Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1895 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. —----- _.. 2 GkOre E. Marshall, Editor. ■ 1 r RENSSELAER - INDIANA

‘ ■■ “His own iniquities shall take the twicked himself, and he shall be holdten with the cords of his sins.” J , New and Philadelphia have both recently found a market for * ;their bonds at a lower rate of interest than t hat iproposed to be paid on 'the new Government loan, i A gio antic sun fish which measured ten feet in height when propped up on a scaffold, was recently captured off Santo Catalina Island, on the Southern California coast, with ■a lariat. The fish weighed nearly 2,000 pounds. It’was a rem ark able curiosity and its size was regarded as phenomenal by the fishermen in that land of wonders. i Miss Frances Willard, the temperance advocate, has become an “ expert” advocate ofdiicycteTiding; She has prepared an article, righted, for the syndicate press, in which she advocates the use of the wheel as a hygienic measure for persons in poor health, and gives the amateur a great deal of good advice. . Mr, Bameerg, of New York. is probably the only man who- ever got the . “deadwood” or nil !mr “matchwood” on a Judge. Mr. B. was summoned to sit on a jury and asked to be excused, because he had recently set down on a box of matches, which to.uk fire, rendering it impossible for him to sit “on a jury’s or on any-thing else.” He was excused.

They believe in “Old Probs.” up at Chicago, and the Weather Bureau will try to confer the benefits of its alleged information upon the mariners who sail the raging lake, by means of powerful search-lights, which will be placed on one.of the tallest buildings. It is believed that a code of sign als can be arranged and satisfactorily Hashed across the water to a distance of. fourteen miles. - - ' It is known that at least2s,ooo letters went to the bottom of the sea with the Elbe. Possibly twice as many were lost. There were 250 sacks of mail matter on board. The damage and distress that will result from this loss alone can hardly be calculated. The effect will be farreaching, and will involve all classes of people in dll parts of the world. Divers will seek for the Elbe, and there is a possibility that a large part of the mail matter and other valuables may yet be recovered. The Tennessee Legislature produced one patriot, at least, but he resignedffiecause of the useless extravagance of the Assembly. The specific acts whieh led to hns—resignation were the employment of scr geants at-arms, reporters, and other useless attaches, at $4 per day each, by fcommittees appointed to visit State institutions. The name of this conscientious Senator is A. B. Newson. People who believe in old-fashioned honesty, even in politics, should recollect Mr. Newson, The men of science are now quarreling over amalleged new discovery in aerostatics. Some of the great “lights” think they have been able, to discover another element in the atmosphere, which they style, “argon.” Others, equally eminent, ridicule the idea, and contend that the air is about like it always was. In the meantime, until the matter is definitely settled, we should say it would be quite safe” to continue to breathe as much undefiled atmosphere as can be conveniently surrounded.

Tiif New York papers these, day? are filled with exhaustive details concerning the movements of the great ocean liners. Graphic illustrations and learned discussions as to the probable causes of delay and chances for ultimate safety of the overdue vessels, their final arrival and tlfe tumultuous joy of the passengers and people as the ice-laden ship is made fast to the pier—all convey to the reader an impression of the rigors of tips winter's cold, and also very clearly show the immense advantage.,the great metropolitan journals possess in having such an inexhaustible supply of interesting topics to discuss and delineate. The United States is ‘‘sum punkins” in many .respects, but when it comes to shipbuilding we are simply “not in it,” if statistics are. to be relied upon. In 1894 British shipyards turned out 549 ocean vessels; aggregating 964,920 tons, while only five ocean steamers, of 18,296 tons are credited to the

United States. There is something very wrong in such industrial condition, and it is about time wo “get together” and fiad out what it is that brings such very jnsatiSfactory results. • " ... ,7; Nearly everything is wj--.ng in spite of the statement by a great noet that “everything that is is right.” One of the most aggravating examples of.the inherent contrariness of mundane arrangements is the fact that the greatest number of fires always occur in cities in zero weather when the water hydrhrits are as a rule frozen solid, and every condition for fighting fire is simply thewo rs 11 ha tis possible. Fr id ay, Feb. 8, the New York fire department was called out thirty-four times, but good luck for once? counHeracteddhe intense cofS and comparatively little damage resulted. Ah extremely reticent hermit is said to have located near Curveton, in one of the deep ra vines that are a peculiar feature in that part of the country*, and has constructed a bed of willow branches. This with a fagot fire comprises his outfit for housekeeping. At last accounts, although the thermometer ranged below zero at the time, be was doing very well so far as “grab” was concerned. the n nghborheod being quite liberal in this respect, though he was positively suffering for home decorations. A— geu-erous .publieshould see to it at once that this poor man is supplied with some wall mottoes, “God. Bless Our Home,” ■•Welcome,” “What Is Home Without a Mother,” etc., with which to ornament the walls of “God’s first temples,’ J which seem to be sufficient protection for his frost proof frame...

“Words fitly spoken are like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” A good minister, ♦he Rev Mr. Thoms, pastor of a Mariiier'p Temple,in New York city, entirely forgot this beautiful text at a recent church meeting. The membership is largely composed of Italians and they had become dissatisfied with the ministrations of the “shepherd.” Br’r Thoms became somewhat excited and in the course of his remarks in his own defense referred to his Italian" brethren as “Dagos” “They started for him” in haste while thn congregation joined in cries of “Shame! Shame!” Seeing his danger, the pastor, <|eemi ng “discretion the better part of valor,” apologized and said that he hsd not meant the word as a term of reproach. He then severed_his connection with the. churcb, stating that he would refuse to preach from the pulpit again. The French cooks of New York city form an aristocracy by themselves that is abundantly satisfied with its own society. They call themselves “dhefs,” and cook and decorate the tables of the millionaires regardless of expense—and get big salaries for doing it. Naturally they see “high society” from a servant's standpoint, but it may beset down to their credit that they do not worry even a little bit over their inferior position in the social scale. They simply go off and have a big time on their own hook, and, being educated by therefined tastes of their employers, their balls are affairs of note. The 29th annual ball of the French Cooks’ Society was held at Madison Square Garden, Feb. 6. The table decorations were on a magnificent scale. One design in candy: was, a suspension bridge across the Atlantic from Havre to New York. The structure was upheld bv toy balloons and was complete in all details. Another, by August Belmont’s “chef,” represented an elephant and tiger glaring at'each other over a huge cake dish. Ex-Mayor Grace and other millionaires favored the gathering by their presence.

Good Advice.

Texas Siftings. __ Anxious Mother -- My son is troubled with a weakness in one of his legs. Doctor —How oldls your son? “He is twenty--one years old.” “Perhaps the best way would be for you to call on the >girl and ask her to sit on the other knee for a 1 while. Or, you might insist on their getting married, and then she woulu quit sitting on bis lap altogether.' 1

Hard to Please.

Atlrrtrta Const.tution. “What did the editor get for hi? Christmas?” “A gold collar button.” “Well, isn't he satisfied?’ 1 “No. Now he wants a shirk A little steamer of 100 tons is at present, according to press dispatches, being constructed at Argynteuil, according to the invention of M. Bazin, which consists in rolij. ing the ship over the water instead* of forcing it through, as at present. To. this end a number of enormous copper cylinders are fixed to the vessel, the speed attained depending upon the speed of the metal cylinders. and it is computed that one knots an hour can easily made.

“UNOCCUPIED FIELDS.”

Talmagian Lessons Drawn From Personal Experience. The ••Xfw ' Ground” At the Academy of I>r. Ta mi Rev, Dr. Talmage preached at the New York Academy of Music last Sunday to a larger audience than assembled at any church in the city. Dr. Talmage’s subject was, “New Ground,” and his text. Romans xv." 20. ‘‘Lest that I should build upon another man’s foundation.” He said:In laving cut the p’an for his missionary tour Dau!, with more brain than any of his contemporaries or predecessors or successors, sought ou . towns and cities which had mt yet been preached to. Hie goes to Coyinlh. a, city mentioned for splendor and~vice7 : thei• listiTelS?^wliereZ the priesthood and sanhedrin were ready to leap with botli feet upon, the Christian religion. lie feels he has a special work to do, and he means to do it. Wlmt was the result?. The*grandc'-t life of usefulness that man ever lived We moderiTChris~ t ian workers are not ant kr dm it ato Paul. We build on others people’s foundat.’o'ns. 1 f ave erect a church, We prefer to have it filled With families all of whom have I ecu pious. Do we gather a Sunday school class, we want good boys and girls, hair combed, faces washed, manners attractive. • So a'church in this day-is apt Iq.be. built out, of othery 11urches. Some preachers spend all their time in fishing in other people's ponds, and they throw Hie line into that church pond and jerk .out a Methodist, and throw the line into another church pond and draw oiit. a Presbyterian, or then' is a religious row in some neighboring church, and the whole school of fish s wim off from that pond, and we take them all in with one - swoon of the net. What is gained? Absolutely nothing for the general cause of Christ. It is only as in an army, when a regiment is transferred from one division to j another or from the Fourteenth I regiment to the Sixty-ninth regim.n'.l'.Vha'. strengthens the army is ri'ew recruits. There is a vast field here and everywhere unoccupied, plenty of room more, not building on another mans sou nd a t ion. We need as churches to stop bombarding theold iron. 11l sinners that have been proof against thirty years of Christian assault and aim for ffie .salvation of those who have never vet had one warmhearted and pointblank invitation. There are churches whose buildings might be worth $200,000 who are not averaging five new converts a year and doing less good than many a log cabin meeting house with tallow candle stuck in wooden socket and a minister who has never seen a college or known the difference bet ween Greek and Choctaw. We need churches to get into sympathy with the great out- ’ side, world and let them know that, none are so broken hearted or hardly bestead that they wil 1 not be welcorned. “No,” says some fastidious Christian. “1 don’t like to be crowded in church. Don’t put any one in my pew.” My brothers, what will you do in heaven? When a great multitude that no man can number ’ assembles they will put fifty in your j pew. What are the select few today assembled in the Christian ’churches compared with the mightier millions outside of them. At least 3,000,000 of people in. this cluster of seaboard cities, and not more than 200,000 in the churches. Many of the chi relies are like a hospital that should advertise that its patients must have nothing worse than toothache or “run arounds,” but no broken heads, no crushed ankles, to fractured thighs. Give us for treatment moderate sinners, velvet coated sinners and sinners with a gloss on. In order to reach the multitude of outsiders we must drop all technicalities out of our religion. When we talk to people about the hypostatic union and French encyclopedianism, wo are as impolitic and little understood as if a physician should talk to an ordinary patient about the pericardium and intercostal muscle and Scorbutic svmptoins. Many of us come out of theological seminaries up that vcqjtake the first ten years to show our people how much we know and the next ten years got our people to know as much as we know, and at the end find that neither of us knows anything as we ought to know it. Here are hundreds of thousands of sinmug. struggling and dying people who need to realize just one thing—that Jesus Christ came to save them now. - -

Comparatively little effort as yet has been made to save that large class of persons in our midst called “SkrptWs, and he. who goes to work here will not be building upon another man’s foundation. There is a great multitude of them. They are afraid of us and our churches, for the reason we do not know how to treat them. One of this class met Christ, and hear with what tenderness and pathos and beauty and success Christ dealt with him: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all.thy mind, and with all thy 'strength. This is the first commandment. and the second is like to this —namely, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thysfelf,. There is no other commandment greater than this.” And the scribe said tohiin: “Well, Master, thou hast said the truth, for there is one God, and to live Him with all the heart, and all

the understanding, and all the soul, and all the. strength,, is mOre than whole burnt -off erings and serifices. ” And' when Jesus saw that he answereddiscreetly he said’ unto him, ‘‘Thou ’art not far froin the kingdom of God.’* 1 So a skeptic was You would not be so - rough on’ that man if you knew bv what, process he had lost his faith in Christianity. I have known men skeptical from the fact they grew up in houses where' religion was overdone. Sunday was the most awful day of the week. They had religion driven into them with a trip hammer. They were surfeited with prayer meetings. They were stuffed and choked with catechisms. They were often told they werp the worst boys the parents ever knew, because they liked to ride’down hill better than t-> : ead Bunyan’s •’Pilgrim’s Progress.” Whenever father and mother talked of religion they drew down, the ’ corners of their mouth and roiled up their eyes. If any one thing will Zsencl a” boy or girl - to- - ruin - sooner than another that is it. Others were tripped up of skepticism from being grievously wronged by some man who professed to be a Christian. They had a partner in business who turned out to be a first-class scoundrel, though a professed Christian. .Many years ago they lost faith by what happened in an oil company which was formed amid the petroleum excitement. The company owned no land, or if they did there was no sign of oil produced, but the president of the company was a Presbyterian elder, and the treasurer was an Episcopal vestry.man, and one director"waTauVletho(iisf class leader and the other directors prominent members of Baptist and Congregational churches. Circulars were issued telling what fabulous prospects opened before this company. Innocent men and women who had a little money to invest, and that little their ail, said: “I don’t know anything about this company, but so many good men are at the head of it that it must be excellent. and taking stock in it must be almost as good as joining the chivch.” So they bought the stock and perhaps received one dividend so as to keep them still, but after awhile they found that the company had reorganized and had a different treasurer and other directors. 11l health or other reasons had caused the former officers of the company, with many regrets, to resign. And all that the subscribers of that stock had to show for their investment was a beautifully ornamented certificate. Sometimes that man, looking over his old papers, comes across that certificate, and it is so suggestive that he vows he wants none of the religion that the Presidents and trustees and directors of that oil company professed. Others have gone into skepticism from a natural persistence in asking the reason why. They have been fearfully stabbed of the interrogation point. There are so many things they cannot get explained. They cannot understand the Trinity or how God can be sovereign and yet man a free agent. Neither can I. They say. “I, don’t understand why a good God should have let sin come into the world.” Neither do I. You say, “Why was that child started in life with such disadvantages, while ethers have all physical and mental equipneit?” I cannot tell. They go onLof church on Easter mor.ling and sa.q ‘fha' d c rine of ihe resurrection confounded me ” So it is to me a mystery beyond unravelment. I understand all the processes by which men get into the dark. I Thomas Chalmers was once a ' skeptic, Robert Hall a skeptic, Robert Newton a skeptic, Christmas 1 Evans a skeptic. when once, | with strong hand, they took hold of

the chariot of the gospel they rolled it on with what momentum! If I address such men and women today, I throw out no scoff. I implead them J by the, memory of the good old davs when at. their mother’s knee they , said. “Now I lay me down to sleep,” ' and by those days and nights of , scarlet fever in which she watched ' you, giving you the medicine at just 1 the right time and turning your pillow when it was hot, and with hands ■ which many years ago turned to dust soothed away your pain, and 1 ivith voice that-you- wilb-never hear again, unless you ioin her in the better country, told you to never mind, for you would feel better by and by, and by that dying couch, where she looked so pale and talked so slowly, catching her breath between the words, and you felt an awful loneliness coming over your soul —by all that I beg you to come back and take the same religion. It. was good enough for her. It is good enough for you. Again, there is a field of usefulness but little touched, occupied by those who are astray in their habits. All. Northern nations, like those of North America and England and Scotland —that is, in the colder climates —are devastated by alcoholism. They take the fire to keep up the warmth. In Southern countries, like Arabia and Spain, the blood is so warih they are not tempted to fiery liquids., The great Roman armies never drank anything stronger than water tinged with vinegar, but under our Northern climate the temptation to heating stimulants is most mighty, and millions succumb. When a man’s habits go wrong, the church drops him, the social circle drops him, good influence drops him, we all drop him. Of all the men who get off the track, but few ever get on again. Near my summer residence there is a life saving station on the beach. There are all the ropes and rocketay

the boats, the machinery for gettin; people off shipwrecks. . One summer 1 saw there fifteen or twenty men, who were breakfasting after having just escaped with their lives and nothing more. Up and down our coasts are built these useful structhey feel that if they are driven into the breakers there will be apt from shore to come a rescue. The churches of God ought to be so many life saving stations, not so much to help those who are in smooth waters, but those who have been shipwrecked. Cdme, let us run out the lifeboats! And who will man them? We do not preach enough to such mem We have not enough faith in their release. I have heard of what was called -the “thundering legion.” It was in 179, a part .pf the Roman army to which some Christians belonged, and their prayers, it was said, were answered by thuider and lightning and hail and tempest, which overthrew an evading army and saved the empire. -And--!--would- to A3<kl- - you could be so mighty in prayer and work that you would become a thundering legion, before which the forces of sin might be routed and the gatesol hell made to tremble. All aboard now on the gospel ship! If you can not be a captain or a first mate, be a stoker, or a deckhand, or ready at command to climb the ratlines. Heave away now, lads! Shake out the reefs in the foretopsail! Come, O heavenly wind, and fill the canvas! Jesus aboard will assure our safety. Jesus on the sea will betoken us forward. Jesus on the shining shore will welcome us into harbor. “And so it came to pass, that they all escaped to land!”

Household Hints.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat.. Wash silk waists which do not wash, whatever they are called, may be freshened by being sponged with naphtha or benzine. If well fitting shoes are worn when doing -housework they will be found less fatiguing than loose slippers that are supposed to be worn for comfort. Parisian restaurant keepers mix a little honey with their butter. This gives it an agreeable taste and flavor, .and makes inferior butter more palatable. ’ The bang is now little used in children’s hair. The preferred arrange ment for little girls from six to ten. is in loose curls about the face, with the hair hanging to the shoulders, the ends loosely curled. „ - - ■ ■ Mud spots can not be removed -from silk by even. the most vigorous brushing. They should, after drying and brushing, be sponged with alcohol, which will remove them and leaVe the silk fresh and clean. The chef of the Shoreham, in Washington, does not disdan to mix three soups together to obtain a new article. Whether from cans or not is not stated, but the “blend” which he makes of pea soup, tomato soup and Julienne is called Potage Mongol. The secret of making sponge cake is not to beat the air all out of the eggs after it is once beaten in. Beat the yolks to a mass of bubbles, and the whites to a stiff froth. Then cut them into each other with a few crosswise thrusts of a fork, and cut the eggs into the cake mixture in the same sash ton. ' Donot beat the cake after the eggs are added. A new table pad is being shown in the shops, which, it is claimed, is an improvement on the" .double, faced canton flannel generally used for this purpose, because it leaves no lint upon the table surface when, as sometimes happens, a too warm dish heats through the mat. The new cloth is of quilted bleached muslin, with an underlining of white wadding. These come already bound and in several sizes. The crisp, delicious!slices of bacon that are a feature of so many appe - tizing be had by turning each slice every minute over a hot fire in a pan large enough so that the slices shall not touch, and then as soon as the slices are delicately browned on both sides lift them from the pan on a sheet of butchers coarse wrapping paper and allow the bacon to drain upon it in the oven for another minute.

How Big Was Adam?

Scribner's Magazine. There are hardly any truthful records of the gilints of tho past, though literature is full of wooderous tales about them. A French Academician. M. Heurion, once estimated the height of A dam to be 122 feet, and that of EvA 118. proportions that must have appeared most formidable to the serpent; and made the propose tion for apples seem a somewhat trivia! thing. The same authority brings Abraham down to twentyeight feet, and makes Moses only thirteen. Goliath's recorded height is, however, only nine feet nine inches, which is within the bounds of possibility. Pliny speaks of seeing giants ten feet two inches in height, and a skeleton seventy feet long. There are weird stories of the Emperor Maximilian, who was reputed to be ningj feet high. and tc liave eaten forty pounds of meat a day- ' - One can not get too much of a good thing. When it reaches too much it is no longer good. It isn't by external, but by internal applications that a woman can make herself the most beautiful. r

RELIGIOUS RIOTERS.

Serious Trouble at Savannah Georgia. F«n -Militia Companies Necessary to Save Priest Slattery's LifeAt Savannah, Ga., Tuesday night, a Catholic mob estimated at 4,000 people besieged Masonic Temple in an attempt to kill ex-Priest Slattery. For three days it had been apparent that trouble wasbrewing. The' city had been liberally placarded with notices that yue-Priest Slattery and his wife, described as an ex-nun,-would lecture on Catholicism, Members of the Ancient. Order, of Hibernians at once took steps to prevent their appearanec. .Petitions were circulated, asking MayorTSoyers to refuse to per-' mit the to hold his lecture. The mayor refused to interfere and gave notice that he would proservo the peaee at any cost. He accordingly had all police and all available military in readiness for the mob. mob gathered about the hall as expected. By 7 o’clock several hundred had collected. When Slattery arrived the mob had assumed proportions large enough trfcopF wTtrXlTeponce.’ Bjr 8 o’clock over 1,5C0 rioters surrounded Masonic Hall. In the hall was an audience of about 400. The lecturer had hardly begun before brickbats and cobblestones began to rain on the windows. The police had closed all the heavy inside shutters, thus saving the audience from injury, on 1 y two or threp being injtired by flying glass. Thejnob made rushes to secure an entrance, but was driven back by. the police. Before 9 o'clock the mub had grbwn to probably between 3,003 and 4,000 people. Window after window in the Masonic temple was broken. Cries of •‘Kill him.” “Down with Slattery,” “Death to the renegade’’ were heard. It was evident there would be loss of life tmless^.Slattery,iv.as._s.al4ily .esiiiirtccl . from the hall before the audience dispersed. Accordingly four corppatlies of militia were formed about the entrance and the ex-priest was surrounded and marched to the hotel, followed by the moi), and the audience then dispcrsixl in safety. Slat tery and his wife were securely guarded all night! Several policemen were severely injured and Slattery’s manager was knocked senscljss with a sar.dbag.

CUBAN REVOLUTION.

Martial Law Now In Force in tha Island. lasurgents Sa'.d to Bo Active—Ex<-!tem<>nt Kat ey West. Tnmpi aa.l Other Flor :1a t' jrts. A Havana, Cuba, cabin, Feb. 26, says: Marcial law has been declarod and tho police and Spanish garrisons throughout the island are on the alert to prevent an uprising. Slight outbreaks have already occurred at Ceinfuegos and MatanZas. At the latter place three Cuban patriots bave been arrested and a small quantity of irms seized. The coast guar.lt on land and gunboats by sea are patrolling the coasts to prevent the landing of filibusters from Florida, Honduras and Costa Rica. Spies in Tampa and Key West have reported unusual activity among refugees, and have forwarded information of a general conspiracy afoot. The government seems to fear an insurrection, and is taking extreme measures to stamp It out. * A Washington special, Feb. 25, says: Secretary Gresham has received a cable from U. S. Consul-General Williams at, Havana, announcing that martial law has been proclaimed in Cuba. The Spanish Minister here,f Ssflor Muragua, lias also received similar from the Cuban oilicials. As nearly as can be gathered this measure is rather precautionary. While thera have been a few small disturbances, the trouble has4lol yet attained any considerable proportions, and it is expected that the firm stand taken in suspendlngJtho iperationof civil process will be regarded is a warning by malcontents ami lead to the speedy restoration of -peace and quiet.

NINE SETS OF TRIPLETS,

A Duluth. IMinn.. special, Feb. 26. says; R. A. Danville received a telegram from George F. Danville, a farmer near Yankton, reporting tho birth of triplets. Mr. »nd Mrs. George Danville have now twenty-seven children, although Mrs. Danville is not thirty years old. She is a Norwegian and her husband is a Hoosier. All-thc children were born in triplets, tire oldest lot being under thirteen years old. All were boys but three, one set of triplets being girls, and they are all sturdy and healthy.

LORD ROSEBERY’S ILLNESS

A I ondon cable. Fob. 26, says: Lord Rosebery’s condition this morning Is very unfavorable. He passed a sleepless night. He grows continually weaker'. The Prcmibr was first confined to ills bed on Saturday last owing to a sharp attack of inlluenza, which is now epidemic throughout London.

He Wanted to Know.

Xcw York Advertiser. Sometimes school board officers are very officious and arrogant in manner. An elderly but fresh-look-ing woman opened her door to onr lately and answered the following questions: “Have you any children?" “Yes." “How many?” “Three.” “Are they all at school?’ “No.” “Are any of them?” “No.” “We must see to that,” said the man, pompously, taking out a notebook. “Now, your name and address?” Given. “Your children's names?* Also given. “Now their ages?” “Well, let me think.” answered, the womqn, with a gleam of fun in her eyes; “Willie, the youngest, is thirty, and was last week.” “Thunder and lighting!" Soared the man, “why didn’t you tell me, that at first?” “Because you didn’t ask me,” sha answered, quietly.