Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1890 — ALL TROUBLES PAST. [ARTICLE]

ALL TROUBLES PAST.

CHRISTIANITY THE RAINBOW COVENANT. The Del nff© of Sin Dashes Over the Highest Mountains—l>r. Xalmage's Sunday Sermon. . Rev. Dr. Talmage preached at the Brooklyn Tabernacle last Sunday. Subject: “All Troubles Past.”—Text Rev. iv., 3. He said: As after a night of fearful temptest at sea one ship, more stanch than another, rides on undamaged among the fragments of spars and hulks that float about, so old Noah’s ark, at the close of the deluge, floats on over the wreck of a dead world. Looking out of the window of the ark you see the planks of houses, and the sheaves of wheat, and the carcasses of cattle, and the corpses of men. No tower is left to toll the burial; no mourners to form in line of procession; no ground in which to bury the dead. Sinking a line twenty-seven feet long, you just touch the tops of the mountains. Ghastliness and horror! The ark, instead of walking the sea, like a modern ship, in majesty and beauty, tosses helplessly; no helm to guide; no sail to set; no shores to steer for; Why protract the agony of the good people in such a craft when they might i#one dash of the wave have been put out of their misery? 1 —- —? — v But at yonder spot in the horizon we see colors gathering in the sky. At just the opposite point in the horizon other colors are gathering. I find that they are the two buttresses of an arched bridge. The yellow, the red, the orange, the blue, the indigo, the violet are mingled, and by invisible hands the whole structure is hung into the sky, and the ark has a triumphal arch to sail under. An Angel of Light swings his hand across the sky, and in the seven prismatic colors he paints with pencil of sunbeam the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature. God lifted up that great arched bridge, and set it over His own head in the heaven. John saw it, for he says, “There was a rainbow round about the throne.” I notice that none but the people who were in the ark saw the rainbow, [t cast its shadow clear down into the water where the people were buried, and lighted up the dead faces with a strange radiance, but they could not see it. So only those who are at last found in Christ, the Ark, will see the overspanning glories of the throne. Hence you had better get into the Ark! As you call your family out at the close of the shower to show them the sign in heaven, so I want you all at last to see the grander rainbow round about the throne. “Look there!" says Noah to his wife, 1 ‘at that bow in the clouds, und, Shem and Japhet, look! look! the green, the yellffw, and the red and the orange!” I should not wonder if some of your own children in the Good Land should after a while cry out to you, “Look, father! look, mother! there is a rainbow round about the throne!” You had better get into the Ark, with all your families, if you want to see it.

I notice also that the chief glory of God comes after the rain. N o shower, no rainbow, no trouble, no brightness, of Christian consolation. Weavers are sometijpes, by reason of their work, dusty and rough in their apparel, and so it is the coarse-clad tempest, whose hand and foot swing the Bhuttle, that weaves the rainbow. Many Christians are dull, and stupid, and useless because they have not had disaster enough to wake them up. The brightest scarf that heaven makes is thrown over the shoulders of the storm. You can not make a thorough Christian life out of Bunshine alone. There are some very dark hues in the ribbon of the rainbow; you must have Ln life the blue as well as the orange. Mingling all the colors of the former makes a white light; and it takes all the shades, and sadness, and vicissitudes of life to make the white luster Of a pure Christian character. Your child asks you, “Father, what makes the rainbow? ” and you say, “It Is the sunlight striking through the rain-drops.” Therefore I wondered how there could be a rainbow in heaven, since there are no storms there; but then I conclude that that rainbow must be formed by the striking of heaven’s sunlight Through tbe falling tears of earthly sorrow. When we see a man overwhelmed with trouble, and his health goes, and his property goes, and his friends go, I Bay, “Now we shall see the glory of God in this good man’s deliverance.” As at Niagara Falls I saw one day teq rainbows spanning the awful plunge of the cataract, so over the abyss of the Christian’s trial hover the rich-hued wings of all the promises. I notice that the most beautiful things of this world are to bo preserved in heaven. When you see the last color fade out from the rainbow of .earth, you need not feel sad, for yob •will see the rainbow round about the throne. That story about the world burning up has given me many a pang. When I req<i that Paris was besieged, il said: “Now the pictures and statues in the Louvre and Luxembourg will bo destroyed; all those faces of Rembrandt, and those bold dashes of Rubens, and those enchantments of [Raphael on canvas, and those Statues of Canova.” But is not a more meljancholy thought that ruin is te come /upon this great glory of the earth, in (which the mountains are as the chiseled eculptures, and upon the sky, in which tho “transfiguration” of sunrise and •unset is hung with loops and tassels of fire? I was relieved when I Nund itbat the pictures had been rebmoved from the Louvre and -ffie

Luxembourg, and I am relieved now when 1 think that the feest parts of this earth are either to be removed or pictured in the Good Land, The trees must twist in the last fire—the oaks and the oedars and the maples; but in heaven there shall be the trees of life on the banks of the river, and the palm trees from which the conquerors shall pluck their "branches. The "Hudson and the St. Lawrence and the Ohio shall boil in the last flame, but we shall have more than their beauty in the River of Life from under the throne. The daisies and the portulacas and the roses of earth will wither in the hot sirocco of the judgment, but John tells of the garlands which the glorified Shall wear; and there must be flowers or there could be no garlands. The rainbow on our sky, which is only the pillow of the dying storm, must be removed; but then, glory be to God! “there is a rainbow round about the throne.” 1 have but to look up to the radiant arch above the throne of God to assure myself that the most glorious things of earth are to be preserved in heaven. Then let the world burn; all that is worth saving will be snatched out of the fire. I see the same truth set forth in the twelve foundations of the wall of heaven. St. John announces the twelve foundations of this wall to be, the first, of jasper—yellow and red; the second, of sapphire—a deep blue; the third, a chalcedony a varied beauty] the fourth; emerald—a bright green color; the fifth, sardonyx—a bluish white; the sixth, sardius—red and fiery; the seventh, chrysolite—golden-hued; the eighth, beryl—a bluish green; the ninth, topaz—a pale green mixed with yellow; the tenth, chrysopresus—a golden bluish tint; the eleventh, jacinth—fiery as the sunset; the twelfth, amethyst. But these precious stones are only the foundation of the wall of heaven—the most inferior part of it. On the top of this foundation there rises a mighty wall of jasper—of brilliant yellow and gorgeous crimson. Stupendous cataract of color ! Throne of splendor and sublimity! You see that the beautiful colors whioh are the robes of glory to our earth, are to be forever preserved in this wall of heaven. Our skies of blue, which sometimes seem almost to drop with richness of color, shall be glorified and eternized in the deep everlasting blue of that fiery stone which forms the second foundation of the heavenly wall, The green that sleeps on the brook's banks, and rides on the seawave, and spreads its banners on the mountain top, shall be eternized in the emerald that forms the fourth foundation of the heavenly wall. The fiery gush of the morning, the conflagration of the autumnal sunset, the electricity that shoots its forked tongue out of the thunder cloud, the flames at whose breath Moscow fell and iEtnas burn, shall be eternized in the fiery jasper. It seems as if all earthly beauty were in one billow to be dashed up against that wall of heaven; so that the most beautiful things of earth will be kept either in the wall, or the foundation, or in the rainbow round about the throne.

I notice the unspeakable attractiveness of heaven. In other places the Bible tells us of the floor of heaventhe waters and the stones and the fruits; but now St. John tells us of the roof—the frescoed arch of eternity, and the rainbow round about the throne. Get a tioket, and, carefully guarded, you go into the royal factory at Paris. where the Gobelin tapestries of the world are made, and see how for years a man will sit putting in and out a ball of colored worsted through the delicate threads, satisfied if he can in a day make so much as a finger’s breadth of beauty for a king’s canopy. But behold how my Lord, in one hour, with his two hands, twisted the tapestry, now swiing above the throne, into a rainbow of infinite glory. Oh,«what .a place heaven must lie! You have heretofore looked at the floor; this morning take one glance at the ceiling. I notice what must be the feeling of safety among the people of heaven. Have you ever seen a cloud burst? There have been days when it rained as if it never would stop. You knew, if it kept on that way long, all the nations would be drowned; yst you had no apprehension, for you remember the Bow of Promise painted on the cloud in Noah’s time. So the glorified have but to look to the arch around the throne of the King to be reassured that the deluge of trial is forever past. On earth, the deluge of sin covers the tops of the highest mountains. I heard an Alpine guide, amid the most stupendous evidences of God’s power, swear at his mule as he Btumbled in the pass. Yes. the deluge of sin dashes over the top of the highest mountain ranges. Revenge, drunkenness, impiety, falsehood, blasphemy, are but different waves of a flood that has overwhelmed nations. New York is drowned in it. Brooklyn is drowned in it. Boston is drowned in it. London is drowned in it. St. Petersburg is drowned in it. Two great hemispheres are drowned in it. But the redeemed, looking unto the “rainbow round about the throne.” see the pledge that is ended for them forever. They have committed their last sin, and combated their last temptation. No suicide leaps into those bright waters; no profanity befouls that pure air; no villain's torch shall fire those temples; no murderer's hand shall strike do»n those sons of God. They know that for them the deluge of sin is assuaged, for • ‘there is a rainbow round about the throne.” Now the world i> covered with a deluge, of blood. The nations are all the .time either, using the sword or sharpening it The factories of the world are night and day manufacturing the weaponry of death; throne against throne; empire against empire; the spirit of despotism and freedom at war in every land; despotic America against free America; despotic' Eng-

land against free England; despotic Germany against free Germany; de* potic Austria againßt free Austria. The great battle of earth is being fought—-the Armageddon of the nations. The song that unrolled from the sky on the first Christmas night, of “peace and good will to men,” is drowned in the booming ®f the great siege guns. Stand back and let the long line of ambulances pass. Groan to them. Uncover and look upon the trenches of the dead. Blood! blood! —a deluge of blood! But the redeemed of heaven, looking upon the glorious arch that spans the throne, shall see that the deluge is over. No batteries are planted on those hills;, no barricades blocking those streets; no hostile flag above those walls; no smoke of burning vil lages; no shrieks of butchered men; but peace ! German and Frenchman, who fell with arms interlocked in hate on the field of death, now, throughChrist in heaven, stand with arms interlocked in love. A rms stacked for ever; shields of battle hung up. The dove instead of the eagle; the lamb instead of the lion. There shall be nothing to hurt or destroy in all God’s holy mount for there is a rainbow round about, the throne. Now the earth is covered with the deluge of sorrow. Trouble! trouble! The very first utterance when we come into the world is a cry. Without any teaching we learn to weep. What has so wrinkled that man’s face? What has so prematurely whitened his hair? What calls out that sigh? What starts that tear? Trouble! trouble! I find it in the cellar of poverty, and far up among the heights on the top of the crags; for this also hath gone over the highest mountains. You go into the store, and it meets you at your cotmting-desk: you go into the street,'*and it meets you at the corner: you go into the house, and it meets you at the door. Tears of poverty! tears of persecution! tears of bereavement!—a deluge of tears! Gathered together from all the earth, they could float an ark larger than Noah’s.

But the glorified, looking up to the bow that spans the throne, shall see that the deluge is over. No shivering wretch on the palace step; no blind man at the gate of the heavenly temple asking for alms; no grinding of the sorew-driver on coffin lid. They look up at the rainbow and read, in lines of yellow and red and green and blue 1 and orange and indigo and violet: “They shall hunger nb more: neither thirst any more: neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat: for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters,, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” Thank God for the glory 1 spanning the throne! In our boyhood we had a superstition that at the foot of the rainbow there was a casket of buried gold: but I have to announce that at the foot of this rainbow of heaven there is a box made, out of the wood of the cross. Open it, and you find all the treasures of heaven. Oh, that our eyes may all look upon this tow of promise, lifted by Christ’s own hand! We Bba.ll trace the seperate lines of beauty across the firmament. In the line of red I shall see the blood of my lord: in the blue the bruises that colored His cheek: in the green the freshness of His grace: in the violet His humility: in all that curve of beauty the bend of his right arm of love swung over all the redeemed. But mind what I told you at the beginning and what I toll at the close—that none but Noah’B family in the Ark saw the rainbow, and only those who are at last in Christ shall discover it amid the glories of heaven. “Exoept a man be born again he can not see the kingdom of God.”

If Ton Would Be Healthy. Don’t contradict jour wife. Don’t tell a man he is a stranger to the truth because he happens to b smaller than yourself. Errors of this kind hare been known to be disastrous. Never go to bed with cold or damp feet. Leave them beside the kitchen tire where they will be handy to put on in the morning. It is bad to lean your back against anything cold, particularly when it is an icy pavement upon which your vertebral arrangement has carromed with a jolt that shakes the buttons off your coat. Always eat yoHr breakfast before beginning a journey. If you haven’t aey breakfast don’t journey. After violent exercise—like putting up the stove or nailing down carets—'never ride around town in an open carriage. It is better to walk. It is also cheaper. When hoarse, speak as little as possible. If you are not hoarse it won’t do you any harm to keep you mouth shut, too. Don’t light the fire with kerosene. Let the hired girl do it. She hasn’t any wife and children. You have. Don’t roam around the house in your bare feet at the dead of night trying to pick up stray tacks. Men have, been known to dislocate their Jaw tbrongb this bad practice. When you see a man put the lighted end of a cigar in his mouth, don v t ask him if it iskot enough. Serious injury has often resulted from this habit.— Philadelphia Inquirer. some time ago th> teacher of a Riverside, CaL, school instructed her class how to act la case of emergencies, aucn aa drowning, gun-shot accidents, etc. A day or so after the lesson a lad named Haight went home and found his baby slater given np for dead after being picked out of a canal. There was no doctor lobe hid, and young Haight wsnt to work to apply hit lesson, and in a fsw minutes the baby was restored to Ufa. The Mirror Dp to Hrtsrs ' Bessie—There’s one good that valen tines do." Jessie—“l’d like to know what it a' Bessie —"1 bey make ns ana osmlni as oihsn see —Vudg*

ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBERY. Ten Thousand Dollars Said to Hart Boon Secured by the Robber*. The westbound cotton belt train, which left Texarkana, Ark., shortly before 12 o’clock Tuesday night, left th«f track in the spur switch, two miles from town. An unknown man, who was stealing a ride on the foremost baggage car T was instantly crashed to death and the passengers and train men were badly shaken up. The engineer and fireman had scarcely recovered from the shock when six-shooters and Winchesters were rammed in their faces and they were ordered to lead the van in a march upon the express car. Robbers had turned the switch and caused the wreck. They entered the express ear and after a short resistance from Messenger Nesbitt, went through the safe, securing, it ia claimed, less than (200. After they had gone through the car, the robbers marched the engineer and fireman and messenger about 100 yards from the railroad track, seated them on a log and told them to stay there with their eyes shut for one hour. When the bandits had gone a distance of about fifty yards they turned and fixed a volley at the men holding down the log. The messenger was shot through the left hand and another bullet pierced his ear. The robbers then disappeared. It required but a short time to notify officers here, who are now in pursuit of the bandits. One party has been arrested and is now incustody, but has not yet been fully identified. Yesterday afternoon (10,000 was taken from the Southern express company’s office uptown and carried to the depot. This was sent north. It is supposed the robbers were on the lookout, but made a mistake, thinking the money was to go south. When the train left the track Conductor A. B. Snoyer, who was in charge of the train, went running to the front to ascertain the cause of the trouble. He was called on to halt, but continued to advance, not thinking of aanger. The first man he came across was one of the robbers. Tbe conductor flashed his lantern in the bans dit’s face and the latter shoved a revolver under the other’s nose. Again he was ordered to retreat, and this time the orders were observed with alacrity. CHICAGO STOCKYARDS SOLD. An Baalish Syndicate Takes in the Mammoth Pens, A Chicago maming paper of the 10th lays: “If present indications are to be relied upon the stock of the Union Stock Yard and Transfer Company will pass into the hands of the English syndicate that has been negotiating for it, before the first Df July. Upon the te timony of one of the highest officers of the company the only tning that can prevent the transfer is the withdrawal of the otter by the English eapitalists. By far tbe greater number of the owners of tbe stock, in fact enough to furnish the 90 per cent, of stock required by the Englishmen, look at the proposition with the utmost favor and are willing to part with their holdings on the terms offered. The offer of the City of London Company, to which the stock of the yards will unloubtedly pass, was first made known officially to the smaller holders through President Thayer’s circular. The larger itockholders, who live in Eastern cities, have known of the offer for some time and favored it from the first, although a previs ous proposition from the same syndicate was rejected. Fully 80 per cent, of the itock of the stock yards is; held in New fork and New England. Some of the Eastern stockholders are said to have already filled out their contracts and relumed them to President Thayer. Nearly ill of the Western stockholders are of the tame disposition. STRANGE MURDER. ■■ A Remarkable Story From'.Chicag<u~KlUed in Hie Coffin. An afternoon paper of Chicago on the 10th prints the following: Last Saturday the funeral of John Buske, who died suddenly, was held at his residence, and after the services the body was carried to cemetery. While the body was lying in the casket the friends had remarked the life* like appearance of the face, hut the doctor bad pronounced the man dead, and the sorrowing relatives did not feel like going contrary to the doctor’s opinions. When the co.tege reached the cemetery, som® suggested that the coffin should be opened, but t .is was voted down, notwithstanding that a tapping from the side of the oolfin 1 indicated that there was life there. j As the body was being lowered into the grave the tapping became more pronounced but the people had assembled for a funeral > and it bad to take place. The coffin was dropped into the grave, the earth fell on the casket, and in a short time the little mound covered the secret; covered it for a time merely, for Monday the grave waa opened, the coffin removed, and an examimation of the body showed that the viotim had been murdored through the careless* ness of the attendants. Buske’s body was twisted, his features distorted, his tongue bitten nvariy in two and bis finger nails imbedded in the flesh. There was every indication that a horrible struggle had taken place. Advices by mail from So nth Australia contain indignant protests against the high banded conduct of German missionaries in northern parts of Australia in their alleged efforts to inculcate Christianity. These complaints declare that the natives are subjected to outrageous treatment, some of them being chained to posts and whipped into a state of insensibility, while others are maltreated in other ways, necessitating resort to medical treatment to heal their hurts. These acts of brutality, it is asserted, are committed by orders of tbe missionaries, with the object of impressing the natives with the power at the Christians. Tbe Oriental Mills Company, ProvL ience, R. L, made an assignment Monday u> Samuel Ames, attorney et law. The firm became embarrassed a month ago. There are unsecured debts of (886,000 and quick assets valued at HM.OOO.

Almost a charivari. G»Wit Demonstration at the HiVringe of William O'Brien anil Miss Rafaeloiltcli. The scenes in and about Brompton Oratory, London, on the occasion of the marriage of Miss Sophia Rafaelovitch and William O’Brien, Wednesday, were characterized throughout by evidences of Irisa political enthusiasm, impossible of concealment, and many qf the leading Nationalist members of Parliament present were treated to somewhat noisy proof of the popular esteem in which they are held. The church was filled to the extent of its capacity, the guests including Herbert Gladstone, a large majority of the Parnellite members of Parliament many English members, a number of prominent French residents of London and a great gathering of ladies. The interior of the edifice was beautifully decorated with flowers, palms, etc. Mr. O’Brien was late in arriving, and looked pale and worn as he took his place at the altar by the side of his bride, who,although she is commonly described as tall, lithe andbeautiful, is really short,dark and undeniably homely. Mr. Dillon bore his part as groomsman perfectly and con* tributed greatly to the smoothness with which the affair was conducted. Three little girls acted as maids of honor. Mr. Parnell looked ruddy and appeared to be in excellent health and spirits. As he entered the Church he was greeted with subdued applause. The mass was celebrated with tbe accompsniement of a full orchestra, producing- a magnificent effect. Archbishop Croke delivered a brief address to the wedded pair, after which Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien held an informal reception in the chancel. Everybody crowded to the front to offer congratulations, and for a time the Crush was so great that it was impossible for any one to leave the church. " Outside the church a] great crowd was assembled to greet the bride and groom. A dense mass of people filled the streets for six blocks, while the windows in the vicinity were literally .choked .with humanity. As the bride and groom left the church and entered their carriage a great cheer went up, which was passed along tbe line and continued until the party was out of sight. The prominent Irish members were greeted in the same way as tney took their departure, and Mr. Parnell and Mr. Dillon were the recipients of a veritable ovation. One lady in the crowd caused great amusement to tbe gathering, and intense embarrassment to Mr. Parnell, by rushing up to the Irish leader,throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him with a smack that even the cheers could not drown. Mr. Parnell,blushed violently and the crowd laughed heartily. BRIBERY AND SCHOOL-BOOKS. Member of the Washington State Board of Education Offered S £5,000 for Hie Vote. T. H. Leach, of Vancouver, Wash., a member of the State Board of Education* announced to tbe board thaLhe had been offered (5,000 as a bribe to bring about a reconsideration of the recent action of tbe board in regard to text-books. He also laid before the board a check for the money drawn in his favor by C. Eames, on tbe First National Bank, of Portland, Ore. Recently the board adopted text-books for the State, tbe American Book representing the book trust, receiving about 28 per cent, of the awards. Two members of the board voted constantly for all tbe trust books. The trust agents, represented by Eames, who is connected with a detective agency in Portland, wanted Leach to move for reconsideration so far as readers and arithmetics were concerned, which would give tho trust houses 80 per cent, of tho awards. Leach was promised (6,000 and certain other considerations, Leach moved to reconsider. The motion was accepted and the matter left open. He then received the check and exposed tbe plot. The board promptly reaffirmed its recent action and passed resolutions condemning the American Book Company.' CHEYENNES ON THE WAR PATH., ’ „ , ——— | A Helena, Montana, dispatch of the llthi says: Tbe Cheyenne Indians are on the war path. They have left their regular! camps, and are gathering in small camps of from fifteen to twenty-five in the tepees, and are firing settlers’ houses and making' the most threatening demonstrations. Ranchmen have been bringing theirj families into the settlements every day.! Cattle are being shot down by the Indians through pure malice, as no parts of the animals are used for beef. Eighteen cattle were shot in:one bunch at Otter Creek Governor Toole this morning received a dispatch signed by ten prominent citizens of Miles City, requesting that he send 1,000 stand of arms and ammunition. In reply the arms and ammunition were sent forward in charge of Col. C. O. Curtis. One troop of cavalry and two of infantry have been sent from Fort Keogh to tbe Cheyenne agency. Tbe Democratic congressional convention of the Fourth District me t at Brook ville on the llth. Geo. W. Pegnon, of Union, was chosan temporary chairman, and Van Wedding, of Decatur, secretary. Commit, tees were appointed on permanent organization, resolutions and representation. Judge Holman came in on* the 10 a. m. train and was met by a large delegation and escorted In a carriage, preceded a band, to the hotel where the convention assembled. Congressman Holman was renominated by acclamation. This Is his thirteenth nomination. A tornado swept over Dewitt County, 111., on the llth. A school house near Birktiok was demolished while school was .in session. Five children were injured' two of whom It is feared, cannot recover, 1 The depot and a church were wrecked at Wapella. One man wss fatally hurt. Three horses were killed. Great damage was done to trees and fences. The city button works on Canal and Walker streets, Ne v York, owned by Max Erlaoger, was damaged by fire Tuesday night teftihe extant of (75,000 or (80,000.

■ MISSION WORK IN AFRICA. Bishop Taylor Says the Labor la : Like That in the Days of Abraham* Boston Advertiser., Venerable Bishop William Taylor, who is just back from Africa alter a six years 1 -absence, has a magnificent physique. He is tall, broad-shoul-dered and robust, with a luxuriant beard of snowy white flowing in profusion over his clerical coat. As is well inown. Father Taylor conceived the plan of carrying Christianity and civilization into the center of the Dark Continent, and in accordance with this idea was appointed Bishop to Africa by the Methodist Church in 1884. Previous to this he had been conducting missions in India and South America. In India his work developed into selfsupporting missions with two conferences, one at South India and another at Bengal. In South America the work resulted in established missions in eleven States. “Just what is meant by a self-sup-porting mission?” asked an Advertiser man. “There is where people so often mistake our plan. Of course, we don’t mean that we can go into that dark country and live on faith, as many suppose. In the first place, we have to have enough money to get over there with, and enough to keep us alive until we can establish a station, erect buildings and clear away some land for cultivation, and as the soil begins to produce we become selfsupporting. Many of our houses, in-: oluding all kinds of furnishings, are built at a cost of S3OO, and while waiting a year or two for the land to produce valuable crops, it costs only $l5O to keep for a year a man and his wife. s ‘But how did you get missionaries to go on such a hazardous scheme?” ‘ ‘Their zeal for carrying Christianity to the benighted people is the only reason I know of. When I made the call for missionaries I said I wanted none to go who were not willing to take a knapsack on their backs and walk a thousand miles, with the risk of being eaten by the cannibals, to keep alive, Not only men followed, but several young women just graduated from oollege. Though receiving, the criticism of the press and a large part of the clergy, I pushed forward, i One hundred brave missionaries followed me. You know how successful we have been, and we now have the, support and commendation of those who first looked upon the scheme as: hazardous and unpractical. Industrial' schools have been a special feature of. our work, and through them, I think, lies the road to success for saving, Africa. In them we teach the young; African to utilize what he raises, and! appreciate its value, and as the young] heathen quickly grasps at any meansi of making a living, he soon comes into a state of being which fits him at' graduating to care for himself. We now have thirty-five of these schools. But the great difficulty is to get girls to be educated, to match up with these boys. They [are bought by polygar mists as early as five yearfe of age, and the young men are apt to marry heathen women. S “You talk about the old days of Methodism, with saddle bags and hone. back. In Africa work is back in the! days of Abraham. Traveling is al-' most all on foot. We can go about twenty miles a day, making three miles an hour, with a short rest at the end of every hour. I learned the, science of walking when a boy, and: have taught the missionaries so that! they do not tire in these walks, but are as fresh after a long walk as whenj they begin. As for fatigue. I hardly know what it is. lam food of working ten hours a day under the hot sun, with head bare. It does not affect me in the least There is e theory ad-, vanced by a learned doctor that a tourist migrating from England to Afrioa must go through an acclimatizing process, but I entirely ignore that idea, and find it unnecessary with myself and workers. Doctors also say that no work must be done in Africa by new comers, but as we have no time to wait, we begin work the first day on striking soil, and probably are better for it.” Blaine’s Wonderful Memory, 1 Augusta Chronicle. J “There is one thing I can say 'about j Mr. Blaine,” remarks Governor Gear, j “He has the most phenominal memory j I have ever known. A few days ago ; I was callipg on the Secretary when he asked me to sit down. ‘Gear.’ said he, ‘you are the very man I wanted to see. For a long lime I have been wanting to ask you about some families which left my old county in Pennsylvania thirty years ago and settled in the part of lowa which you now represent in Congress. How are the Smithsons getting along? And, the Browns?’ “and Mr. Blaine went on,” added Governor Gear, “to make inquiries about no fewer than tventyfive families, a member of which ho had not seen for more than a quarter of a century. He not only remembered the names, but characterstics and family histories, and when my own memory was at fault, though I have known nearly every family he made inquiry about, he described the heads to me, with such particularity that I could not fall to recall them had I ever known them. A very _ remarkable thing was that he could remember the names of nearly all the girls whom thesegmen had married and also the names of their children, and among the children whom he remembered are many of the beet men in my State.”