Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1894 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. GiwU E. Marshall, Editor. RENSSELAER - INDIANA

fco the Lord; but a just weight is his delight.” An iron chimney is being built at Chicago that will be 350 feet high when complete. The largest “stack” in the world at present is at Darwen. Lancashire, England. It is 275 feet high and twenty-eight feet in diameter. * There is a lively demand for hickory firewood in New York city, the nabobs preferring that variety to burn in open fireplaces. The suppiv is principally obtained from the Catskills and eastern Pennsylvania, but the genuine shellbark is becoming very scarce and commands a fancy price. Twesty-sevbs States have legislated against the cigarette in one form or another, but the annual consrmption of the baneful product increases at an alarming rate in spite of all restrictions. The intense nervous strain, that is a National characteristic, is fist transfonnin g the American people into a nation of cigarette smokers. “ Lord Randolph Churchill, the distinguished English statesman, is said to be suffering from an incurable disease, which necessitates, or at least for which he uses, alcoholic stimulants to excess. Recently, in 'Parliament, while under the “inflooence,” he developed the usual symptoms of a maudlin drunk and gave the dignified body an exhibition of clownish antics that disgusted his friends and gratified his enemies. The pie industry in New York city has reached vast proportions. All manner of labor-saving devices have been brought into use to increase the profits on the traffic. There is now said to be "a huge factory in operation whose sole output is “lemon pie filling”. The “stuff” is hauled about the city and delivered at restaurants and bakeries in ordinary wooden buckets. The idea is not specially appetizing, but almost anything “goes" in Gotham. Queen Victoria is becoming exclusive, and the official announcement that only 200 presentations will be made at each of the two “drawing rooms.” to be given in May. has thrown any number of maids and dames into hysterical indignation. Such arbitrary limitations are entirely unprecedented, and have added to the already ominous dissatisfaction and strife against the royal family and the House of Lords.

Representative Jerry Simpson. the sockless statesman of Kansas,' is fathering a scheme looking to the co-operation of the United States and Canada in the construction of a canal from the Georgian Bay, on the east shore of Lake Huron, by way of Lake Sirneoe and other smaller lakes to Lake Ontario, thus saving 800 miles of the present, route via Lake Erie and the Welland Canal. It is estimated that not over 100 miles of the new route will have to be excavated. Tnr. disestablishment of the English church in Wales has recently been proposes! in the House df Commons by Mr. Asquith, Home Secretary in the present English cabinet. Mr. Asquith asserted that Welshmen regarded the Church of England as an aggressive and sectarian power that was a constant irritation and source of discord. The gross income of the Church in W T ales is £279,000 per annum. Under the act proposed this sum will be utilized for hospitals, parish halls, libraries, laborers’ dwellings, etc. Several members of the late Salisbury cabinet vigorously opposed the change, and the matter is still unsettled.

Tne city “dads” of Newbury, N. Y., are in a dilemma because the “mams” have knocked out their scheme to raise $50,000 for a new oity hall by additional taxation. Under the new law in that State women are permitted to vote at all municipal elections at which taxpayers are liable to have additional burdens placed upon them. The ladies exhibited a preat deal of independence on this initial occasion, and pave every one t# jnderstand that they did not care who saw their tickets or knew how they voted. They voted their sentiments and were prepared to abide the consc qucnees. The utilitarian spirit of the ape does not for a moment hesitate to appropriate or ruin the priceless

treasures of ancient civilization when they may .be utilized for the purposes of gain, or when by reason of their location they stand in the way of the restless progress of the hour. Now, it is said, the ancient island of Phihe, in the Nile, will be submerged with all its treasures of h ierogly phics and temples by huge dam to be constructed by an Egyptian irrigation company. A reservoir will thus be created that will extend southward 100 miles into Nubia, and all the priceless archaeological treasures of that famous locality will be lost to modern man because it is deemed profitable to raise a few more barrels of rice and bales of cotton. The “Cholly” boys of Gotham are agitated over the necktie question — or scarfs, as they prefer to call them. They have been paying from two to five dollars for this article, and at last have become aware that some one was working quite an extensive swindle at their expense. Many now go to London and lay in a supply, as an incidental item to the trip, but a still larger number of “awful nice" young men give their orders to men who call at their rooms and take their “measure”, and make a business of furnishing the scarfs of the finest quality at 75 cents each.

A writer in the Commercial Ga Gazette gives a labored account of a machine, which he alleges is a Russian Invention, that always acts as a pilot to the'Czar’s special train, stat* ing that it has but recently been introduced for the special purpose of examining the railway tracks over which the royal train proposes to travel. After the reader has waded through a mass of descriptive matter concerning this alleged Russian invention it begins to dawn upon him that it is a description of the ordinary railway bicycle that has been in use in this country for at least fifteen years, with the exception that it is somewhat more cumbersome and unwieldly. It is said to weigh a ton and although one man can operate it he can not remove it from the track.

Mr. Reinhart, who from some unaccountable reason failed to enlist in some of the numerous Commonweal armies, called on John D. Rockefeller, at New York, the other day, and said to the servants that he had a message direct from heaven, stating that the end of the world was in sight. He also put in a claim for his share of the $05,000,000, which, he stated, Mr. Rockefeller had no further use for. The Standard Oil King was “not at home” that day, and Mr. Reinhart was entertained at the police station. On the way to the lock-up he told the officer that he had read in the papers that Rockefeller had $65,000,000 and he thought he ought to divide. On being questioned the man seemed rational enough and he was held for trial on a charge of loitering.

Tiie “servant gal” question has been reduced to an exact science in Germany.—Every female domestic servant is required to keep a little book in which her history, age, previous service and other information is recorded, that is always under the surveillance of the police. The book, in fact, is a sort of license,and a servant cannot obtain employment unless her record is satisfactory. Once a week the employer pastes a stamp in the book, purchased from the government, of the. value of about five cents. These stamps will be redeemed! by the government if the servant becomes incapaciated from sickness or old age, and an insurance fund is thus obtained that is frequently a great convenience tc the maid of all work. But such espionage would hardly prove popular in America. The spirit of independence is too strong to calmly submit to any such regulations.

A Woman's Wit.

Minneapolis J ourual. Just as the door of the City Clerk’s office was due to be closed, the other night, two young ladies called aud said they were looking for a marriage license. “This is not the place,” explained the sober-faced clerk. “The Clerk of the Court issues them at the court house, but you are too late tc get down there before he leaves.” “Isn’t that too provoking?” remarked one of the. maidens with a pout equally provoking. “They told us that this was tjie place to gel licenses.” “It is—dog licenses,!’ the facetious clerk answered. “Tho license is for me, not, you, sir,” answered the girl, and a deep hush fell over the city seal. ; The more you can induce the lambs, to eat the faster they wjlj grow and the sooner they will reach the market. Ground oats make the best grain food. Place it where they can eat all they desire. Feed the ewes liberally, also, in order to provide the very young lambs with plenty of milk. »

“A CHEERFUL CHURCH”

That Soon Became a Wreck and Ruin. A Sermon That Will Ever Remain Memorable—A Service Followed by a Sacrifice. The Brooklyn Tabernacle was crowded, Sunday, to the doors. The sermon was one of Dr. Talmage’s best efforts, and was remarkable from the fact that before the congregation had all departed the building was in flames and was entirely destroyed. Dp. Talmage’s theme was, “ A Cheerful Church,” and the text was selected from Solomon’s Song iv, 1, “Behold, thou art fair, my love.” He said: “Higher criticism” says that this book of Solomon’s Song is a love scene, a forlorn maiden sighing for her heap. If so. it is an unclean and debauched utterance inserted in the pure word of God and is not fit for common reading. My opinion is that it is an inspired ode setting forth the feeling of Christ toward the church and of the church toward Christ. It was not through any spirit of personal courage or reckless advehture that I was led from one of the warmest and most congenial pastorates in Philadelphia that a man ever enjoyed to this then most uninviting field, but it was the feeling that God had called me to the work, and I was sure he would see me through. I have thought that it might be profitable to us~to state briefly what kind of a church we have been trying to establish. In the first place, I remark that we have been trying to build here a Christ.an church, distinctively such —in other words, a church where we should preach the Lord Jesus Christ and Him crucified. My theology has all gone into five, letters—Jesus, Jesus, the pardon of all offenses. Jesus, the balm for all wounds. Jesus, the eyesalve for all blindness. Jesus, the foundation for; all structures. Jesus, the guide through all perplexities. Jesus, the hope for all discouragements. Jesus, the reform for all wrongs.

Do you ask more minutely what we believe? I can tell you. We have no dry, withered, juiceless theology. We believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, the deliverer of the distressed, the home for the homeless, the friend for the friendless. We believe in Jesus Christ, able to save to the uttermost, pardoning the guilty, imputing His righteousness to .the believer. We believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter, the sanctifier. cheering up the heart in life’s ills and kindling bright lights in every dark landing place. We believe that the whole race is so sunken in sin that nothing but the omnipotent arm of God can ever lift it out. We believe in grace- free’ grace,, sovereign grace, triumphant grace, etern-" al grace. We believe in a bible, authentic in its statements, immaculate in its teachings, glorious in its promises. We believe in heaven, the abode of the righteous, and in hell, the residence of those who are soul suicides, of their own free choice refusing the divine mercy. We believe in the salvation of all men who accept Christ by faith, be they sprinkled or immersed, worship they in eathrcdral or in log cabin, believe they in Presbyterianism or Episcopacy, dwell thev utider-Italian skies or in Siberian snow storms, be they Ethiopian or American. All one in Christ, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, on the way to one heaven. I remark, further, that we have tried here to build a church distinctively unconventional. Instead of asking, as some people are disposed to do, how other people do it, we have asked the question how people do not do it. Imperious custom has decided that churches shall be augular, cheerless, gloomy, unsympathetic, forgetting that what men call pious gloom is impious, and that that church has the best architecture where the people are most comfortable, aud that that is the most efficient Christian service where the people are most sick of sin and most anxious after Christ and heaven. And so we called the architects together for our first church building and said “Give us an amphitheater,” that is a large family circle, gathered around a fireplace, I remark, further, that we have tried here to build and conduct a cheerful church. While,as you know, we have not held baok the terrors of the law and the sterner doctrines of the gospel, we have tried in this house to present to this people the idea that the gladdest, brightest, happiest thing in all the universe is the Christian religion. There is so much trouble in the world. Business men have so many anxieties, toiling men have so many fatigues, orphans have so many desolations — for God's sake, if there! be any bright place on earth, show it to them. Let the church of Jesus Christ be the most cheerful spot on earth. The happiest Christians that I have ever known have been persons from sixty to eighty years of age. By that time people get over the shams and pretenses of society and have no longer any patience with any thing, lika-impos turn in religion. O Christian, how dare you be gloomy?* Is not God your father? Is not Jesus Christ your Savior? Has not your path all through been strewn with mereioq? Are you insensible to the foot that there are glories awaiting you in the better

land? —doxologies of celestial worship, eternal chorals* tearless eves, sopgs that resound under arches of strength, and hosannas that clap their hands at the foot of the throne. Is it nothing to you that all the hills of heaven afe radiant with the faces of those who havq gone up from you, and who are waiting for vour coming, ready to keep with you eteral holiday?" Is there nothing in songs that never cease, in hearts that never ache, in splendors that'' never die, to make you glad? Then take no more mercy at the hand of thy God! Give back the marriage ring of love that Jesus put on y°ur finger in the day of your espousal. Plant no more of the flowers of heaven where there ought to be nothing but nettles and nightshade: I remark, further, that we have here tried to build a church abreast of the times. It is all folly for us to try to do things the way they did fifty or one hundred years ago. We might as well be plowing with Elijah's crooked stick, or go into battle with Saul’s armor, or prefer a canalboat to an express train, as to be clinging to old things. What we most need now is a wide awake church. People who are out in the world all the week, jostling against this lightning-footed century, come into the church on the Sabbath and go right to sleep unless, they have a spirited service. Men engaged in literary callings all the week reading pungent, sharp writings, cannot be expected to come and hear our ecclesiastical humdrum. Did I say that the church ought to be abreast of the times? I take take that back. The church of God . ought to be ahead of the times=-so far in advance as the cross of Christ is ahead of all human invention. Paul was 1,000 years ahead of the day in which he lived. The swift footed years that have passed since Luther died have not vet come up to Luther’s grave. Give iniquity 4,000 years the stare and the feet of Christianity are so nimble that if you but give it full swing it will catch up and pass it in two bounds. The church of God ought to be ahead of the times. I remark, further, that, we have tried here in the love and fear of God to build a church that would be characterized by conversions. I have heard of very good people who could preach on for fifteen or twenty years and see no conversions, but yet have faith. It takes a very good man to do that. I do not know how a man can keep his faith up if souls are not brought to the Lord Jesus Christ, That church that does not bring men and women to the feet of the Savior is a failure. I care not how fine the building, or how sweet the music, or how eloquent the preaching, or how elegant the surroundings—it is a failure. The church of God was made for just one thing—to get men out of the world into the kingdom of heaven. Here is Brooklyn, here is New York, here are the United States, here the whole world to be converted. It is 1,894 years since Christ came, and vet Europe, Asia. Africa, North and South America are still unevangelized. More people are born every year into the world than are born into the kingdom of God. At that rate Task any one who can do a simple sum in arithmetic to calculate when this world will be brought to Jesus. At that ratio, never, never, never!

A boy goes along the street at night and sees a fine house beautifully lighted up and hears music, and he says, “I ivish I was in there, but I have not been invited,” and so he passes on. Here is the church of God, lighted up with festivity and holy mirth, and the world passes along outside, hears music and sometime wishes it was inside, but says that it is not invited. Oh, invite the world to come in! Go out into the highways and hedges. Send a ticket of invitation, printed in these words, “Come, for all things are now ready.” If this world is ever to be brought to God it will not be by the handful of ministers we have in this country. It will be by the great masses of Christian men and women discharging their duty. If the private church membership of this country would but put on their armor and go forth I believe that in fifteen years this whole land would be redeemed for Christ. - Would to God that all the people were prophets! I am never afraid to hear a man say that he is going to preach. If he can not preach people will not go to hear him. If he can he has a message from the Almighty, and I would have him deliver it. Look out how you interfere with him. Since we have been together as pastor aud people how many have been promoted to- the glories of heaven! They died sweetly, calmly, as only Christiaps can die. They have put down the staff of their pilgrimage; they have taken up the palm of the victor. The Lord Jesus has swung His arm through this church a good many times. He has been up and down all these aisles. He has taken the little children—the dear little children. He came down into the garden to gather the lilies and the aged as well. One who sat right here, so that when I used to preach I could almost put my hand on his head, when I came back from my summer vacation was gone. Oh, how thp glories of heaven shone around that old man’s face as he sat here Sabbath after Sabbath! Gone now, happy spirit! Happy with all those who have passed the flood! I thank you for all your kindness, for all your sympathy, for all your prayers for me as pastor. It is a sorrow to me that I am to be absent even for a few months. I have la-

bored to the full extent of physical, mental and spiritual endurance for this church. Now we start out on our twentysixth year. How many of us will close it here I know not. But, living or dying, let Us cling to Christ. Oh, ■that all the people would love' Him! I wish that I cquld take this audience this morning and wreathe it around the heart of my Lord Jesus Christ': Oh, he is such a dear Savior! He is such a loving Jesus!, He is sc precious! He is ail the world to me. He is heaven to me. He washed away my sins. He comforted me in days of darkness and trouble He is mine. O blessed Jesus! Sweetest sound I ever heard or ever expect to hear is thy name. Ride on, King -Jesus, ride on! Blessed be the Lard God of Israel from everlasting tc everlasting, and let the whole earth be filled with His glory! Amen and amen! - --- —iC.

Lutes and Mandolins.

H. S. Conant, in May St. Nicholas. The lute is supposed to be originally a Persian instrument and it was during the Middle Ages that it wa's first known in Europe, where it became a great favorite. Poets sang its praises; Shakspeare puts lutes in the hands of many of his heroines. This beautiful instrument is now out of use and all the specimens in existence are very old. The difference between the iute and the guitar is principally, in the body, which in the lute is pear shaped. This made it a very delicate instrument* and" troublesome to keep in order, as the peculiar shape made the wood warp and crack. An English writer, recommends the lute be kept in a bed covered up from the air, when not in use, and he says that with very good luck the body will not need to be repaired more than once in a year; and a famous French lutenist, as a lute player was called, declared that it cost him as much to keep his lute as it would to keep a horse. It is no wonder that lutes went out of use. In “Evelyn's "Diary" it is stated that lutes of Unit period were made mostly in Germany and they were very costly. An old lute of rich, mellow tone would sometimes be yalued as high as one hundred pounds. The mandolin is similar in shape to the lute but is a very much smaller instrument. It has been a favorite in Italy and Spain for centuries and is now very popular in America. It is a beatiful little instrument. The strings are in pairs and are played with a plectrum of tortoise shell, whalebone or ostrich quill held in the right hand.

SWIMMING BY TROLLEY.

A. Novel and Useful Device for Teaching Swimming Motions. Louisville Post. Here is a useful device for learning the motions of swimming, It is used by Charles Hqlroyd, swimming instructor at, the Caledonian Club of this city. It consists of a wire stretched tightly across the swimming tank. Two grooved pulleys run along the wire, and a rope is

passed through the lower pulley reaching to the surface of the water. A belt of special make is worn by the pupil, which, by means of swivels and rings, allows the wearer to lie in any desired position. As soon as the swimmer acquires the proper motions the wheel moves along the wire. This makes the lesson interesting and much less fatiguing than the old method of pole and rope.

Don't Judge Men by Their Looks.

Down in the second row of seats in the house sits a short man with a patriarchal beard and a most beneficient smile, who spends most of his time in writing letters. In appearance he is the most harmless and peaceful of men, and it is almost impossible to realize what his past career has been. This innocent looking and insignificant appearing individual is none other than General Joseph Wheeler, the most daring cavalry rider that sat upon the saddle during the civil war. At the head of a troop of Confederate cavalry his name inspired fear and trembling in the whole Union array. He was noted for boldness and recklessness.

Convincing Proof.

JU(.,C Magistrate —You say your wife left home last week and has not returned? Disconsolate Husband—That’s tbo fact, your Honor/ - Magistrate—But she may have gone to visit some friend or relative. What makes you think she has eloped with another man? Disconsolate Husband —I met him in the street yesterday with a pair* of, my trousers on.

THE A. P. A. PRINCIPLES.

A Formal Declaration of Them—The Elec tion of Officer** The Supreme Council of the American Protective Association concluded its fourjays' session at lies Moines, Saturday .night, by electing the following officers: Supreme. President, Vs. J. H. Traynor, of Faucett, of Columbus, O.; Chaplain, J. J. Gbsper, of Los Angeles; Secretary, C. L. lieatts, Saginaw, Mich.; Treasurer, H. M. Stark, of Milwaukee; Past Supreme President, !!. E. Bowers, of Clinton, la.; Sergeant-at-Arms, E. H. Dunbar: Guard, E, M. Wood (colored); of Illinois; Sentinel, Wat Meeker, of Kentucky. The declaration of principles is as follows:-—-- j r 1 1. Loyalty to true Americanism, which knows neither birthplace, race, creed nor party, is the first requisite for membership in the American Protective Association. 2. The American Protective Association is not a political party, and does not control the political affiliation of its members, but it teaches them to be intensely active in thedischarge of their political duties in or out of party lines. 3. While tolerant of all creeds, it holds that subjection to ancr support or any"" ecclesiastical power, not created and controlled by American citizens, and which claims equal if not greater sovereignty than the government of the United States of America is irreconcilable with American citizenship. 4. We uphold the Constitution of the United States of America, and no portion of it more than its guaranty of religious liberty, but wo hold this religious liberty to be guaranteed to the individnal and not to mean that under its protection any uu-American ecclesiastical power can claim absolute control over the education of children growing up under the stars and stripes. 5. We consider the non-sectarian free public school the bulwark of American institutions, the best place for tho education of American children. •I. We condemn the support out of the public treasury by direct appropriation or by contract of any sectarian school, reformatory or other institution not owned and controlled by public authority. . 7. Believing that exemption: from taxation is equal to a grant of public funds, we demand that no real or personal property be exempt from taxation the title to which is not vested in tho National or state government, or in any of their subdivisions, - r - .—;—«,—- 8. We protest against the enlistment in ‘.he United States army and navy or the militia of any State of any person not an ictual citizen of tho United States. 9. We demand, for the protection of our citizen laborers, the prohibition of the importation of pauper labor and the restriction of all immigration to persons who can not show their ability and honest intention to become self-supporting American citizens. 10. Wo demand the change of naturalientiou laws by a repeal of the act authorizing the naturalization of minors without a previous declaration of intention, and by providing that no aliens shall bo naturalized or permitted to voto in any State of the Union who can not speak the language of the land and who can not prove seven years’ continuum residence in this country from the late of his declaration of intention. 11. We protest against the gross negligence and laxity with which the judiciary 5f our land administers the present naturalization laws, and against the practice jf naturalizing aliens at the oxpenso of committees or candidates as the most prolific source of tho present prostitution of American citizenship to the basest uses. 12. We demand that all hospitals, asylums, reformatories or other institutions in which people ape under restraint, be at ill times subject to public inspection, whether they are maintained by tho public or by private corporations or individuals. 13. Wo demand that all National or State legislation affecting financial, commercial or industrial interests be general in character, and in no instance in favor of any one section of the country or any one class of people.

NEW SMALLPOX RULES.

The Stato Board of Health hold a meeting at Indianapolis, Monday, at which the following additional rules relatives to the prevention of the spread of smallpox were adopted: Rule 10. No person will be allowed to leave any house, building or premises infected with smallpox unless he has heretofore had the disease, and not then until he has disinfected his person, changed his rlothing, disinfecting those castofr, and otherwise complied with the rules governing such cases. He must also have a written permit signed by the local health oiTi cor. Rule 11. In all cases where an exposure to smallpox is threatened it shall bo the duty of the board of health within whose jurisdiction such exposure shall have occurred. or danger of such an epidemic ensuing, to compel a vaccination or revaccination of ail exposed persons for the space of fourteen days. It is the imperative duty of the local health officer In whose jurisdiction such outbreak mav occur to immediately proceed to tlio enforcement of tills rule, in case of refusal an his part to comply therewith or in cases of his negligence to use diligence In compliance therewith the Secretary of the State Board of Health or a physician deputized by him shall Immediately assume charge and enforco tho foregoing. The acts of the Secretary or his deputy to bo subject to tho approval of tho State Board of Health. All vaccinations must bo made with non-humanized virus. Tho only exception to tills ralo that is recognized by this Board is in the event that smallpox is prevalent in epidemic form and th(> health officer shall certify to the impossibility of obtainining such virus la sufficient quantity, and also as to thd purity of the humanized virus to be used in lieu of tho bovine virus. There Is to be a meeting at Chicago In a short timo of the representatives of health boards of the several States con* tiguous to that city, namely, Wisconsin; Michigan, Indiana, Ohio nnd Illinois, to mako an attempt to solve this trying problem of how to fight the spread of 3m»llpox. There were twice as many cases of smallpox in that city last month as in any preceding month, and tho situation grows worse instead of better.

BIG FOUT ROCTE

For Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. Mid l)*uxlitiir» of Uebeknh, aud for May Music Festival. The Biu Four route will sell round trip tlek•18 to Indianapolis from all points on the line* In Indiana at one nml ono-thlrd first-class fare, tickets good-going May 13th. 11th. loth and 16th ind pood returning until May IHth, Inclusive. For the GREAT ODD FELLOWS' PARADE and demonstration on May 16th the Big Fonr foute will sell tickets from nil points on its line* in Indiana to Indianapolis and return at ONB I,'ENT PER MILK In each direction. Tickets food going May l6ih.nnd good returning May ilth and lft It. For further information call on )lg Four agents. I). B. Martin. (ien'l I’ascngenmd Ticket Aft, E. O. McCotanCß. Pass. Trafftc Manager. Cheap Excursions to Indlanapolla, Tho Pennsylvania Lines Big Fonr Lines, Mopon route. 0.. II ft D. and 1., D. ft S. railway* announce the following: May 14 and IS, to delegates to the State Convention Daughters of Rebekah and Grand Lodge L O. O. F.. good returning untU May 18, at one and ono-thlrd fare. On MAY 16,10 the great State Celebration 1.0. O. F. ane cent a mile each way, good to return on that or the following day. - t