Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 49, Plymouth, Marshall County, 17 November 1899 — Page 3

TALMA UK'S SERMON.

MANY ROOMS IN HEAVEN." SUNDAY'S SUDJECT. I rem .John C hapter XIV. r.e 2. a Koiloui: "In My lather Iliu Are M.tfiy Kommt" A Hut tie f Meülvlne Tl.ut 1 sk l urrf-Ai:. (Copyright 1""'- ly I-ouis Ilop?ch.) :tl" of medicine that is I ? disciples were sad. and heaven as an alterative. H?re iä a bo a cur-aU. The rhiis: oii'erod a stimulant and a tunic. He shows thorn that their sorrows are only a e'.irk background of a bright picture r cumins le'icity. He Ms them know that though now they live on the lowlands, they ihall t have a house on the ur.lar.ds. Nearly all the IJible deKcripiions cf heaven may be figurative. 1 am not positive that in all heaven there is a literal crown or harp or pearly gate or ihrone or chariot. They may "be only used to illustrate the glories cf the place, but how well they do it! The favorite symbol by which the Bible presents celestial happiness is a house. Paul, who never owned a house, although he hired one for two jears in Italy, speaks of heaven as a "house not made with hands," and f hrist in our text, the translation of vnich is a little changed, so a3 to ive the more accurate meaning, says: "la my Father's house are many rooms." This divinely authorized comparison f heaven to a great homestead of large accommodations I propose to carry out. In some healthy neighborhood a man builds a very commodiou3 habitation. He must have room for all his children. The rooms come to be called after the different members of the family. That is mother's room: that i3 George's room; that Is Henry's room; that is Flora's room; that 13 Mary's room, and the house i3 all occupied. But time goes by, and the j-ons go out into the orld, and build :heir own hom; and the daughters re married, cr bate talents enough singly to g j out and do a good work in the world. After a while the father cid mother are slmat alone in the big house, and :-at-d by the evening ;and. they say: -Well, our family is no larger now than wL?n we started trgether forty years a?o." I5ut time sees still farther ty. and some of the children are tin'orM-nate. and return to the old homestead to live, and th trrandchiUren come with them, and ic rhaps great-grand.-hil.Iren.and ag iin ihe house is fall. Millennia ago God built on the hills or heaven a great homestead for a family innumerable, yet to he. At first he lived alone la that great house, but after awhile it was occupied by a very large family, cherubic, seraphic, angelic. The eteri.:t!s passed on, and many of the inhabitants became wayward and left, r.cv.T to return, ani many of the apartments were vacated, i refer to the fallen angels. Now tho.'-e apartments are filling up again. There are arrivals at the old homertead of God's children every day. and the day will come whfn there will be no unoccupic-J room in all the tense. As you and I fx;.-: ft to enter it and make- there eternal resiüenci?, I thought j on would like to gtt s'me more particulars about the many-roomed fcouisf tt nd. "In my r"at::f-s hou.-.? are many room ä. i ou so tbe p. ace :s to h t .i:)..oit:ontd ot'f into apartments. We f ....... e-ha'l love all who are in hcav?n, but lucre are some- . ery gio;l peopi ) whom we . i. u d j-are roo vf arc, temper Aith th. wort hip .'lk wi 1 am gl Efferen v.rit t-j live with In the

e y may be better than has escaped the gate. Dr. Fuller, tijare of a divergent . ing at iK-aufort, S. C, a:d: "Do ou e would like to meet r not hear?" "Hear what?" reclaim.;

le golden streets, and em in the temple, aud on the river banks, but ..ay that we shall live In fluents. "In my Father's house e -.iiny rooms." You see, heaven will be so large that if on wants an entire room to himself cr Lerself, it can be afforded. An ingenious statistician, taking th f-tatement made In Revelation, tweu.yfirst chapter, that the heavenly Jerusalem was measured and found to be twelve thousand furlongs, and that the length and height and breadth of it are equal.says th'Jt would make heaven Jn size 91 sextillion. &SS quiniilllon ruble feet; and then reserving a certain portion for the court of heaven ; ;nd the slreets, and estimating that the world may last a hundred thousand years, hf ciphers out that there are f ;ver five trili'on rooms, each room seventeen feet long, sixteen feet wide, f.ftecn feet high. But I have no faith la the j.ccuracy of that calculation. He makes the reo .us too small. From all I can read, the rooms will be palatial. n'I those who have? not had enoug'i room In thi3 world will have plenty of oom at the last. The fact Is. that most people In this world are crowded, ;.nd though out on a vast prairie or in a mountain district people may have more room than they want, in most cases It is bou.-.e built close to house. nd the streets are crowded, and the radic is crowded by other cradles, and l.e graves crowded In the cemetery by '.ibrr graves, and one of the richest luxuries of many people In getting out r.f thi world will be the valuing of i r.h.i :ered and uneramp'i room. And i M.o .Id not wonder If. instead of the trom that the statistician ciphered out as only seventeen feet by sixteen, It hould be larger than any of the rooms ;it I;r!in, St. Jaruea, or Winter I'alace. "in my Father's house are many nrorrs." Carrying out still further the symbolism of the text, let us join hands and go up to thi3 majestic homestead and see for ourselves. As wf ascend the golden steps an Invisible guardsfan swings open the front door, and we are ushered to the right into the reception room of the old homestead. That li the place ;here we first meet iae welcome, of b cvan. There must be a place when the departed spirit 'nters and a place In which it confronts the inhabitants celestial. The reception room cf the newly arrived from this world what scenes It must have witnessed since the flrs:t guest arrived, the victim of the flrst fratricide, pious Abel! In that room Christ lovingly greets all Lew-eomer3. He redeemed them, and he has the right to the first embrace on arrival. What n minute when the ascended spirit first pes the Lord! Better than all we ever read about him, or talked about hin, or sang about him la all the

churchc3 and through all our earthly lifetimes, will it be. just for one second to see him. The most rapturous idea we ever had of him on sacramental days or at the height of some great revival, or under the uplifted baton of an oratorio are a bankruptcy of thought compared with the first flash of his appearance in that reception room. At that moment when you confront each other. Christ looking upon you. and you looking upon Christ.there

! will be an ecstatic thrill and surging cf emotion that beg-ars all description. Look! They need no Introduction Long ago Christ chose that repentant sinner, ana inai repemaui smuu Christ. Mightiest moment of an immortal history the first kiss of heaven! Jesus and the soul. The soul and Jesus. Bat now into that reception room pour the glorified kinsfolk. Enough of earthly retention to let you know them, but without their wounds or their sickness or their troubles. See what heaven has done for them! So radiant, so gleeful, so traasportlngly lovely! They call you by name; they greet you with an ardor proportioned to the anguish of your parting and the length of your separation. Father! Mother! That is your child. Sisters! Brothers! Friends! I wish you joy. For y?ars apart, together again in the reception, room of the old Homestead. You see. they will know ycu are coming. There are so many immortals filling all the spaces between here and heaven that news like that flies like lightning. They will be there in an instant, though they were in some other world on errand from God. a signal would be thrown that would fetch them. Though you might at flrst feel dazed and overawed at their supernal splendor, all that feeling will be gone at their first touch of heavenly salutation, end we will say, "Oh, my lost boy!" -Oh, my lost companion!" "Oh. my lost friend, are we here together?' What scenes in that reception room of the old homestead have been witnessed! There met Joseph and Jacob, finding it a brighter room than anything they saw in Pharaoh's palace; David and the little child for whom he once fasted and wept; Mary and Lazarus after the heartbreak of Bethany; Timothy and grandmother Ixis; Isabella Graham and her sailor son; Alfred and George Cookman, the mys tery of the sea at last made manifest; Luther and Magdalene, the daughter he bemoaned; John Howard and the prisoners whom he gospelized; and multitudes without number who, once so weary and so ad, parted on earth but gloriously met in heaven. Among all the rooms of that house there is no one that mor enraptures my soul than that reception room. "In my Father's bou?e are many rooms." Another room in our Father's house is the music room. St. John and other Bible-writers talk so much about tho music of heaven that there must be music there, perhaps not such as on earth wan thrummed from trembling siring o;- evoked by touch of ivory key, but If not that, then som-thin; better. There are so many Christian harpists and Christian composers and Christian organists and Christian choristers and Christian Lymnologists that have fccme up 'rc;m earth, there nr.is'. be for them some place of especial delectation. Shall -,ve have music in thie world of discords, and no music in the land of complete barr mo ay I cannot give you the notes ... (Jf first bar of the new song that la Suug in heaven. I cannot imagine either the foIo or th? dovjlogy. But heaven means music, and car. mean nothing else. Occasionally that musie the b Standers. "The music! Lift mi up! Open the windows?" In that music room of our Father's house, you will some day meet the old masters, Mozart and Handel and Mendelssohn ind Beethoven and Doddridge, vhoe sacred pc-otry wa. as remarkable, as his fcacred prose; and James Montgomery, and William Cowper, at last got rid of his spiritual melancholy; and Bishop Hebe, who sang of "Greenland's icy mountain and India's coral strand;" and Dr. Baffles, who wrote of "High In yonder realm3 of light;" and Isaac Watts, who went to visit Sir 'Ihomas Abney and wife for a wffk, but proved himself so agreeable a guest that they made him stay thirty-six jeare; and side by side Augustus Toplady. who has got over his dislikes for Methodist, and Charles Weslrv. freed from his dislike for Calvlnitits; and George. "W. Bethune, as sweet as a song maker as he was great as a preacher and the author of The Village Hymns; and many v.ho wrote !n verse or song, Jn church or by eventide cradle; and many who were passionately fond of music but could male none themselves. The- poorest singer there more than any earthly prima donna, and the poorest piajers there more than any earthly GotUiehalk. Oh, that music room, the headquarters of cadence and rhythm, symphony und chant, psalm and antiphon! Another room In our Father's houso tili Le the family room. It may correspond somewhat with the family room on earth. At morning and evening, you know, that is the place we now meet. Though every member of the household have a separate room, in the family room they nil gather, and joys and sorrow. an,l rxperienee of all styles are there rehearsed. Sacied room In al! our dwelling! whether It be luxurious with ottomans and divan?, and book.-. In Hussian lids standing In mahogany case, or there be only a few plain chairs and a cradle. So the family loom on high will be the p.Vee where the kins-folk assemble and talk over the family experiences of earth, the weddings the births, the burials, the festal days of Christmas and ThanksgU lug reunion. Will the childnn departed remain children there? Will ths aged remain aged there? Oh no; everything Is perfect there. The child will go ahead to glorified maturity, and the aged will go back to glorified maturity. The rising sun of the one will rife to menuian, and the descending sun of the other will return to meridian. However much we love, our children on earth we would consider it a domestic disaster if they stayed children, and so we rejoice at their growth here. And when we meet in the family room of our Father's house, we will he glad that they have grandly and gloriously matured; while our parents, who were

aged and infirm here, we ehall be glad to find restored to the most agile and vigorous immortality there. If forty or forty-five or fifty years be the apex of physical and mental life on earth, then the heavenly childhood will advance to that, and the heavenly old age will retreat to that. When we join them in that family room we shall have much to tell them. We shall want to know of them, right away, such things as these: Did you see us in this or that or the other struggle? Did you know whn we lost cur property, and sympathize with us? Did you know we had that awful sickness? Were you hovering anywhere around us when we plunged into that memorable accident? Did you know of our backsliding? Did you know of that moral victory? Vtre you pleased when we started for heaven? Did you celebrate the hour of our conversion? And then, whether they know it or not. we will tell them all. But they will have more to tell us than we to tell them. Ten years on earth may be very eventful, but what must be the biography of ten years in heaven? They will have to tell tus the story of coronations, story of news from all immensity, story of conquerors and hierarchs, story cf wrecked or ransomed planets story of angelic victory over dialouc revolts, ol extinguished sunt;, of obliterated constellations, of new galaxies kindled and swung, of stranded comets, of worlds on fire, and story of Jehovah's majestic reign. If in that family room of our Father's house we have so much to tell them of what we have passed through ßlnce we parted, how much more thrilling and arousing that which they hav to tell us of what they have passed throu;h fdnee we parted. Surely that family room will ba one of the most favored rooms in all our Father's house. What long lingeriug there, for we shall never again be in a hurry! 'Let me open a window," said an humble Christian sHf up In a dark room, and refused of the death of her child, had shut herservant to Lady Rathe?, who, because to bee anyone. "You have been many

davs in this dark room. Are you not ashamed to grieve in this manner, when you ought to be thanking God for having given you the most beau tiful child that ever was seen, and Instead of leaving him in this world till , he should be worn with trouble, has not God taken him tu heaven In all his beauty! l,eae off v. ; ping, and let n:e open a window." So today 1 am trying to open rpon the darkness of earthly separation the windows and doors and rooms f the heavenly homestead. "In my Father's bouse zrc many rooms." HORSE LIKED HER MILLINERY. Htur f Vriuc :t fr lltt Trim itilng llliitr.i trt. An amusing Incident wa.- recently witnessed In a Barls street. It U the mode now for French milliners to uso real oats for the trimming of hats and bonnets, the oaUs being colored with various eolors, according to require mints of the trade. A woman wearing a hat abundantly trimm-d with oats, in order lo gt out f the road of a rapidly driven cab. had placed h.rsdf dire.-tly In front of a horse an I ti.rt waiting at. tin? curbstone. She had her bark turned to the animal, which, alter sniffing the oats on her hat. apparently decided it would be a pastime In accordance with ta.-t-v to muueh them. He was thus -ri gaged vhon jho woman began to mow forward, quite unaware, of the fe.-t the ho:s wai enjoying. The animal, wishing to continue its repast, put iown its forefeet on the skirt of the woman's dress, which gave her such a turn that she fainted, and, falling, sustained somo injury. ne srdtHtiug her removal to a chemist's shop. When she recovered fn.ni her emotion and beheld the wreck of her hat purchased, en she affirmed, that very day her distress and indignation knew no bounds. She returned to the spot where the incident had happened, discovered the driver of the cart In a neighboring wineshop, and taking his address, with that of his employer, intimated her intention of prosecuting to reeowr the value of the damaged hat. The moral of the adventures is that ladies displaying oat.;i on the top of (heir heads should beware of coming in proximity with a horse's mouth. Ciun F!c!itlfi(C hi h Selene. "Gun righting used to be an expert science in the West," said a visitor from Texas, "and men became skilled In it, just as they might In any of the. handicrafts. The great point was to get 'quick action,' and the fellow who drew and fired first generally won the fight. That fact led to all sorts of schemes for pulling a gun with the least possible delay. One of the easiest was the 'shoulder holster, which consisted of a strap suspending the pistol Just over the left breast. Carrying a derringer In the pocket of a sack coat and firing through the cloth without drawing was a trick that cott many a man his life. At last It became difficult for a man with his hands in his coat pocket to get near enough to a victim to make tmrc of hitting him, and a frontier genius invented a variation. He simply cut the right pocket out of an alpaca coat and carried his gun in a holster at his hip. Another trick was to carry the pistol up the sleeve, with the end of the barrel resting against the half-bent palm." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Ilintorle k Trrf. Ghostly forms of antique cowboys are said to be seen dangling on moonlight nights from the lower branches i of the great white oak known since j revolutionary times as the "Cowboy ! Tree," which stands behind Tibbett's ' Hill in Spuylen Duyvil. Certain it a that the lower brandies upon which many a marauding cowboy was hanged during the revolutionary war are all dead, as if to prove the old belief that limbs upon which criminals were executed always died. Storm beaten and weather worn Jt3 twisted branches, jagged roots and thick bark tell of centuries of storm and struggle, and attest Us accredited age, 300 jears. New York Tribune. The original word translated apothecary In the Bible is believed by some authorities to be better translated Ij perfumer.

WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. KU In 1'rlces a Notewortfcy Fealur of

th Tim. II. C Dun & Co.'ä weekly review of tr.;de says: "The most noteworthy feature of the time is the rise in prices. Cotton, wool, und p:;j iron all show large increases. Prices of produces have not corre spondingly advanced. This discrep ancy causes embarrassment, but Is the natural characteristic of a rise which is mainly du? not to concerted action in anv trade, but to the pressure of a eonsming demand the greatest ever known, which for the time exceeds supplies, though very unequally. "Failures for the week have ben 157 in the Fnited States, against 211 last year, and 23 in Canada, against 20 last year." Mum 1 1 pern tor Will Appeal. Mine operators of Illinois will appeal to the Fnited States Supreme court against the decision compelling them to pay the fees of the state mine Inspectors. lien. Uhtatnn' K partition I.wn.l. Gen. Wheaton's expedition to the. north of Luze n 1 inded at Dagupan. Two of th Americans were wounded. The expedition is advancing eastward. Mi Navajo IikIIaiih KlMel. Navajo Indians resisted an Arizona deputy sheriff's attempt to make arrest. One white man and live Indians were killed in the battle that followed. Congrelii:l Comiultl to lnestlcto. It is likely that congressional committees will visit Cuba. Porto Hieo and tho Philippines before any legislation is enacted for those inlands. an1ltats for Minority I.vafesrsMp. Several candidates for the minority leadership in congress will be present at the meeting cf the democratic executive committee in Chicago. Fight for (iiibernatorUl Nomination. J. I.. Griffiths of Indianapolis and Col. Durbiii of Anderson are candidates for the republican nomination for governor of Indiana. ltrji0.11;4ii Commit! to Mt. A m"ting e;f the republican national committee will be held ri"xt month to fix p'aee and date of national convention. Charge Aglt 4irman Officer. ('apt. Anderson, recently returned from the Philippines, said German military ofilce is arc aiding the Filipinos. Teltow Vrtrr Dylnc Out. Key West reports two cases of yellow lever and no deaths. Miami report.--no new cases and no deaths. I'.UIiop Tornr Trn Ngro. Bishop Turner in an .address declared the attempt to disfranchise Georgia negroes menaced thein with slavery. YrartAitt for Cornjresmn Itobrts. .V warrant has been Issued for the arrest of Brlgham 11. Roberts, pol y gain ou.- congressman-elect, of Ftah. IM:ic for I'.-lo. Flfr. Pres.id.--nt McKinley has appointed e-Gov. Joseph W. Fifer of Illinois instate cominp-e commissioner. rmpixA to DiftfranctiU gr:e. The democrats propose a constitutional amendment to disfranchise twotl.irdo of the Maryland negroes. Kxportd Show a Ilerrite. Fxports of the Fnited States for the last ten months were $H7,1 47,0i0 lv:3 ban for same period in lhS. Agree on African Hall road. Germany and (Jreat Britain are said to have reached a satisfactory agreement on African railroads. ri?iMrt with Saniuau Agreement Both German and English newspapers express themselves at well pleased with the Samoan agreement. Appointment for (Jot. Wood. Washington advices say On. Wool is almost certain of appointment as civil governr of Cuba. IuuoTHtlon In South America. The general arbitration treaty between Paraguay and Argentina has been signed. (trig for Ylre-PreftUlent. Republican poiitl 'ians are urging on the president the desirability of having Atty.-Gen. Griggs nominated for vicepresident. Threat to Kill Uoehel. Threats are made that if Goebel Is declared elected governor of Kentucky, he will be assassinated before he can assume the executive chair. Squadron to Colleet Taxe. The merchants at Barcelona, Spain, continue to refuse to pay their taxes, and the government is about to send the Cadiz squadron to the port. AU Jolet la Samoa. Matters in Samoa are satisfactory. The various groups of natives are awaiting the rtutcome of the report of the international commission. Bfllwankec Nur of Coaventloa. Milwaukeeans now feel certain of getting the democratic national convention. The result of the Ohio election puts Cincinnati out of the race. Jeffrie Will Meet (nrhnlt. Within seven months James J. Jeffries, heavy-weight champion pugilist, will defend his title. His opponent will be James J. Corbett. To lie- fore llrltlsh Fleet. Two warships have been dispatched to South Africa from Halifax to reenforce the British licet in those waiters. Crn. irubb Kerloutly III. Gen. K. Burd Grubb, former United States minister to Spain, is seriously 111 at his home at Burlington, N. J. Hundreds Killed In Venezuela. Gen. Paredes surrendered Puerto Gabello, Venezuala, to Gen. Castro troopa, after losing C50 men. Olympia Out of CotnmUitlon. Admiral Dewey's flagship, Olympia, has been put out of commission. The vessel needs repairs.

MARRY AND BE COoD.

Not Absolutely l'erfect, Which Might II Dull, hut Comparatively So. Friedrich Prinzing has just published in Germany, some of the results of his study of the influence of marriage? upon the criminality of men, says the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. From criminal statistics he deduced that property rights of all kinds are respected more generally by the married than the single. Such graver offenses as robbery, extortion and fraud are committed by married men with comparative infrequency. When he is driven to the unlawful acquirement of material goods he generally e-hooses some less dangerous method. Receiving stolen goods, breaking the laws relative to trade, commerce and public health, forcible detention of pieces of property, bankruptcy, etc. .are the forms which offenses against property usually take among married men. Among those married at an extremely early age trespasses against the rights of property are more common than jmong the anmarried of a corresponding age. This is explained by the fact that poverty is frequently a concomitant or result of such marriages. Incendiarism is found most largely among the mirried between 2'"' and 60 years of age. The unmarried outrun the married in the offenses against mo rality, and also in those against human life, but the married surpass the unmarried in careless and negligent killing and wounding. The difference in criminality betwe?n the married and the unmarried grows le.-s w ith advanc ing years. Between the ages of 50 and 0 years it Is small, and after that it Is even less. Drunkenness claims the major share of Its victims between the ages of 30 and CO years. The criminality of widowers between the ages of SO and 50 is notably greater than that of other classes. The loss of the wife frequently leads to mental derangement, and cei tain kinds of self-control ere difficult for this class to exercise. In general there is a decrease in criminality of the married the longer they have been in the married state. Among the restraints which marriage places urn the married man is the fear of bringing disgrace upon his family and lasting shame upon his children. The temptation of the married man to Indulge in the pleasures of the public house is less than that of the single man. With the need of defending and supporting a family, there comes, too, increased respect for religion, law and property, the defending and supporting of the institutions of society. lastly, a strong deterrent effect of marriage upon criminality results from the influence of constant and intimate association of the man with a member of the sex whose criminality is low compared with that of his own. A Fathetle Kxperlence. John W. Page, of Stokes. Pitt county, who was in town on Friday to consult Congressman John H. Small, has had quite a romantic and pathetic experience with his son, Alphonso C. Page. Alphonso ran away from home six years ago and enlisted in the navy under the assumed name of George W. Pollard, and gave John W. Pollard as his father's name. He served in the Spanish war, and later was ordered to the Philippines, where he was promoted to chief master-at-arms in the marine service. And although the father has not heard from his son for ov?r a year, since .May there has been an unclaimed letter lying Jn the Greenville postofiice, addressed to John V'. Pollard, and stamped upon it the name of V. S. steamship .Monadnock and the government frank. By some means It was supposed to be Intended for Mr. Page, and he was notified to call and open it. This he did, and it proved to he a letter from Commander Nichols, of the Monadnock, dated April 1, Informing him of the death of his son in the hospital. The letter was complimentary to the young man, and stated there was Jl.'O to his credit on the ship's books. Mr. Page came to town to see J. H. Small, to whom ho made the above statement, and Mr. Small at once took steps to procure the money and If possible to have the body returned to Page's old home. Washington (N. C.) Gazette. ClranVa lit Central Africa. From time to time It has been rumored that giraffes existed in British Central Africa, on the Ioangwa river, but although that river valley has been frequently visited during the last ten years by Europeans, no authentic Information on the point has ever been obtained. Iast month, however, a giraffe was shot on the east bank of the Loangwa In the Marimba district, by a European prospector, and Its skin (Incomplete) sent in to Capt. Chichester, In Mpezenl's country. The hinder half cf the; skin is being sent to the British museum, and it Is hoped that a complete specimen may now be obtained. The existence of giraffes In MIramba is remarkable, the area In which they are found is extremely restricted, and their number appears to be very few. The one shot, however, was in a herd of about thirty-five. The nearest country north of Marlamba, in which giraffes are known to exist, is north of Mareres, where the Elton-Cotterill expeditioa met with them (many years ago). To the south of Matabeleland I the nearest giraffe country. The Itu1tn I'analoo. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: The clergyman had finished and th organ was pealing forth the sonorous rapture of the Mendelssohn march. "One moment, George," paid the radiant bride, and facing the audience she raised her exquisitely bound, though smcwhat bulky, prayer book in her daintily gloved hands and pointed it directly at the brilliant audience. There was a sharp click. "All right, George," said the bride, "come along." And as they marched down the aisle Kho showed him that the supposed prayer book wasn't a prayer book at all. It was a camera! "It's my own idea, George." she whispered. "Clever, isn't it?" Hewaro of Ovftrfeedlug. When cow's milk is fed to babies with enfeebled digestion it must be largely diluted with warm water. Overfeeding 13 the frequent caue of infantile dyspepsia.

A WEEK IX INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. A Had Railway CollUlori t lover l.enf reiicer and Freight Trains A Number of Truin Kmplnjc and 1'!engern Severely llruleed. Kokomo telegram: There was a collision between a passenger train and a freight on the Clover-Leaf railway near this city, resulting in the demolition of both engines, which were locked together, and the wrecking of a number of cars. The passenger train but a few moments before had been released from a siding here, and it was supposed to have right-of-way. The severely bruised include the following: Thomas Hogarth, engineer, head and shoulders; William Huntington, passenger conductor of Toledo, Ohio, badly bruised; Daniel Burke, engineer; George Cowan of Frankfort, fireman; I .eon Suan of Dunkirk, back and arms; Mrs. Camille Su?n of Dunkirk, back and arms; C. V. Yenna of Greentown. back and side; Grant Highwarden of Toledo, Ohio, head and shoulders; Lulu Feekey of Cloverda!, head and neck. The passengers and employes slightly bruised include A. K. Young of Frankfort; Mrs. B. J. Brotherton of Delphos. Ohio; Mrs. N. M. Stewart of West Liberty, Ohio; Mrs. Charles Luckey of Greentown; Richard Ruddell of Kokomo. and Kdward Shortridge, freight conductor. Examinatleu shows that Thomas Hogarth, engineer of the passenger train, is the severest sufferer, and he is rapidly convalescing. The property los to the company will exceed 10,0u0. The track was cleared. A Daughter's Surprise. Kvansville. Richard Bunnell. n, steamboat fireman of this city, years I old. died at his home, and soon after his death an old colored woman appeared and gave directions concerning the burial, alleging that she was his widow. Burehell's ly-year-old elaughter protested, and appealed to the authorities that her father's body might remain subject to her order. The colored woman asserts that she will establish her legal status in the; courts, and that she will share in ibe -state, which aggregates ?.".,ti00. Condensed Telegram. It begins to look In the Ninth congressional district as if Joseph B. Cheadle, for the third time, would be the democratic nominee. Capt D. F. Allen, now en route for the Philippines, could have won the nomination in a canter but for Iiis recent declaration that he was an ardent expansionist. A Chicago company is seeking a franchise at Terre Haute, to erect a. plant for the distribution of gas and refrigerated air. The company proposes to sedl gas at 00 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, and to keep ice chests in a cold storage condition at a prhe cheaper than can be done with ice. "Chuck" Bra nnen, foreman of a gang of pipe-layers, went in to a room attached to the Greentown gas station and was prostrated by the fumes of burned gas. Another employe attempted a rescue, but v. as prostrated, and a third man shared the same futi Brannen may die. A. S. Street of Henry county brought suit ngainst the Panhandle Railway company because of the refusal of a passenger train conductor to accept his mileage when the agent could not cxfhangt it for a ticket. A Wayne county jury gase him judgment for $2.".'. A society event at Noblesville was the mari iiigo of George Caylor, son of H. M. Caylor, ex-department commander, G. A. R., and Miss Bessie, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Booth. The Rev. W. D. Starr of the Christian church officiated. The dead body of James Dolan of the Soldiers' Home e)f Marion has Wen found in the Mississinewa rier, due to an accidental fall from a bridge. Ho served in the First heavy artillery during the Civil war and was 7- years, old. The special election in Washington and Harrison townships, Blackford county, on the proposition to build twenty-thrcK miles of gravel road was carried In Washington and defeated In the other township. The Rev. J. II. Denslow of Mnncie has received a call to the rectorship of St. Paul's Episcopal church of Kvansville, to succeed Rector Francis, recently promoted to be bishop of the southern Indiana diocese. Charles Banks, a teacher of Waltz township, Wabash county, is missing, and his friends fear foul play. He suddenly disappeared after cashing a check nt the First National bank of Wabash for 60. William Lusk, a well-known farmer of Need ham township, Johnson county, was found in front of his home in an unconscious condition, and he die-el without regaining his senses. A mixer in one of the mills controlled by the Fontanet Powder company exploded, destroying the building and 100 kegs of powder. An employe waa slightly injured. Ja, 1. Coffee, who went away while the Anderson manager of the Indiana Ixian company, leaving his accounts, as alleged, entangled, has been located at Ponce, Porto Rico. Joshue Bruce of West I-nfayette became suddenly insane at midnight and lied to the street in a nude condition. He was captured by the police 3fter much difficulty. The home of John O'Dell, near Kvansville, caught fire at midnight, and tho family would have been crtaiated but for the lusty howling of tho watch dog. There was a house warming at Eden, In honor of the new I. O. O. F. hall. which was attended by 250 members of the fraternity. Three degrees were conferred. "Grandma" Erlenbach, near Huntington, will be 99 years old on New Year's day. and this week she hrd her photograph taken for the flrst time In her life. Samuel Boone of Iagro township, Wabash county, whose death occurred recently of paralysis, was 81 years old, and a half-century resident of ttat locality

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MASONIC PLYMOUTH KILWINNING LODGE, No. 149, F. and A.M.; meets first and third Friday evenings of each month. Wra. H. Conger, V. M. John Coibaley, Sec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No. 49 R. A. M.; meets second Friday evening of each month. J. C. Tilson, II. P. II. U. Reeve, Sec. PLYMOUTH COMMAND'RY, No. 26, K. T. ; meets fourth Friday of each month. John C. Gordon, E. C. L. Tanner, Ree. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No. 26, O. E. S.; meets first and third Tuesdays of each month. Mrs. Bertha 'McDonald, M. Mil. -OU Stansbury, IScc. ODD FELLOWS. AMERICUS LODGE, No. 911 meets every Thursday evening at their lodirc r oms on Michigan street. C, F. Schearer, N. G. Chas. Bushman, Sec, SILVER STAR LODGE, Daughters of Rebekalt; meets every Friday evening at I. O. O. F. hall. Mrs. J. E. Ellis, N. G. Miss Emma Zuir.baugh, V. G. Miss N. Berkhold, Sec. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HYPERION LODGE, No. 117 meets every Morula' night in Castle Hall. Wm. F. Young, C. C. Cal Switzer, K. of R. and S. HYPERION TEMPLE, Rathbone Sictcrs; meets first and third Fridays of each month. Mr. Chas. McLaughlin, E. C. FORESTERS. PLY M OUT 1 1 CO U R T, No. 1 499 ; meets the fcecond and fourth Friday evenings of each month in K. of P . hall . C. M. Slay ter, C. R. Ed Reynolds, Sec. K. O. T. M. PLYMOUTH TENT, No. 271 meets every Tuesday evening at K. O. T. M. hall. D. V. Jacoby, Com. Frank. Wheeler, Record Keeper. WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 67, L. O. T. M.; meets every Mon. day night at K. O. T. M.'hall on Michigan street. Mrs. Cora Hahn, Corrj. Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper. HIVE No. jS, L. O. T. M; meeti every Wednesday evening in K, O. T. M. hall." Mr. Burkeit, Com. ROYAL ARCANUM Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in Simom hall. J. C. Jilso::, Regent. B. J. Lauer, Sec. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in K. of P. hail. J. O. Pomeroy, U. C, E. Rotzicn, Clerk WOODMEN CIRCLE. PLYMOUTH GROVE, No,6j meets every Friday evening Woodmen hall. Mrs. Lena Ulrich, Worthy Guardian. MrChas. Hammerel, Clerk, MODERN WOODMEN. Meets second and fourth Thursdayi m K. of I, hall. J. A. Shunk, Venerable Consul. C. L, Switzer, Clerk. BKN HUR. - Meets every Tuesday. W. H. Gove, Chief. Chas. TiUjetts Scribe . G. A. RMILES H. TIBBETTS POST, G. A. R., meets ery first and third Tuesday evenings in Simons hall. W. K'clley, Com. Charlci Wilcox, Adjt. COLUMBIAN LEAGUE. Meet Thursday evening, every other week, 7.30 p. m., in Bisell hall. Wert A. Beldon, Commander. Aloazo Stevenson, Provost. MODERN SAMARITANS. Meets second and fourth Wednesday evening in W. O. W. hall S. B. Fanning, Pies. J. A. Shunk, Sec. MARSHALL COUNTY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION. Meets first Tuesday in each month Jacob K.vzer, M. D., President Novitas B. Aspinall, M. D., Seo Do You Think It Will Pay? That is the question asked of tis 0 often, referring to adrertUinf. If properly done we kxow it will pay handsomely. The perlno of those wko Have tried It provM taat aothlug equal It.