Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 33, Petersburg, Pike County, 27 December 1895 — Page 6

THE MONROE DOCTRINE. President’s Message to Congress on the Venezuelan Question. He Suggests the Authorization by Congress of a Commission to Determine the Status of Venezuela’s Contention, Aad'On the Acceptance of the Report of j that Commission the United States > Stand Firmly as Against Wilful Aggression. Washington, Dee. 17.—The president sent to congress the Venezuelan correspondence accompanied by the fallowing siguificent message: To the Congress: In my annual message addressed to the congressou the third Instant, I called attention to- MjjPymding boundary controversy between OreatWlt iln and the republic of Venezuela, and recited the substance of a representation made by this government to her Biitannic majesty's government, suggesting reasons why such dispute should be submitted to arbitration for settlement and inquiring whether it would be so submitted. The answer of the Uritlgh government,which was then awaited, but has since been received, and together with the dlsputch to which it is a reply, is hereto appended. Such reply is embodied in two communications addressed by the British prime minister to Sir Julian Pauucefoto, the British ambassador at this capital. It will be seen that one of these communications is devoted exclusively to observations upon the Monroe doctrine, and claims that In the present instance a new and Strange extension aud aevelopment of this doctrine is insisted on by the dJnlted States; that the reasons Justifying an appeal to the doctrine enunciated by President Monroe are generally inapplicable "to tho state of things In which wo live at the present day," and especially Inapplicable to a controversy involving the boundary line between Great Britain atnd Venezuela. Without attempting extended argument in reply to these positions, it mav not be amiss to •uggest that the doctrine upon which we stand is strong and sound, because its enforcement Is important to our peace and safety as nmtion.and is essential to the integrity of our free institutions and|tho tranquil maintenance of our distinctive form of government. It was intended to apply to every stage of our notional life, ami can not become obsolete while our republic endures. If the balance of power is Justly a cause for jealous anxiety among the 4Tovernments of the old world, and a subject for our absolute non-interference,none the less Is ait observance of the Monroe doctrine of vital ..•concern to our people and their government. Assuming, therefore, that we may properly Insist upon this doctrine without regard to the tstuteof things in which we live, or any changed ■condition here or elsewhere, it is not apparent why Its application m ly uot be invoked in tho present controversy. If a European power, by an extension of Its boundaries, takes''possession of the territory of one of our neighboring republics against its will, and in derogation of Its rights, B is difficult to see why. 1,0 Unit extent, such’ European power does not thereby attempt to extend Us system of government to that portion of this -continent which is thus taken. This is the precise action President Monroe declared to be “dangerous to our peace and safety," and it can make no difference whether the European system is extended by an advance of frontier or otherwise, It is also suggested in tho British reply that we should not seek to apply the Monroe doctrine to the pending dispute, because it does not embody anv principle of international law which is fottnde i on the general consent of nations, aud that “no statesman, however eminent, and no nation, however powerful, arc competent to insert into the code of international law a novel principle which was never recognized before, and which has not since been accepted h tho government of any other country."

Practically the principle for which ve conSend Ins prior if not exclusive relation to tho United States. It may not have been admit ted in so m nv words in tho code of International law, but since in international counsels every nation is entitled to the rights belonging to It, If the enforcement of tho Monroe doctrine is •something we may justly olr.hty it has its place in the code of international law as certainly and ps securely as if it were specifically men* ■Cloned, and when the United States'is a suitor 'toeforo the high tribunal tliat administers international law the question to be determined Ik whether or not. wo prcseu c la lays whteh the Justice of that code of law can find to be right ■and valid. „ Tho doctrine finds its recognition in those principles of international law which are tiased upon the theory that every nation shall be protected nnd its just claims enforced. Of course this government is entirely confident that gnder tiie sanction of this doctrine wo toave clear rights and undoubted claims. Nor Ik this ignored in the British reply. The prime minister, while not admitting that the Monroe -ftocirlhe is applicable to1 present conditions, states: "In declaring that the United States would .resist any such enterprise if it was contemplated/ President Mcmoe adopted a policy which received the entire sympathy of the En•Ijlisli gov rnment of that date." Ho further declare<: "Thelanguage of President Monroe is directed to the attainment of •objects which Englishmen would agr e to as salutary. while 4t is impossible to admit that they have b en inscribed by any authority in •the code of international low." Again he says: "They (her majesty's pov--ernmout) fully concur with the view which .President Monroe apparent ly entertained, that ■any disturbance of the existing territorial dis•trlbutiou in that hemisphere by any fresh acquisition on the part of. any European state would be u highly-inexpedtont change." In the belief that the doctrine for which we contend was clear and definite, that it was founded upon substantial considerations and .Involved our safety and welfare: that It was fully applicable to our present conditions ■end to the state of the world’s progress, and •that it was directly related to the final merits of the dispute, but anxious to learn In a satisfactory and conclusive manner whether Ureat Alritaln sought, under a claim of boundary, to oxtend her possessions on this continent without right, or whether she merely sought possession of the territory fairly Included within toor lines of ownership, this government proposed to the government of Great Britain * resort to arbitr tlon as the proper means of settling the question, to tho end that a vexatious boundary dispute between tho two contestants might be determined and oqr exact •standing and -relatiou in respect to »ue eontroworsy might bo mado clear. It will be seen from the correspondence herewith submitted that this proposition has been -docliued by the British government upon •rounds which, under tho circumstances, seem to me to be far from satisfactory. It is deeply disappointing that such an appeal, actuated by the most friendly feoiings toward both nations directly concerned, addressed to the sense of justice mid t> tho mugnanimity of one of the great powers of tho world, and touching its relations to one comparatively weak qnd small, should have produced no better results. The course to be pursued by this govern- / ment, in view of the present condition, does, .not uppear to admit of serious doubt. Having labored faithfully for mouy years to induce Great Britain to • submit this dispute to impartial arbitration. and having beou now ilnally apprised of„ ■ tier refusal to do so, nothing remains but to . accept the situation, to recognize its plain re'quirements and deal with It accordingly. Great Britain's present proposition has never thus far been regarded as admissible by Veno- . tuela, though any adjustment of the boundary which that country may deem for her ad- • vantage and may enter into ef her own free will can not, of oourse. be obleeted to by the ’‘United States. i

Assuming, however, that the attitude el Venezuela will remain unchanged. the d is prate has reached such a stage as to make U now Incumbent up*n the United States to take measures to determine with suMclent certainty for Its justification what la the true divisional line between the republic of Venezuela and British Guiana, The inquiry to that end should, of course, be conducted carefully and judicially, and due weight should be given to ell available evidence, records und facia in support of the claims of bhth parties. In order that such an examination should be prosecuted in a thorough and satisfactory manner. I suggest that the congress make an adequate appropriation fot the expenses of a commission, to be appointed by the executive, who shall make the necessary investigation and report upon the matter with the least possible delay. When such report Is made and accepted It will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States' to resist by every means in Its power, as a willful aggression upon Its rights and interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental Jurisdiction over any territory which, after investigation, we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela. In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred and keenly realize ull the consequences that may follow. J am nevertheless firm In ray conviction that while it Is a grievous thing to contemplate the two great English-speaking peoples of the world as being otherwise than friendly competitors In the onward march of civilization, and strenuous and worthy rivals In all the arts of peace, there. Is no° calamity which a great nation-can Invite which equals that which follows a supine 'submission to wrong and Injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor beneath which Is shielded and defended a people's safety and greatD*|Signed| Ghovkr Ci,«velamd. Executive Mansion. Doc. 17.189.V Will Defend Venezuela by War, If Necessary. Chicago, Dec. 18.—A Washington special says: President Cleveland’s message about Venezuela had :t. ring in it that satisfied nearly everybody iu congress. Even the president’s severest critics, who belong to his party, declare that the message was all that could be desired in the way of an aggressive foreign policy. Congressman Livingston, of Georgia, who made a special visit to investigate the subject, and who introduced the resolution in the last congress instructing the secretary of state to bring the matter to the attention of th^ IJritish foreign office, said that the message was firm and in accord with his ideas. Mr. Livingston has been one of the-president’s severest critics. “I interpret the message to mejan,” said lie, “that our duty is to promptly ascertain Venezuela’s original 'rights in the matter and defend thenji ugains* llritish aggression—by war. if necessary.” “The president’s recommenilations will be sustained by congress. I think,” said Hailey, of Texas, who seldom approves anything Mr. Cleveland does. “1 am ready support the reedmmundaj tious.” -!

THE BRITISH PRESS Is Astounded «t the Tone of President Cleveland's Message, hut I'etjvr* No Evil Conseijuenoea, D«*|>emllnff t’jMin the <iood Sense and Ties of Kindred t«» Defeat the 'Wordy Vaporing* of Jingoism—KepubUeaiK In a Hole. London, Doc. IS.—The Daily News, ^commenting on President Cleveland’s message to congress on the Venezuelan question, to-day says: “The president's communication is a remarkable document, though its consequences- are not likely to be serious. Neither Mr. Olney nor the president seems to realize that the Monroe doctrine can not be quoted as authoritative in negotiations with a foreign power. The Monroe doctrine is now purely of historical interest. The Venezuelan difficulty must be considered on its own merits. The president in his account of the doctrine surrenders tiie whole case. What Monroe meant was that the United States would resent any European attempt to establish any monarchical systems on the ! American continent. That was a serious consideration in lSi3; it is altogether obsolete now. r Mr. Cleveland begs the whole question and misreprej seats it besides when he says tlgit this | country is seeking to extend the limits j j of British Guiana. This country is do- j j ing nothing qf the kind. Venezuela j j claims territory that is now Guianese ; and British. If to resist this claim! I be a breach of the Monroe doctrine that doctrine is an intolerable pretense. t“In the concluding portions of Mr. Cleveland's message England is threatened with war unless sher permits Mr. Cleveland to arbitrate the | boundaries of Venezuela. Happily there is some sense of humor vin the American people. Tho message puts the republicans in a hole. If they agree to the appointment of a commission they will give Mr. Cleveland such eredit as belongs to it, and will enable him, or the democratic candidate, to pose as an accomplished twister of the liou's tail. If, on the other hand, they refuse to agree to the commission, they will give the democrats a chance of accusing them of being servile friends of the British; but the great body of the Americans people will not be led by any such motive or considerations. The Chronicle says; “The message will bo read in this country with blank astonishment. An American commission to determine what territory a British colony can call.its own and failing our compliance with its findings, war with Great Britain.” It addsj “We cannot abandon our settlers any more than President Cleveland would his.” The paper concludes thus: “We can only express genuine regret at’the tone of the document, which meets no argument made by Lord Salisbury, and which cannot obscure or defeat the affection which subsists between the'two countries, the ties of blood that must needs bind them in indissoluble union.” The Post says: “President Cleveland, has .outdone the republican party in his efforts to show dislike .ior this country, yet he ^has not committed himself to anything. The message does not make the slightost attempt to grapple with Loyd Salisbury’s argument. The international law tribunal that President Cleveland asks the congress to set up can have no more binding effect in this country than would a decision by the supreme court at Washington/

CHRISTS MISSION. ft«v. Dr. Tat mag* Preaches a Christ* mas Sermon.* Th» World'* Greatest Emancipators Were AU of Lowly Birth — The Offender's Hope—Season of Forbearanee and Forgiveness Good WUl to Men. In his sermon Sunday Dr. Talmage chose the universal theme of the sea* •on—the Chris tmaatide. The text selected was, “Now when Jesus was born In Bethlehem,” Matthew ii, 1. At midnight from one of the galleries of the aky a chant broke. To an ordinary observer there was no reason for such a celestial demonstration. A poor man and wife—travelers, Joseph and Mary by name—had lodged in an outhouse of an unimportant village. The supreme hour of solemnity had passed, and upon the pallid forehead and cheek of Mary God had set the dignity, the grandeur, the tenderness, the everlasting and divine significance of motherhood. But such scenes had often occurred in Bethlehem, yet never before had a star been unfixed or had a baton of light marshaled over the hills winged orchestra. If there had been such brilliant and mightr recognition at an advent in the house of Pharaoh, or at an advent in the house of Caasar, or the bouse of Hapsburg, or the house of Stuart, we would not so much have wondered, but a barn seems too poor a center for such delicate -and archangelic circumference. The stage seems too small for so great an act, the music too grand for such unappreciative auditors, the window of the stable too rude to be serenaded by other worlds It is my joy to tell you what was worn that night in the village barn, and as I want to make my discourse accumulative and climacteric I begin in the first place by telling you that that night in the Bethlehem manger was born encouragement for all the poorly started. lie riiad only two friends—they his parents. No Satin lined cradle, no delicate attentions, but straw, and the cattle, and the coarse joke and banter of the earael drivers. No wonder the midteival painters represent th#; oxen as kneeling before the infant Jesus, for there were no men there at that time to worship. From the depths of that property he arose until to-day he is honored in all Christiandom and sits on the imperial throne in Heaven. What name is mightiest to-day in Christendom? Jesus! Who has more friends oh earth than any other being? Jesus! Before whom do the most thousands kneel in chapel and churoh and cathedral this hour? Jesus! From what depths of poverty to what height of renown! And so let all those wjp> are poorly started remember that they can not be more poorly born or more dis&dvantageously than this Christ. Let them look up to his example while they have time and eternity to imitate it Do you know that the vast majority of the world’s deliverers had barnlike birth places? Luther, the emancipator of religion, born among the mines. Shakspeare, the emancipator of literature, born in an humble home at Stratford-on-Avon. Columbus, the discoverer of a world, born in poverty at Genoa. Hogarth, the discoverer of how to make art accumulative and administrative of virtue, born in an humble home in Westmoreland. Kitto and Prideaux, whose keys unlocked new apartments in the Holy Scriptures which had never been entered, born in want Yes, I have to tell you that nine out of ten of the world’s deliverers were born in want I stir your holy ambitions to-day, and I want to toll you, although the whole world may be opposed to you, and inside and outside of your occupations or professions there may be those who would hinder your ascent, on your side and enlisted in your behalf are the sympathetic heart and the almighty arm of one who one Christmas night about eighteen hundred and ninety-five years ago was wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. Oh, what magnificent encouragement for the poorly started! Again, 1 have to tell you that in that village barn that night was born good will to men, whether you call it kindness, or forbearance, or forgiveness, or geniality, or affection, or love. It was no sport of high Heaven to send its favorite to that humiliation. It was sacrifice for a rebellieus world. After the calamity in paradise, not only did the ox begin to goro, and the adder to -sting, and the elephant to smite with his tusk, and the lion to put to bad use tooth and paw, but under the very tree from which t*»e forbidden fruit was pluekedwere hatched out war and revenge and malice and en vy and jealousy and the whole brood of cockatrices

DUV O^BiUdW UUMI aVVUW * ovv «««v Bethlehem manger, which says, "Bless rather than corse, endure rather than assault,’' and that Christmas night puts out vindictiveness It says, ‘'Sheathe your sword, dismount your guns, dismantle your batteries, turn the warship Constellation, that carries shot and shell into a grain ship to take food to famishing Ireland, hook your cavalry horses to the plow, use your deadly gunpowder in blasting rooks and in patriotic celebration, stop your law suits, quit writing anonymous letters, extract the sting from your sarcasm, let your wit coruscate but never burn, drop all the harsh words out of your vocabulary—‘Good will to men.’ ” *‘0h,” you say, “I can’t exercise it. I won’t exercise it until they apologise. I won’t forgive them until they ask me to forgive them.’’ You are no Christian then—I say you a\;e no Christian, or you are a very inconsistent Christian. If you forgive not men their trespasses, how can you expeot your heavenly Father to forgive you? Forgive them if they ask your forgiveness, and forgive them anyhow. Shake hands all around. "Good will to men.” 0 my Lord Jesus, drop that spirit inte %\\ our hearts this Christmas time! I tell you what the world wants not*

than anything el*©—more helping hands, more sympathetic hearts, more kind words that never die, more disposition to give other people a ride and to carry the heey^nd of the load and give other people tab light end, and to ascribe good motives instead of bad. and to find our happiness in making others happy. Out of that Bethlehem crib let the bear and the lion eat straw like an ox. “Good will to men.” That principle will yet settle all controversies, and under it the world will keep on improving until there will be only two .antagonistists in all the earth, and they will side by side take the jubilant sleigh ride intimated by the prophet when he said, “Uolinesa shall be on the bells of the horses ” Again, I remark that born that Christmas night in the village barn was sympathetic union with1’ other worlds From that supernatural grouping of the cloud banks over Bethlehem, and_ from the especial trains that ran down to the scene, I find that our world is beautifully and gloriously and magnificently surrounded. The meteors are with us, for one of them ran to point down to the birthplace. The heavens are with us, because at the thought of our redemption they roll hosannas out of the midnight sky. Oh, yes, I do not know but that our world may be better surrounded than we have sometimes imagined, and when a child i& born angels bring it, and when it dies angels take it, and when an old wan bends under the weight of veers angels uphold him, and when a heart breaks angels soothe it Angels in the hospital take care of the sick. Angels in the cemetery to watch our death Angels in the church ready to fly heavenward with the news of repentant seuls. Angels above the world. Angels under the world. Angels all around the world. Rub the dust of human imperfection out of your eyes and look into the heavens and see angels of pity, angels of mercy, angels of pardon, angels of help, angels crowned, angels charioted. The world defended by angels, girdled by angels, cohorted by angels— clouds of angels. Hear David cry out: “The chariots of God are 20,000, even thousands>of angels." But the mightiest angel stood not that night in the clouds over Bethlehem; the mightiest angel that night lay among the cattle —the angel of the new covenant As the clean white linen was being wrapped around the little form of that child emperor, not a cherub, not a seraph, not an angel, not a world but wept and thrilled and shouted. Oh, yes, our world has plenty of sj'mpathizers! Our world is only a Silver rung of a great ladder at the top of which is our Father’s house. No mere stellar solitariness for our world, no other friendless planets spun out into space to freez^, but a world in the bosom of Divine maternity, a star harnessed to a manger. Again, I remark that that night born in that village barn was the offender’s hope. Some sertnonizers may say I aught to have projected this thought at the beginning of the sermon. Oh, no, I wauted you to rise toward it I wanted you to examine the cornelians, and the jaspers, and the crystals, before I showed you the Kohinoor—the crown jewel of the ages. Oh, that jewel had a very poor setting! The cub of bear is born amid the grand old pillars of the forest, the whelp of lion takos its first step from the jungle of luxuriant leaf and wild flower, the kid of goat is born in cavern chandelierod with stalactite and pillared with stalagmite. Christ was born in a bare barn.

let that nativity was the offender s hope. Over the door of Heaven are written these words: “None but the sinless may enter here.” “Oh, horror,” you say, “that shuts us all out.” No. Christ came to the world in one door and He departed through another door, lie came through the door of the manger, and He departed through the door of the sepulcher, and His business was to wash away our sin that after we are dead there will be no more sin abont ns than about the eternal God. I know that is putting it strongly, but that is what I understand by full remission. All erased, all washed away, all scoured out, all gone. That undergirding and overarching and irradiating and imparadising possibility for you, and for me, and for the whole race—that was given that Christmas night. Do you wonder we bring flowers today to celebaate such an event? Do you wonder that we take organ and youthful voice and queenly soloist to celebrate it? Do you wonder that Raphael and Rubens and Titian and Giotto and Ghirlandajo, and all the old Italian and German painters gave the mightiest stroke of their genius to sketch the Madonna, Mary and her boy? Oh! now I see what the manger was Not so high the gilded and jeweled and embroidered cradle of the Henrys of England, or the Louis of France, or the Fredericks of Prussia Now 1 find out that that Bethlehem crib fed not so much fthe oxen of the stall as the white horses of Apocalyptic vision. Now I find the swaldling clothes enlarging and emblazoning into an imperial robe for a conqueror. Noyr I find that the star of that Christmas night was only the diamonded sandal of Him who hath the moon under his feet Now I came to understand that the music of that night was not a complete song, but ; only the stringing of the instruments '.for a great chorus of two worlds, the 'base to be carried by earthly nations \ saved and the soprano by kingdoms of* j glory won. Oh, Heaven, Heaven, Heaven! I • shall meet you there. After all our I imperfections are gone I shall meet you there. I look out to-day through j the mist of years, through the fog that rises from the cold Jordan, - through . the wide open door of solid pearl to i that reunion. I expect to see yon there as oertainly as I see you here. What a time we shall have in high converse, talking over the sins par- : doned, and sorrows comforted, and . battles triumphant!

Some of your children hare already gone, and though people passing along the street and seeing white crape on the door bell may hare said. “It la only a child,” yet when the brokenhearted father came to solicit my service he said, “Come around and comfort us, for we loved her so much.” What a Christmas morning it will make when those with whom you used to keep the holidays are all around you in Heaven! Silver haired old father young again, and mother who had so many aches and pains and decrepitudes well again, and all your brothers and sisters and the little onea How glad they will be to see you! They have been waiting. The last time they saw your face it was covered with tears and distress, and pallid from long watching, and one of them I can imagine to-day, with one hand holding fast the shining gate, and the other hand swung out toward you saying: Steer this way. father, steer straight for ma Here safe In Heaven I am waiting for thee. Oh, those liethlebem angels, when they went back after the concert that night over the hills, forgot to shut the door. All tjie secret is out No more use of trying to hide from us the glories to come. It is too late to shut the gate. It is blocked wide open with hosannas marching this war and hallelujahs marching that way. In the splendor of the anticipation I feel as if 1 was dying—not physically, for I never was more well—but in the transport of the Christmas transfiguration. What1 almost unmans me is the thought that it is provided for such sinners as you and I have been. If it had been provided only for those who hail always thought right, and spoken right, and acted right, you and I would have had no interest in it. had no share in it You and I would have stuck to the raft midocoan and let the ship sail by carrying perfect passengers from a perfect life on earth to a per.'ect Jife in ^heaven. Dufc I have heard the commander of that ship is the same great and glorious and sympathetic ofte who hushed the tempest around the boat on Galilee, and I have heard that all the passengers on the ship are sinners saved by grace. And so we hail the ship, and it bears down this way, and we com© by the side of it aud ask the captain two questions: “Who art thou? And whence?” And he says': “I am captain of salvation, and I am from the manger.” Oh, bright Christmas morning of my soul’s delight. Chime all the bells. Merry Christmas! Merry with the thought of sins forgiven, merry with the idea of sorrows comforted, merry with the raptures to come. Oh, lift that Christ from the manger and lay him down in all our hearts! We may not bring to him as costly a present as the Magi brought, but we bring to his feet and to the manger to-day the frankincense of our joy, the prostration of our worship. Down at His feet, all churches, all ages,all earth,all Heaven. Down at His feet, the four and twenty elders on their faces. Down, the “great multitude that no man can number.” Down, Michael, the archangel" Down, all worlds at His feet and worship. “Glory to God in thehighest, and on earth peace, good will to men!” ^ m n diit miTfSnMC’

A Virginia Hunter'* Torch Taken Away From Him by a Hear. Some time ago Mr. Wsehiivrton Via, 82 years of age, Mr. Oscar Eajrly, Mr. Willie James and Mr. Rice Via went out on a hunt These gentlemen live in the neighborhood of lilack Rock Springs, a country not thickly settled, and which is the home of "varmints’* of every description in profusion. They had not been out long when they started four bears. The dogs ran them all afternoon, and about night ran one of them into his den in a cliff of rocka Night coming on. the hunters concluded that they could do nothing until morning, so one or two of the party were detailed to watch the den while the others went home, intending to come back next morning and trv to get Mr. Eruin out. During the night the other three bears came to the den, it evidently being their habitation also, but were frightened off by the camp fire. These became separated from the fourth one during the hunt, the dogs following the one already run to luir. In the morning the other gentlemen came back to the den, and with piek9 and shovels endeavored to dig down to his bearship. In the meantime Mr. Rice Via sent his dog, a valuable hound, into the orifice, and in a few minutes heard a “squawk,” and the dog failed to return. This got Mr. Via excited and he determined to go in and rescue his dog. The entrance to the 'den was a long, horizontal passageway about two feet high and probably two feet wide. Mr. Via prepared a torch and fastened it upon a long pole, which he thrust into the opening before him, and entered without knife, gun or other defensive weapon. He had not gone far when the bear seized the torch and extinguished it. Several times this oocurred, but finally Mr. Via located him and found his fine dog in a dying condition. He backed out of the hole, asked for his gun, and while some of the others pushed in the torch Mr. Via succeeded in shooting the bear in the head, killing him instantly. Mr. Via then.came out and his son went in to bring out the dead bear. The den was a large aperture, probably twenty feet square and ten feet high, and was approached from tho passageway above described by an inclined plane. The young man went through this passage, entered the den, and pulled the bear to the passage, and then endeavored to pull him through, but found he was unable to do so. He lay down on his breast and grasped the,bear and the others caught hold of his feet and brought both man and bear to the light. The bear weighed easily 200 pounds, and was as “fat as butter.”—’Richmond Dispatch. —Women make a mistake when they do not wear warm woolen sooks in winter, instead oi lisle thread hosa — Atchison Globe.

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