan, to crowded houses. Shizaki Ishizaki, a Japanese student for the ministry, entered Denver university at the opening of the winter term. The queen of Madagascar has presented Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt with a gift of $100 as an expression of her interest in the total-absti-ence work. It" you would do more and better Christian work this year, you must pray more. Start anew on that line this year, ami your gait will be steadier. l'tOJic Opinion. The receipts of the congregational union the last year were ;13I,7:.'"i, an increase of ?7,.NX) over laot year. Forty-one parsonages and 101 churches were aided in the last twelve months. There are forty prosperous congregational churches in southern California and half as many more preaching stations soon to become churches. There are on the field already as many ministers as the charges demand. lieli'jifutt Unnbl. Major V.'hittle, the evangelist, who is now in Ireland, at last accounts had been in Ilallymena, where he has had great blessing upon his labors. The people cams in crowds from all the surrounding region. Thero were many conversions some remarkable ones. II "- VHtlt. The will of the late Joseph IJ. lloyt of Stainford. Conn., bequeathes $üo,(iX) to the American home missionary society, one-half to be used in the current work of the society and the other half as an endowment fund. A like sum to the American baptist missionary society to be used under similar conditions. The catholic church in the United States has has 13 archbishops, 71 bishops, 7,07o" priests, Uli seminaries, 7,424 churches, 3,1:13 chupels ami stations, "7 seminaries, J7 colleges, ;"-p; academics. G.OUI parochial schools, 6XVJ6.J pupils in parochial schools, 51'J charitable institutions, nud a catholic population of 7,--V.,29 1. Cahfttic flevinc. Yidtine clersry are expected at (Georgetown, I. C, in February from ail portions of Europe and America, and during the second day of the celebration it is expected that upward of oOO catholic priests and prelates will be present. The celebration will continue three days Feb. I'D, '.'1 and 2g and President Cleveland and Cardinal Gibbons will participate in the ceremonies. Frecmin's Jonnwl (Catholic.) The Congregational union of Yictoria lias inaugurated a jubilee fund of (h One layman of the church, Mr. O. V- Taylor, proposed to contribute $l-7),000, at the rate of $00,000 per annum for three years, if the congregation&lists of the colonics would raise a similar sum ; or he would make it 10,000 a year for five years if they would rab:e another JO.OOO. The latter challcii'.'P has been accepted with preat enthusiasm. The money is to be largely used in founding a theological seminary ScishrilJe C'h ritt i'J it A J meat e.

FEBRUARY ON THE FARM.

TOPICS FOR THE AGRICULTURIST. Hint Concerning Sowing Crass Sed Buckwheat For Cut Worms The Rotation System Butter That Will 'ot Come Notes and Recipes. It is nearly time for sowing the cloverseed on the wheat, but the . warm winter interferes with grass seeding rather than facilitating it, owing to the soft condition of the fields at this season and the unusual growth of the w heat. But little improvement has been made in seeding down clover in the spring compared with the progress in other directions; and the same method is practiced that was in vogue in the last century, that of sowing the seed on the grain in the spring. The attempt to save labor and time has much to do with the continuance of the custom, but the many failures to secure a good stand of clover unless the summer is favorable, should long ago have induced farmers to give the land a previous preparation before seeding. Grass seed, like all other kinds, will not germinate and grow unless it receives warmth, moisture, and is shielded from the light. "When the seed is sown broadcast ovpr the growing wheat in the spring it receives no covering other than that washed upon it by the rain. If the ßpring is favorable the seed may take root evenly and a good catch of grass be secured ; but, should the early part of the summer be dry, the young grass dies out and the field is uneven after the wheat is cut off. AYhen the seed is scattered over the snow, to be carried down, much of it is lost by being injured from cold, a portion is not covered, while the birds destroy another part. The time gained by having the clover make a catch while the land is in grain is sometimes lost by failure to secure a crop of grass. Everything depends on the summer that follows the spring seeding. If the seeding of the clover be deferred until the wheat crop comes oiF and the land is plowed, thoroughly harrowed, with the seed brushed in, about August or September there will be plenty of rain and a strong growth made before frost, the field being even and uniform and the young grass well rooted. It will start od' early in the spring under conditions that will give it advantages over the springsowed clover, and will eoual it in every respect. The preparation of the soil previous to sowing will place the young grass in a position to become more vigorous and lastincr, while in the end a larger crop of hay will be cut. If the land is to be seeded to clover this spring, however, run over the wheat with a smoothing harrow as soon as the season permits, which will not only benefit the wheat but increase the chances of a better stand of clover. The Rotation System. T. Greiner in American Agriculturist. Late in August I had four hens "come off" with about forty Langshan chicks. These, batched from the same lot of eggs, were fed in the same way and managed under exactly similar circumstances right through, except that three hens with thirty chicks were placed and kept on a comparatively new piece of land, while the fourth hen with the remainder of the chickens had to be satisned with quarters in the old poultry yard. Those on new soil grew with wonderful rapidity, and have always remained perfectly healthy, while the chicks in the old yard, although taking a fine start, soon began to droop and die oil', until now there is not one left. Diarrhea took them all. As thorough or (as I am tempted to call it) "wide'' rotation is one of the best and most simple preventives of fungus diseases in cereals, vegetables and fruits, and often of injurious insects, so, if practiced with poultry, it must aid in preventing the attacks of cholera, dysentery, catarrh, and especially that dread of the poultry-keeper, the gapes, as it is well known that moist ground is one of the links in the transfer-chain of the Rapeworm from one fowl or chick to another. The same principle, carried out in the management of hops, is a reasonably sure protection from the attacks of "swine plague or cholera, as I have had frequent opportunity to observe. Buckwheat For Cut-Worms. Zimmer Kros., Mobile, Ala. Have you ever noticed the effect of ploughing under a crop of buckwheat to keep cut-worms olf the land ? It has been our experience the last fifteen years that wherever we turn under a crop of buckwheat we will not have any cut-worms on it, but this year has been tho most remarkable of all. The seed we got from the North was oi a very poor quality, hardly coming up at all. So we sowed the remaining seed, about two bushels, on a piece of about half an acre. This gave us a good stand. Now everywhere cutworms are plenty, except on tho little piece where the buckwheat has been turned under. We always have been free from cut-worms on land we have ploughed buckwheat under, while our neighbors have sometimes their whole crop3 ruined by them. Butter That Will Not Come. Hoard's Dairyman. Here is a word to those who churn all day to get butter and fail in the fall and winter, I mean. Do not let the cream stand over forty-eiqrht hours before skimming. Then do not let the cream stand over two da.vs lefore souring. If you have a quart that is acid it helps to sour the rest. I havo experimented, and believe that milk or cream remaining too long before souring develops the principle antagonistic to butter and is the cause of long churning. The cream from one pan that has stood until it tastes badly and is not acid will ruin a large jar of butter. Household Hints. Apple-Butter Boil a barrel of new eider down one-half; then dip it out into jars, and put in the kettle a couple of buckets of cider not boiled. In this put three buahels of apples nicely pared and cut into quarters; when stewed to a sauce add the boiled cider, and keep adding until nil is used; stir constantly ei-ht or ten hours. Season to taste and put in jars; when cold coTer tightly. Caramel Custard Pudding Put a handful of loaf suar into a saucepan with a little water, and set it on the fire until it becomes a dark brown caramel, then add more water (boiling) to produce a dark liquor like strong collee. Beat up the yelks of bx ep;c;s with a little milk ; ßtraiu, add one pint of milk (sur to taste) and ns much caramel liquor (cold) as w ill give the mixture the desired color. Pour it into a well-buttered mold; put this in a bain marie with cold water; then place the apparatus on a gentle fire, taking care that that the water does not boil. Half an hour's steaming will set the custard, which then turn out and serve. By using the white of one or two eeps in addition to the six yelks, the chances of the custard not breaking arc made more certain. Caramel Budding Put a handful of loaf suar to boil with a quarter of a pint of water until the sirup becomes a deep brown. Warm a small basin, pour the sirup iu it, and keep turning the basin in your hand until the inside is completely coated with the sirup, which will by that time have set. Strain the yelks of eight eccs from the whites, and mix them gradual'y and effectually with one pint of milk. Pour this mixture into the prepared mold, lay a niece of paper on the top, set it in a saucepan full of cold water, takin? care that the water does not come over the top of the mold, put on the cover and Jet it bod gently by the ido of the fire for one hour. leniove the

saucepan to a cool ßlace, and when the water is quite cold take out the mold and turn out the pudding very carefully. X. R By using a portion of the whites as well as the yolks the rik of the pudding breaking is avoided, but it will not be as delicate as one made with the yelks alone. Coffee Ice Pudding Put two ounces of freshly roasted coffee in a mortar, just enough to crush the berries, without reducing them to powder. Put them in a pint of milk, with six ounces of loaf sugar; let it boil, and then leave it to get cold, strain it on the yelks ot six esirs in a double saucepan, and stir on the fire till the custard thickens. When quite cold work into it a eill and a half of cream whipped to a froth. Freeze the mixture in an ice-pot, then fill a plain ice-mold with it, and lay m ice till the time of serving. Farm Note. Keep your seed potatoes cold enough to prevent them from sprouting. All sprouting should be done under ground. Use carholio acid in all the whitewash that may be applied, and whitewash the interior of the btables as often as it can be done, as it renders them light and cheerful. Too much washing and scouring of the churn and tin-pans cannot be given. Cleanliness is an inijortant factor in the dairy business, and boiling water is an absolute necessity. Save the old fruit cans, throw them in the fire and melt them apart, and use them around the early tvmato plants, in order to guard against the depredations of the cutworm. When trimming grape vines let them he cut and trained so as to admit of the air and sunshine. Too much shade is sometimes the cause of rot, as u invites moisture. Trim the vines while the weather is cold. The continued warm weather for this season may cause the buds to prematurely swell, only to be caught by the frobt later on. The best preventive is the use of mulch, which prevents the ground from warming before spring. Pon't trust to your memory when planting an orchard with several varieties of fruit, but make a diagram and preserve it for future use. The trees may not bear for four years, when the location of each variety may theu be forgotten. lie careful in using Fait on the ground. Salt will kill weeds to a certain extent, and it is also a remedy for some kinds of grubs in the soil, but salt will kill oilier plants as well, and its use may result in a loss of some of the garden crops. All the cutting out of old canes from the rapberries and blackberries should be done before the spring opens. If the new canes are cut back laterals will be thrown out. Blackberries should always be well cut back, in order to have the canes strong and stocky. Early in the season, before the potato is up, the beetle will attack the female plants in hot beds, or that may be set out in open ground. It will destroy a vf hole field of epg plants in a eingic night, and often does more damage to early plants than it does to the potato crop. The food is first converted into blood before distributed through the several parts of the body, and the formation of milk is subject to the eauie natural law. The composition of in ilk and blood, however, is not the same, thus showing that an important change occurs in the passage of the liquid through the mamillary glands. Clover, or some kind of bulky food, benefits all classes of stock, mainly because of the nutrition obtained but for the reason that it distends the stomach and intestines, keeping them natural, while an exclusive diet of concentrated food renders the system feverish by clogging the bowels and causing indigestion. When you order young trees one of the most important points to observe is not to allow the rots to be exposed to the sun or wind. A few minutes exposure may do irreparable injury. If you cannot plant them immediately upon arrival "heel" them until you are ready, and before beginning the work let the holes be dug and all preparations made to avoid delay. Karly cabbages may be made to grow very rapidly if given an application of liquid manure once or twice. 't he best hea-is are secured w hen phosphates are applied liberally. The hoe should be used often, as cultivation is important. Every day gained in getting the early cabbage in market adds to the price secured. They should be forced as rapidly as possible. The value of the manure is too often overlooked in poultry-raising. It is claimed that a fowl will make oue bushel of ma hi re in a year, the valuo of wljth depends on the kind of food used. The -monetary valuo is never less than '25 cents, and varies according to location. Where trucking in caried on the hen manure readily sells at 2 per barrel. It is also used in the arts by morocco leather manufacturers. Cdass is expensive for hot-beds, and those who prefer something cheaper may use cotton cloth, giving it two coats of boiled' liusecd oil. It requires but little attention and is easily handled, permits the heat and light to enter, and does not allow the heat to be radiated away at night as readily as does glass. It also has the advantage of reducing the cost of frames, as the expensive w indow sash need not be used. CARPENTER AND WOODS.

Why the Former Will 'ot be l'uniilied I'or Hid Offenses. Evansrille Courier. Carpenter has been indicted by the federal grand jury at Indianapolis, and would certainly be sent to the peuitentiary upon the evidence against hiru, if he were a democrat, just as Coy and Bernhainer were. But Judge Woods does not believe in sending republicans to the penitentiary. By his acts in the Dudley case he has said to the world that when democrats violate the elections laws they should go to the penitentiary, hut when republicans violate them they should go free. This is the long and short of the business, according to Judge Woods, anil all of his detestable sophistries to make jus intentions appear otherwise are insulting to common intelligence. The longer one reflects upoa Judge Woods' infamous change of front in the Dudley case, the more exasperating it becomes. He must be a fool who believes that such partisan bigotry will be tolerated always. If the day comes when juJges of our courts are dragged from the bench and killed in the streets like dogs, honest people can wash their hands of the crime, because if the courts will not protect them according to the law of the land, they must protect themselves. Carpenter will not get into the senate, but he will not reach the penitentiary, where he of right belongs, because he is a republican and Judtre Woods does not intend that any republican shall be feloni.ed while he remains on the bench to interpose his judicial fiat againht such an assertion of the law. A VERY STRANGE DISEASE A ftili-ting the l'eople of Webster County, Kentucky, With Fatal Itesult. M.vr.ioy,' Ky., Feb. 2. Reports come fron Webster county of a strange and fatal disease. Doctors have been unable to do anything for the alllicted and have never agreed among themselves as to what the disease is. It first made its appearance in the neighborhood of Yates' saw mill, between two creeks, into which for a number of years slabs and other refuse have been cast and aliowed to decay, thus poisoning the atmosphere for a considerable distance around. This disease has spread to adjoining neighborhoods, until up to Jau. several persons, mostly chil dren, have died. One family lost seven out of its nine members. Only one person has recovered, or thoueht to be recovering, ami he is said to be blind. The rest have all died, death usually occurring from six to twelve hours after the attack, and in many cases before a physician could be procured. Physicians first ftronounced it cerebro spinal meningitis, but ater on they called it spotted fever, the victims rapidly turning black after death. Three Ehysicians, it is said, have lied the neighborood, not being able to be of any service, and rot wishing to jeopardize their lives without hope of doing good. lathering Ther.i In. Oliver W. Voorhis of Lawrence township, this county, formerly county commissioner, was arrested for violation of the election laws, yesterday, by Deputy IT. S. Marshal Ward. William J. Beasons w as arrested at Mc Vernon on the 2lKh for bribery in connection with elections He was taken before U. 8. Commissioner Wartmann of Evansville and sent to jail in default of f 1,000. William J. Wilson was before U. S. Commissioner Van Buren yesterday, charged with passing forged postal notes. The postal notes were stolen from the postoffice at Eldorado, 111. They were in blank, but Wilson filled them out. with $4.9J each und had passed twenty-five of them. Iiis bond was fixed at l,0Uo, which he failed to give and was 6ent to jail. Probably She Would. Too. Oncc-a-Week. "John, dear," 6he 6aid, "if I were to die would you marry again?'' "I might, my love," he replied; "but I should go a trifie less reck-lcs-dv tliuu I did before." ,

WltinXG LETTERS OX ICE.

A SKILLFUL FEAT WITH SKATES. Other Stories For and About Children ICsau'a Hargaln Indorsed Good in Its PlaceCumulative Restriction An Kxact 'Location Yankee Hoys. Not many children will care to write letters on ice, even during the summer months. It appears that Francis Joseph, the emperor of Austria, has a country peat near Vienna, and on this line royal estate is a lako which iu winter is used as a ßkating pond. "Well, during one of tho latest Austrian "cold snap:?," an expert Vienna gentleruau went skating there, with a little reservoir of ink adjusted to the back of his skate in such a way as to allow the ink to flow out in a fine steady stream. Then otF he started, and before he had skated long there appeared to his rapid track the name of the crown princess, beautifully and plainly written upon the ice. True Yankee Roys. Irn"bton (Me.) Journal. A Lewiston merchant tells of a small boy who bought a copy of "Mother Goose" of him, took it home, and appeared the next day with the same volume, lacking the covers and liberally smeared with molasses, and asked to have it taken back, with the further remark: "I don't think it's wuth six cents." Two New Sharon ladies, who have been trading in town, met an eight-year-old financier, of equal ability the other day. IIo first bought a tin trumpet, but poon came back and wanted to swap it for a harmonica. Then he thought a story book would be better. This piece of literature didn't suit, so he tried a diticrent book. After one more change, this time for a whistle, the merchant announced that negotiations on this piece of business must cease. Held To Ie Amply lOxeused. Knijuirer. J A Third-st. hanker is the possessor of two very briuht boys, njred Heven and live years. Some months ago a young lady vras added to the family, very much to the disjiust of her brothers, who sawHheir influence gradually slipping through their lingers. One day last week the little si.-ter had a violent tit of crying. The eldest brother said: ''Say, don't she cry awfully !" "Yes, but you can't blame her." "Vhy, what ails her?" With great disgust: "She's crying because she is a girl." About the Size ot It. Hilton Transcript. Times change and men and boys change with theui.but the boysstill continue to imitate the ways of the men as closely as they can. Tommy ami Little IVte belong: to the Kukuana club, an apparently nourishing company of small boys, which necessitates a jrreat deal of begging from parents to keep up the weekly tinancial requirements of the organization. Kather tired of the drain of pennies for this purpose, Pete's father asked him one morning: "What do you do at the Kukuana club, any way 7" "Oh," we wo pay our assessments'." Baid the boy. Good In It IMnce. llabyhood. Is not thi3 worthy of record, emanatingfrom a little tot of two summers, and does it not foreshadow the discerning tate of the feminine sex in this particular branch of confectionery? Irma J., Kojournins: with her parents at a boardingdiouse in the Catskills, where ice-cream was served for dinner every Sunday, noted the difference in the bill of fare on one particular Sunday when M ater-ice was substituted, in the following manner: "iat no dood ishbeam." Tasting it again and seeming to discover some redeeming feature, she added: "Dat dood ish-water, dough !" Cumulative Ketriction. San Francisco Examiner. Since tho Spring valley meters were put in on rranklin-st., little Johnny Fizzletop has been impressed with the importance of economy in tho use of water, having heard nothing but meters and water rates discussed at morning, noon and night. Yesterday morning be was burying his hot cakes "in butter when his "mother said : "He careful, my son. Ion't take too much butter." "What, mother, are there a meter on the butter too ?" cried the startled Johnny. I'olitical Neutrality. (Harper's Youni? lVople.J TIaymond is live years old and a strong democrat. "Uaymond, j'ou must behave better," 6aid his mother, "good democrats don't act in that way." "Do republicans," inquired Uaymond. "No," said bis mother, "good ones do not." "Oh, Raymond," cried Laura, "do be good, or no one will have anything to do with you unless," she added, "it is somebody like mc, who hasn't any politics." Homeopath Oefined. j.an Francisco ( hroni-lo. The small boy's father is a doctor, an allopath. He took his small son out for a walk, and they passed a house upon which was a sign, "Dr. , Homeopathic Physician." The email boy looked at it, and walked on about a block in a brown study. Suddenly he brightened up. "Papa, I know why they call that doctor a homeopathic phvsician." "Why, my son?" "Because ho makes all his medicine at home." An Exnrt Location. Detroit Tribune. Little Maggie had walked a long distance with her papa. He thought she was too far away from home to know just where she was, and to test her knowledge asked : "Maggie, do you know where vou are?" "Yes, papa." "Well, where are you?" "On the sidewalk." A Step in Wisdom's rath. Sau Francisco Call. "Oh, mother," said a little boy, who had leen visiting school with his elder brother, "I learned lots to-day. I learned that the square and tho base and perpendicular of a right-handed triangle is equal to the sum of the hippopotamus." SkeptlciMii. Pctroit Tribune. After scratching bis head and thinking for some momenta a (irand llapids boy said to his mother: "If God makes a stock of little boy and girl babies and gives them to married folks, it seems funny to mo that they look so much like their" papas and mammas every time." lau'J Harrain Indorsed. Harper's Young l'eople. A little cirl who was enjoying broiled partridge for breakfast remarked that she did not think it at all strango that Esau sold his birthright for a mess of partridge, for it was certainly delicious! An Apt Comparison. Troy Times. A three-year-old remarked to his mother the other day, after carefully observing a Bolenin Skye terrier that frequents tho neighborhood, "Dat doggy iookj liho

Moses coming down de mountain." The youngster evidently gained his quaintidea

irom a uiDiicai picture that children de light in Kxtenion of the DlTorce Idea. Atlanta Constitution. "Well, my little one, did you want to see me?" "Are you a lawver?" "Yes; what is it you want?" "I want," and there was a resolute ring in her voice, "I want a divorce from my papa and mamma." KNOTTY PROBLEMS. Our readers are Invitod to fuiuMU oricinl enicrnias. chara1f, riddles, ivbutes, and other "Knotty Problem," addressing !1 communications relative to tlm department to . 11. Chadburn, Lewintun, Me. No. 2,G3(J Cupid's Kamble. (!! twr.) There are three calendars at our pate but tbey are all blind of tha right eve. Arabia .1 iijhlt. Sly Cut d one day, as the chroniclers fay, irew sick (if his homclv den. Ami 0'iiplii2 himself, the portive cU Set out for the haunts ot meu. And his object there, oM Wends declare. Was to war upon human kinl; T. rob them of night in broad daylight, Fur his votaries all were- blind. His journey led by a patient's bed And be b.:n bd'him with a shot; Whyn the eyeless trunk on the rickety bunk Was much by iuveniors sought. He met a maid in a rustic j.laid Wlau, itoisintf hi. dart nain. He treated the quick a- h' served the sick, Arid the inaideu became inane. Then in he fell w ith an infidel. Who ceolli-l at things above; Wb-n he blinded him, an hin sieht grew dim, He as gentl! became as a dove. He turned about, met a soldier stout, Ami. including him in h:s plans, S.i bi siKl!t destroyed that heMnceeuir.lojcl A tinkerug old vrives' plans. In pressing down a cathedral town Tho minister stood in the porch, Whom he, oa the sly, deprived of an eye, Aud changed liim into a church. At eas; in an inn, where ho thought it no siu To Mop for a quiet lunch ; He Uie wait-T bereft of his si?ht and left The liquid dilutim; his punch. W. WlI.sOX. N'o. I'37 Addition Kxtraordinary. l ive hundred end five hundred, 'ow add them, if you please. And only have "rive" hundred'' Which you can do with case. 1'ndine. No. 2;:8 Young Mechanic's Spelling Lesson A boy W3 told to learn to spell the words in the following list. He studied them carefully, renriiinu'ed thera ou his slate, and, without transposing letters in any word, was able to find the name of neariy every article iu his father's shop. How many of these names can you rind? Mercantile, Nomad, Ascribe, Pimal, Pefile. Honesty, Zebra. Aspcrs, Vellum, Catechise, iaut't r, Meckade, Miawls, 'Terrible. P.ibbit, Cilicions, Laxity, Advise, Haven, Knjiin, Lt-thargy. l'lanet, Miam, Velvets, Awful. J.'W. IIat.knks.s. No. 2039 Charade. ", lien, my ships upon the seas, The prey of every pa-sir.sr breee. With drooping sale. tosi d by the tid Wiihotit a pilot, or a c'iid'". Ni, where tho storms .f life fm-ttrn. We need a puide, a pilot true. With bis ready eye and steady baud. To briuus, iiuilim, 10 the land. ' TR.4NA. No. 240 How to be Famous. To those who aro discontent With their present place in society, I to here present A receipt for notoriety: fict you in the midst ot a tree As straight as the village fteple. And take my word, jou'l! le Admired bv all tho pcopl. ' W, Wilson. No. -:i4 1 lilork Letter I.. e O o 0 U (I o II II n (-') O) 00 jcrox., 1. A fjiioit. 2. A noted volcano. 3. A stand.-.rd p.iper gaujre. 4. Is what wc t'enerallr take. when ial ii-ued. 5. A female C hristian Dame. 6. A vallov. 7. A scriotiire proper name. 8. A secies of coral. 'X A sweet-scented flowering plant. 1". 2n iriitly. 11. Apartments. Jitrru I'roin 1 to 2. State of disorder. Krom 3 to 4. Hell-shaped. Front 5 to o. A species of lishes. K. K. A. lux. Xo. A Helpful Friend. On pleasant days I have a friend Who conns to we me at my house; The things he dcs are without end, Though he's as quiet as a mouse. When 1 am sick he makes me well; If 1 am d'ill he makes me bright ; When he is there there is no spelt Of darkness, for 'tis never nisrht! lie makes me warm if cold am 1 ; It 1 labor, then he assists; If it is damp he makes it dry He drives away the sullen mists. In my carden he does his best, I'or there it is his work is grand! Tor this alone I cannot rest t'ntil I praise his cen'rous hand, lie i;rowi the flowers and the fruit. lie paints th eolr of t lie rose Pot, alas! my friend is mute; He silent comes and t-ilcnt goes. owl. Another Prize Competition. Grandfather Yoiimrheart is often delighted at the brightness of his young grandchildren recently mentioned in Tin: ."entixki. but he doubts whether they will succeed in solving more than onefourth of the "Knotty Problems" for February. To encourage their lest etliirts, he has otlcred a tine BRACKET-SAW' OCFIT with an assortment of saws, book of instructions, patient, etc. for the l't lot of answers for the month, but Vill give the prize to t ho person whoso answers are the best, whether it be one of the grandchildren or some other reader. The solutions must be scut in weekly. Who will win? Answers. lV..t Sleep. 1 hriad, dearth, hatred, if. ",1 She told Abel (tolled a bellA 2!VjJ llass-wood. crab, red-bud, cinnamon, wafra, ash, but;on-wood, 1mx, cocoa, slippery dm, pi it in, lieech ; doy-wood, pine, fir, lemon, tapioca, cucunilK-r, pear, lime, sii',.ir or maple, locust, elder, saudal-wood; cork, balsam, birch, thorco, plane, umbrella; spruce, pum, cotton wood, weeping willow, balm of ülcad, tree of heaven; yew, pussy willow, collee, iron-wood, scrub oak, bay; rise-wood, breadfruit. India-rubber, shad.juda, tulip; mahogany, oak, palm, buskeye, olive. 2vi Tongue. "',.'4- M V O C A P IC L A N A S A II Ii M P A K A S P F. I) A NT HOLEST S A M X ym Kind-red. Another Letter of Dickens. London .--tandard.j A Kent paper published the following letter, written by I lickens on the occasion of the death of one of M;irk Lemon's children. The editor Ktatcs that it is the letter's lirst appearance ia print: My Ii".ii Mark Wc are, ind-n-d. Kreativ jrricved at your calamity. I have no need to tell you, dear 1 -How, how constaully you are in our thoiicht., and that 1 have not fortrollen, and never can forget, who it as that watdied with and comforted me the nixbt a little jdaoe in my hou? was left empty. We know you will both have found comfort in that Messed relief from which the s.u-red I'mure with the child on his knee is, in all the statres of our lives, inseparable. "For of such is the kingdom of heaven." It is hard, (iod knows, to lose u child of any ae, but there aro many sources of comfort in losing one so youik as yours. There is a beautiful thought in l-ieldin's journey from this world to the next, where the little one he has lost many year lie fore was found by him, radiant ;"id smiling, building him Irowtr in the Flvsiau Fields, where they were to livu toKether when he came. Lver, old friend, yours ever. Chabi.i 8 lM KEXS. How About the Clerk's Office? Another rumor which was given considerable credence by those will informed as to the result of the investigations thus far made into the condition of affairs in the county clerk's office, was that there is a tremendous deficit in the trust funds held by Sullivan. One gentleman paid that the amount was something far larqer than had been suspected by anybody. Another aid that it would be much nearer :SVtM) than S-:),000, and intimated that it would be nearer because it would be way above the former figures, and might reach $100,000. Her Only Failing. ILife-J Blufiin "Charming woman your wife, old man." Gufiins -"Oh! if she wasn't so curious. AVhy, r he has such a mania for finding out secrets that I believe she'd climb the telegraph poles to listen to the dispatches if the wasn't afraid i ii iiiff her neck."

SOME POINTS FOR ATHLETES

HOW TO KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION. Information From the Sporting WorldRunuinj Record Compared Pr. Carver's Recent Challenge A Hud get of Notes on Various Matters. "How about your diet?' a reporter of the St, Louis HeputJie recently inquired of the farnoui Gn co-lloman wrestler. "I'm only g moderate cuter," the wrestles answered. "I find that 1 can set along with very little meat. Some athletes aud tighter think they must Lave a great deal of meat to keep up their strength, but that's a mistake, I think, and they injure their 6tornachs by it. I eat a treat deal of cracked wheat and foods of that kind. Then I live in iheopen air as much as possiMe. That, I tind, is one of the most essential things to keep up a uan's vitality. W'm have to wrestle in badly ventilated theaters, where all the life is taken out of the air by th cas, and this exhausts us more than the museu lar exertion. When I fed too tired to walk after a performanc e I cot into a carriage and drive until I feci thoroughly rested. "Another very important point, I hav found, is never to tro to bed foiling worried or restless. The worst th'w; in the world for a man's nerves and h-att is t lie in bed tossing and tumbling and wearing himself out trying to furce himself to sleep. This, if kept up fof a little while, will be followed by uervoui prostration, nieht swtats an 1 general breakdown of the systeni. When I feel restless and worried, no matter how late it may be, I never po to bed. I take a walk or a drive, aud when the restlessness leaves ine an 1 rcy mind sets as. tried as my body, I to bed and 6k-ep and wake tiu refreshed in the niornir.sr. "I have come to th" coi;cJ;ision," Mr. Muldoon continued, "that one of the worst habits a niiin or a boy, who wants to do anything ir athletics, can have is that of t-raoking cigarettes. It has been my observation ia srymnasiiims that cijmrcttc-snickiujr is worse than any other form of dissipation. A man nmy Muoke cigarettes for years vn never tin J that it injures him as Ion as he is not called on for hard work ot any kind; but let hirn v;o into training or undertake violent exereise and he will find that all his oil-time endurance is lost. Th heart has become weakened and the w ind is jrone." "Hut why should eiarette-smokinir be fo mueh worse than the use of tobacco in other ways?-' inquired the reporter. "Well, the trouble sceins to be that when a man smokes cigarettes they are so nihil hcht he doesn't discover wheu he has had cnough.as he w oubl if he smoked a pipe or a i-iirar. It's a curious thin?, too," the wrestler continued, "that cigarette smokers, when they want to go into trainin: find it much harder to stop smoking tiian those w ho smoke pipes or citjars. I know a number of cases in my pymnasium experience in New York where fellows going into trainins ; for athletic contests had to pive up, becaue they couldn't stow the r.se of cigarettes. I think it is the worst habit a boy can contract, and I believe the law will some dayhave to prohibit cigarettes entirely." Running Records Compared. The relative merits of the American and Aus tralian thoroughbred hores have come in for a considerable amount of discussion in the tur ' papers of the United States, and the opinion! expressed have been very diversified indeed The prevailing opinion among horsemen is that ttie Australian horses are possessed of srreater stamina and are better weight-carriers than the American thoroughbred, but are not so speedy, especially at f-hort distances. A compilation entitled "J. J. Miller's ("fportinff Pamphlet and Official Trottintr Record" of Australia contains cjirojios information. The book is brimful of information, and the records of the two countries can be compared, as follows: l)il. A'rnH-i. Tiwc. Am'rira. Ti''. 2 m. Sextant :47'i 0!itia... JH in. ForeMer 1 :"l Sam Harcr l:: ;8 ni. S-t. Joliu ..l :"-'7!4 Kingston 1 :27'4 1 in. t'rostiire .1:-H Muyvev-int 1:V J1; m. Mentor I'M'S Pry Monopole 2:07 1'- ni. l'r. IiurTial..-2::!;4 Firenjri 2:31 l' ni. Viriolanus ö:"4 (iiiileli.i ;t:l 2 in. Punlop ; .....Wil.i M.or 3:."-J i tu. TriJ nt :::-'' J Prate t arter... 5 The time made only in races is eiven above. Ten Broeck holds the record for a mile ami two miles, but it was made iainst time and not in a race. Jt will be seen that there is a very little margin in favor of our horses, and it nho must be borne in mind that the Australian horses carry much more weicht than the horses in this country. Dr. Carver's Challenge. A Kansas City special says that Pr. W. F. Carver has sent to the American Field a sweeping challenge that will create quite a sensation in trap-shootiup circles, and will result in the arranpinffof several matches of national interest. The challenge is supported by forfeit money, that has been forwarded to Dr. ltowe, who will prohahly be selected as stakeholder, in the event of tiie matches bein made. The first proposition is that Dr. Carver will shoot Charlie udd at Des Moines. Al Handle at Cincinnati, and Jim St ice at Kansas City, l'JO birds ach, under Iluilinetou run s, for $JV a side. The second proposition is to shoot the winner of the American Fir'd cup for .700 a side, and the third is to shoot anybody in the world for fyK) a side, a match of exhibition and fancy trap and target shooting. General Sport inc Notes. A New Jersey man has invented a device for pullinp- traps by electricity. I'.illy Daey of New York and Jack Costello of Brooklyn will ficht to a linish about the middle oi February. A Gneco-Roman wrestlin? tournament for the amateur championship of the West will be held under the auspices of the Missouri pyninasium Saturday, l eb. A bill to legalize pool-selling will soon bft submitted to the Pennsylvania lecislattire by the pool-sellers of Tittsburir. Its main object is to make an honorable and honest profession of pool-selling. Ted Macuire of Stoekbridcre, Mas., a youth of about eighteen years, recently accomplished the feat of drinking one pallon of cider in twenty-six minutes and thirteen seconds, on a bet of $-" that he could not do it. Kusene Leigh's stable last season won at the West-side track, Chicago, a sum acrecating $10,oii0. Of this amount Quotation won Lucy Johnson is credited with $1,, Litbert carried ort" cd.-lJö, Humbler won .'.V, while bankrupt got JO. r.illy O'Hrien has arranged for a ßix-day, eii,'ht-iioi:r bicycle race in Madison square garden, New York, bocinning Feb. 11. There will be riding from 3 to iJ p. m. daily, and from 8 p. in. to 1 a, in. There will le a large held of starters. , The coming hantani-wcighr, Cal McCarthy, is reported to have i.tid: "There is very litt i talent in my class. I've done all the little men and dislike to make fights against boys, and they are the only ones left me now, unless 1 go outside lny class." Twenty-live vaehtsmcn have subscribed -V0 to build a ec'iiter-board schooner yacht fifty feet lone with seventeen feet U-an and five and one-half feet draught, to be enrolled iu the new (Jolden West yacht club. She will be built by J. tJreholher at Haves s bhiovard. aa 1 rancisco. r.n!!'! snort, uns u ( I'cr uiiiiscs us as that which passes for sport in Amen JIUtj ITC It (1 ilk ' n' narty of eight guns recently, a reported in F.ngiish sporting papers, the beating and shooting having been done between I iranston Manor and Lisdull: "" pheasants, 1,."W rabbits, 21' woodcock, ! hart s, 11 snipe, 5 partridges, .31 trrouse, 1 wood pigeon, -!1 ducks and 1 Mater rail. Two thousand pheasants were bagged iu one day at Lord Scitou's, atCroxeth, (l... t.ct u-nol- in V.ii-mlnr 1 (nn o fi this was, without auy hunting, but with the game driven in by beaters, it looks rather more like slaughter than sport o the average American, who, in spite of faults, actually hunts his game. An Historic Ax. ITime.l Aged Negro "I is gwine on cr hundred an' ten years old." Interested Listener "Indeed? Then prob.v bly you can recollect as far back as the first acts of congress." Aged Negro "Yes, sah; I remember II 'bout de fus' acts f congress. I ot ter recolliekt it, because IVe cut wood wid it when I wus 'cout so high; yes, sah; dat was afore yoo was bawn, sah; you'sc er niee-lookin' gemman, sah; an' can't vou give de poor old mau ti ukkir