Bloomington Courier, Volume 14, Number 5, Bloomington, Monroe County, 26 November 1887 — Page 2

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BY E J: FELTUS-

BLOOMTNGTON.

INDIAN-a

..The teamereEtruria and Umbria are

the fastest ocean racers, the former having made an average of twenty-three andthe latter of twenty-four miles an

. hour, regardless of winds and waves.

How Healfk Should Be Fnioyd,

inyeially ana Spiritually.

me jcihiti to tno rromotton of the

Other Early Training in Both Direc

tion the Iat.y of the Parent.

In 1880 ther e were in the Unit - d States 331,857 more males than females,

showing pretty conclusively that poly- Hogpei 0f health.

amy. plural marriages, is not only a

violation of the statutes, hut in direct inflict with what is sometimes ? called

thehigher law." .

Let the troops get under arms and

the police reserve sleep nightly at the

stations. Let the sheriff and a posse comitates of 100,000 citizens report that

once for duty. The fool killer needed

all this help to properly cope with the

creature who getteth some one to cut

him a section of cas pipe and forthwith

maketh a sawdust bomb.

Dxcle am would feel highly elated should Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

Wnd Prince Ett ward Island -fall to him

in payment for injuries suffered in the

fisheries squabble. That is a clever idea and quite worthy of a Boston man, but if. will not materialize. "We - can name

Hev. Dr. Talmage preached at the

Brooklyn Tabernacle, last Sunday, Sub

ject: "The Gospel of Health." Text:

Prov, vii, 2t. He said:

I preach to vou this moraine: the

In taking diagnosis

of the ofeeases' of the soul vou must

also take the diagnosis of the diseases of

the body. As if to ; recognize this, one

whole book of the New Testament was

written by a physician. Luke was a

doctor and he discourses much.- of phva

icai effects; and he tells of the good

Samaritans medication of the wounds

by pouring in oil and wine, and recog

nizes hunger as a -hindrance to hearing

the Gospel, so that toe five thousand

were fed; and records the spare diet of

the prodigal away from home,, .and the

extinguished eyesight of the beggar by

the wavside, and lets us know of the

hemorrhage of the wounds of the dyins

Christ andthe miraculous post-mortem

resuscitation. . And any estimate of the

spiritual condition that does not include

also an estimate of the physical condition

is incomplete. When the door-keeper

of tfongress fell dead from excessive joy

becauee Burcoyne had surrendered at

Saratoga, and Philip the Fifth of Spain

dropped dead at the news of his coun

try's defeat in battle, and Cardinal Wo!

sey expired as a result of Henry the

of out households. And they ought to

have awarm place in our prajers, as

well as praise on our tongues. Dear

old Dr, Skitlman! My. father's doctor, my mother's doctor in the village home,

He earned all the confidences ot all toe families for ten miles around. We all

felt better as soon as we saw him enter

the house. His face pronounced a

benediction before he said a word. He

welcomed all of us children into life.and he closed the old people's eyes when thev entered the last slumber. I think

I know what Christ said to him when the old doctor cot through with his

work. I think he was greeted with the

words: "Come in. doctor. I was sick

an A ye visited me!" I bless God that . - r . j . ... 1.. " i

tne.numoerot unristian puysicians is

multiplying, and some of the students of the medical colleges, are here to-day,

and I hail you and I bless you. and 1

ordain vou to the heaven descended

work of a Christian physician, and when

you take your diploma froM the Long

island Medical uoneco to iook a iter me

perishable' body, be sure also to get a diploma from the skies to look after the imperishable soul. Lt all Christian

nhvsicmns unite witn ministers ot tne

you have heard on the Gospel of Health, and it may be the last you may ever hear on that subject and I charge you in the name of God. and Christ, and usefulness, and eternal destiny take better care of your health. There is a 'kind of sickness that is beautiful whrn it comes from, overwork for God, or one's country, or one's own famiiy. 1 have seen wounds that were glorious. After the battle of Antietam in a hospital a soldier in reply to my question: "Where are you hurtt" uncovered his bosom and showed me a gash that looked like a. badge of eternal nobility... I have seen, an empty sleeve that was more beautiful than the .most

muscular lorearm. l nave seen a green shade over the eye shot out in btf$Jtol

that was more beautiful than any two

eyes that had passed .without injury. I

have seen an old missionary worn out

with the malaria of African jungles who

looked to me more radiant than a rubicund gymnast I-have seen a mother after six weeks' watching over a family

of children down with scarlet fever, with, a glory around her pale and wan face that surpaeied the angelic. It all

depends on how you got.vour sickness

Gospel in persuading good people that it a31d in what battle your, wounds.

the amount Uncle 8ani wall receive in

round numbers-in very round numbers Eighth's anathemas, it was demonstrated

play. ?le wui j that the body and soul are Siamese

twins And when vou thrill the one

with joy or sorrow vou thrill the other.

We might as well recognize the tremend

ous tact that there are two mighty fortresses in the human body, the heart

and tne liver the heart .the fortress of

all the gracej.the lortresa of all the furies. You may have the 8 head uTied with all

the intellectualities, and the ear with all

musical appreciation, and the mouth

with all eloquence, and the hand with

all industries, and the heart with all

generositea, and yet "a dart strike

through -the liver."

First, let Christian people avoid the

mistake that thv are all wrone with

by the issue of lottery bonds; and m- God because they suffer from depression it, you will sometimes, like David,

stead or the riittermz assertion about oi spirits, many a consecraiea man nas

.x. i 1 qqa U mfW iouna iub spiritual say. oeioeeea, ana

says that He is trying to arrange ior cut- Bef pinnged chin deep in the slouffh of

despond, and has said: ?'My heart is

not right with God, and I think I must

have made a mistake, and instead of

being a child of light I am a child of

darkness. Ko one can feel as gloomy as

1 feel and be a Chnatian .

And he has gone to hi minister for

onsolation, and he has collected Flayers books, and Cecil's books, end Baxter's books, and read and read and read,

as the man says m the

be; pacific 3 and given 0.

DbLesseps's contradictory statements

fihnnt the Panama Canal would be

amusing if they were not so exasperating. ... A fortnight ago he announced

that the canal would be opened two years and three months henceJ A week

asm this. was repeated bv his son. who

-. o . ! -J T . . ' " - -- further said that no additional loan

would-be required. Later dispatches

- contain .the statement that De Lesseps

haa sated for authority to raise a loan

ting S "channel" across the Isthmus

wMchr will permit traffic of 7,500,000 tons yearly and the income of ? which will be used to complete the canal itself. ?How much-longer can this adroit old man succeed in inducing people to throw away their money on his wildcat scheme? -

Sociaiisv used force in Chicago and cuimin-ed in failure, with murder as its agency and the scaffold for its climax. Down on a Mexican sandbank a. little band of the faithful planted, themselves not 89 very long ago. They would try the new theories, they would be sociable and socialistic, they , would; hold property in common. It would be beautiful s From this ideal and misguided settlement of Topolobampo a man walked 3C0 miles across Mexico just to get away from its benighted practices and the sufferings of its inhabitants! He reports that about 160 of the 400 who went there- last; year are dead or returned -to the tfnited; States. Some months ago a statement similar to the above -was pronounced false by the founders of the colony. But since that

date other discouraging reports have been circulated! It is evident that the

socialists''-' 'at Topolobampo are: not

is not because God is asainst tliem that

they sometimes feel depressed, but be-

(ause of their diseased body. .. J. suppose David, the psalmist, was no more pious

when he called on every thine; human

and angelic, animate and inanimate,and

from snowtlake to hurricane, to praise God than when he said: ''Out of the

depths of hell have I cried unto Thee,

O Lord,"or that Jeremiah was any better

when he wrote his prophecy than when

he wrote his "Lamentations." or that

Job was any better when he said:. "I

know that ..my Redeemer livoth, man

when covered all over with the pustules

of eleDhantiaeis he eat in the ashes

scratching the scabs off with a broken

piece of pottery; or that Alexander

Cruden. the concordist, was any better

naan when he compiled the book that

has helped ten thousand students oi

the Bible than when under the power

of physical disorder he was handcuffed

and straight waistcoated in Bethnal

Green Insane Asylum.

"Oh," says some Christian man, "no

one ought to attow physical disorder to

depress his soul. He ought to live so

near to God as to be always in tne sun

shine." Yes, that is good advice; but I

warrant mat you, the man who gives

the advice has a sound liver. Thank

God every day for healthful hepatic con

dition, for, just as certainly as you lose

and

like Jeremiah, and . like Cowper, and

like Alexander Cruden, and like ten

thousand other , invalids, be playing a

dead march on the same organ with

which now vou play a toccata. My ob-

iect at this point is nofonly to emoltiate

trie criticisms of the well . against those

in poor health, but to show Christian

people who are atrabilarious what is the

matter with them, do not cnarge against

the heart the crimes of another portion

of your organism. Bo not conclude that because the path of heaven is not arbor ed

Frederick T. FreHnghuysen, the pride

of New Jersey aye of the nationand one of the pillars of the Christian church, and for nearly four years practically

President of the United States, although

in the office of Secretary of State, in his

determination to make peace with all

the Governments on this American

continent, wore himself out, and

while his, brain was as keen as it ever was, and his heart beat as regularly as

it ever did, he was, according to the

bulletin of his physicians at Washington

aud Newark, dvme ot hardening of the

liver. Satan, who does not like good

men. sent a dart through his liver. The

last, my. dear friend for he was my

friend and my father s friend betorme

-rt he last he was seen m Washington

was in the President's carriage leaning

his head against the shoulder of the

President on his way to the depot to

take the train to go home to die. Mar

tyr of the public service, he died for his

country, though he died in time of

peace.. In his earlier life he was called

the nephew of his uncle. Iheodore

Frelinehuysen, but he lived to render

for God and his country a service that

will make ethers prond to be his

nephew; and which will keep his name

on the scroll of history as the highest

stvie of Christian statesman that this

century or any century nas produced.

My Lord and my God! If we must get

sick and worn out. let it be in Thy ser

vice and in the effort to make the world

good and happy.

MISCELLANEOUS AOTlsS.

An oil derrick for drilling an artesian

well is a sight on Broadway, New York

Six pounds of bullets were picked up

after a police chase of a Springfield (0.)

and prayed and prayed and prayed, and fully snowed under vrith exquisite chry-

dog.

with as fine a foliage,or the banks beauti- A Dakota editor got mad at a postmas

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Beet Thoughts of Betf Men.

- -Burke: Men love to hear of their

v power, but have an extreme disrelish to

: -be told of their duty: " 1

jjora uaeoa: o com or cable can draw so forcibly or bind so fast as love

can do with only a single thread.

Colton: The strongest friendships

have been formed in mutual adversity ,

as iron is most strongly united -by the

fiercest flame.' -

Addisonr The person who has a Arm

trust in a Supreme Being is powerful in

Ins power, wise by his wisdom, , happy

i by his happmess.

Sir Thomas Browne: Errors, such as

are but acorns in our - younger brows,

grow oaks m our older heads, and be

come inflexible;

Seneca: Nothing so soon reconciles us to the thought of our own: death as the prospect of one friend after another

dropping around us. ; r - t

x. fuller: -' As the sword of the best

tempered metal is most flexible, so the

truly generous' are most pliant and

courteous in their behavior to their in-

... " w viarenaon; xney WQO are most weary of life, and yet are most

unwilling to die, are such as have lived to no purpose, who have rather breath

ed than lived, i

ouuuj; mas waicn iayB a man open

to an enemy, and that which strips him of a friend, equally attacks aim in those

mterests that are capable of being

weakened by the one and supported by the other. :

wr. Jonnson; Mamage is the strict-

est tie of perpetual friendship, and

... there can bt no friendsbip without conAJaH.. J ' ' ' !aj '1'' .' ' ... " "

uuouwj, uuu uucounaence witnout m-

tegrity; and he t must expect to be wretched who pays to beau tv, riches or

politeness that regard which only virtue

and piety can claim;

Who eannot hate, can love not; il he grieve, His tears are barren as the unfruitful rain That rears no harvest from the green sea's plain And astorns cracjdn 'V -L ' -. ' '" -Ai d Swinburne.

He prayeth hest who loveth best

' T 111 tKincn)uith maaf J ...1V.

For the dear God who loveth ns, , . He made and loveth all f

A Curious Find in si Tree. . Chamber s Journal; ' Gnrions flnda have not urifrequently been made in trees. Some woodcutters in the forest of Brommling made a strange discovery. They began to fell a venerable oak, which they soon found to be quite hollow; Being half-decay-edy it speedily came to the ground with a crash, disclosing a skeleton in excel- : lent preservation, even the boots, which , came above the knee, were perfect. By itsside were a powder-horn, porcelain, pipe-bowl-and ar silver watchv The

xeecn were penecs. . it would seem to he the skeleton of a man between 30 and 40 years of age. It is conjectured that while engaged in hunting he climbed the tree for some purpose and rstippeJ into the hollow trunk, from 'Which there" was no release, and he .probably died of starvation.

have been put in the east room; of the

wept and wept and wept, and groaned and groaned and groaned. My brother,

your trouble is not with the heart, it is a

gastric disorder or rebellion of the liver. Ton need a physician more than you do

a clergyman. It is not sin that blots out your hope of heaven, but bile. . It not only yellows your eyeball, aud furs your

tongue, and makes y our head aehe,

out swoops upon your soul m

dejections and forebodings. The devil is after you. He has failed to

despoil your character, and he does the next best thing for him he rufles

your peace of mind. When he says that you are not a forgiven soul, when he says that you are not right with God, when he says you will never get to heaven he lies. You are just as sure of heaven as though you were . th Are already. But Satan, finding that he can not keep you out of the promised lana of Canaan, has determined that the spies shall not bring you any of the Eschol grapes beforehand, and that you shall have nothing but prickley pear and erab apple. You are just as good now under theud as you were when you were accustomed to rise in the morning at five o'clock to pray and sing Hallelujah, 'tis done!" My friend, Bey. Dr: Joseph H. Jones, of Philadelphia, a translated spirit now; wrote a book, entitled, "Man; Moral and Physieal,'' in which he shows how different the same things may appear to different people. He says: "After the great battle on the Mincio, in 1J59, between the French and the Sardinians on the one side and the Austrians on the other, so disastrous to the latter, the defeated army retreated, followed by the victors. A description of the march of each army is given by two correspondents of the Londen Times, one of whom traveled with the successful host, the other with the defeated. "The difference in views and statements of the same place, seen es and events, is remarkible. The former are said to be marching through a beautiful and luxuriant country, during the day, and at night encamping where they are supplied with an abundabce of tne best

provisions, anu all sorts of rural dainties.

mere is nothing of war abouc the proceeding except its stimulus and excitement. On the side of t he poor Aus trians it is just the reverse. In his letter of the same date, describing the same places and march oyer tne same road, the writer can scarcely find words to set forth the suffering, impatience and disgust existing around him. W hat was pleasant to the former was intolerable to the latter. What made all this difference? asks the journalist. 'One

condition only: The French are yictori

ons, tne Austrians nave

santhemumB aB once, that therefore you

are on the wrong ro.ad. The road will

bring you out at the same gate whether

you walk with the st ride of an athlete or come up on crutches. Thousands of

Christians morbid about their business;

and morbid about.the present, and mor

bid about the future, heed the sermon I

am now preaching.

Another practical use of this snbject

is for the young. The theory is abroad

that they must first sow their wild oats,

and afterward Michi gan wheat. Let me break tne delusion. Wild oats are gener

ally sown in the liver,andthey can never

be pulled up. They so preoccupy that

organ that there is rio tooci for the im

plantation of a righteous crop. You see

aged men about us a.t eighty, erec agile, splendid, grand flpmen. How

much wild oats did .they sow between

absol-

XHB WAY TO SING. The birds must know. Who wisely, slugs Will slug as they; The common air has tfenorons wings, Songs moke their way. No messenger to run before, Devising plan; w No mention of the friaee or hour To any man; No waiting till some sound betrays A listening ear; , No different, no now delays, If steps draw near. "What bird is that? Its song is good." And eager eyea Go peering through the dusky wood In glad surprise. Then late at night, when by his lire The traveler sits, Watching the flames grow brighter, higher, The sweet song flits By snatches through his weary brain To-help him rest. When next he roes that road again, An empty nest On leafless bough will make hira sigh "Ah, me! Lastspriug Just here I heurd, in passing by, That rare bird sing ! " But while he Kings, remembering How sweet the soug, The little bird, on tireless whig, Is borne along In other air, and other men, With weary feet, . On other roads, the simple strain Are finding sweet. The birdb must kuow. Who wisely sings Will sing as they; The common air has generous wings, Songs make their way, Helen Humt.

where the men were at work, and pointed to them with an involuntary look of eontmpt on her pretty facoi

"And be lite bhem?" "Yes, even like them, or near as na

ture would permit. ureaaie mere

would be a difference, I fancy, even' then."

"Maxl" joyfully springing to the ground in her excitement" have a plae to propose to you:" and with many

interjections and exclamations, ana much exhultant laughter, she proceeded to unfold its details to Max. "Could' hhave happened at. a worse time," growled Grandfather Bly the, as ho contemplated, his puffy, tender ankle, streaked with yellowish greena bad sprain that he had got from, chasing a refractory colt "Yes," answered the doctor, a callow young mail with straight, yeUow locks, immense goggles, and a professional

gravity of manner; " this promises to be

something serious, Mr. Biythe."

MAnd there is the hav ready to eut

and get in before it rains, and no help

iardlv. and none to be got for love or

Washington;

News and Gossip from -Capitol;

the National

A COMPETENT MAN.

eiphteen venra and thirtv? None.

utelynone. God does not very often gular scholars apiece, and the

ter for calling his paper "second class

matter,"

What shall it profit a man if he eats a seventy-rive-cent dinner and then ; gets sea-Bick. Burdette. The entire revenue of the postmaster of Brownsville, Kansas, last year amounted to only 55 cents. President Cleveland is said to be threatened with another attack of rheumatism. He limps slightly and is somewhat irritable. It is said that Buffalo Bill's share of the profits of the American exposition in London consisted of 70,000' and a position in "society." There are 400 school districts in Vermont which have less than a dozen re-

average

honor with old age these who have in

early life sacrificed e wine on the altar of

the bodily temple.

Remember, O young man, that while

in after lite and after years of dissipation

thou may perhaps have your heart

changed, religion does not change the

liver. Trembling and staggering, along

these streets to-day are men, all bent

and decayed and prematurely old for the reason that they are paying lor liens

they put upon their physical estate be

fore they were thirty. By early dissipa

tion they put on their body a first mort

gage, and a second mortgage,and a third

mortgage to tne devil, and these mort

gages are now being foreclosed, and all

that remains of their earthly estate the

undertaker will soon put ot of sight. Many years, ago, in fulfillment of my text, a dart struck through their liver,

and it is there yet. aod forgives, but

outraged physical lav? never, never, nev

er. That has a mat, put no Calvary.

ooiomon m my text smew wnat ne was

talking about. He had in early life

been a profligate, and he rises up on his throne of worldly splendor to shriek out

a w arning to all the centuries. David, bad in early life, but good in later life, cries out with an agony of earnestness, "Remember not the sine of mv youth."

pay of teachers is smaller than in any other Northern State. A Michigan girl surprised a thief in the barn and chased him with a pitchfork until he drooped the harness he had stolen. It is reported that she is receiving an average of fifteen offers. An article has been going the rounds of the press for a considerable time entitled: "How to treat your wife." There

The Bargain WhicliH Made OuoTli'a.nkSr

giving Day. "I tell you," said Grandfather Biythe,'

bringing down his cane at the end of

every word, by way of giving proper

emphasis to his remark, "that you

Bhall not marrv him!"

Freddie did not reply, but the Biythe

temper showed Itself plainly enough in

her flashing glanee and heightened color, and she looked her grandfather

coolly in the face.

"An affected jackanapes," continued

the old man in an irate tone, still

stamping with his cane, "who knows no manlier a way of earning a living

than to daub spots of paint onto can-

vflfl, and call it art. You shall not

maiTy him, Frederisa!" "And I say," retorted Freddie, "tha

I will marry him that u this is your nnlv obiection to a manlv, honorable

ma a who loves me, and and whom love, it is no objection at all."

Grandfather Biythe waved his fat hand with a gesture befitting royalty

itself, and relapsed into cold severity.

"That will do, Frederica. In my day

young ladies did not so far iorget them

selves as to declare their own attach

ment to young gentlemen, fcro to your

room, aud when you can conduct' your

self with nronrietv. we will talk this

matter over."

Freddie choked back the sob that her pride wmld not allow her to utter, and

swept out of the sitting-room with al

the dimiitv she could muster, but she

did not go to her chamber

There was a cool, shadv nook by the

nanks of a stream that formed abound

ary to the old orchard, where a ham mock swung in a most inviting man

ner from the gnarled branches of a" cer

tain old aunle tree, and thither she

betook herself.

She did not confess, even to her own

thoughts, that the prospect of meeting

a certain person who haunted the vicinity with a sketch-book under his

arm hand any thing to do with shaping

her course.

All the same she was not surprised

when she heard a few bars of "Annie

does not seem to be any necessity for a j Laurie" whistled in mellow, flute-like

11 i r TTT 1 1 I ,

vvnair win a matrs do iy never

completely recover froni early dissipa

tion in, this world? Never. How about

the world to come? Perhaps God will fix it up in the jresurirection body so

that it will not have to go limping

through all eternity; out get the liver

thoroughly damaged and it will stay

damaged. Physicians call it cancer , of

xne uver, or naraemng oi tne nver, or

cirrhosis of the liver, or inflammation

of the liver, or fatty degeneration of the liver, but Solomon puts all these panes

oeen deieatpd i into one npnre and ffl.vfs: '?ml the

ine contrast may convey a distinctive i dart strike through his liver." .

raw oi tne extent to wtueh moral ' Hesiod seemed to have some hint of

impressions aflect the eruciencv of tho this when he reoriented PromathAnR

SpldlSr. : . . for his erimp.R fflfltPriAd In n. Tillnr arA

So, my dear brother, the road you ara 1 an eagle feeding on his liver, which

traveling is tne same you have been I was renewed again each, night, so that

uavrasii8 iwiK wuii- uut bue wnerenee w uevouring went on until nnauv

Hercules slew tho eaile and rescued

in your pnysical conditions makes it

look different, and therefore the two

reports you nave given of yourself are

as widelv different as the renorts of th

London Times from the'two correspondents. Edward Payson. sometimes ro

far upon the mount that it seemed as if the centripetal force of earth could no longer hold him , sometiTn rh

through a physical disorder was so far

down that it seemed as if the neither

world would clutch him. Glorinnft

William Cowper was as good as good

could be, and will be loved in the Chris-

nan unurcn as long as it sings his hymn beginning, "There is a fountain filled

with blood," and his hymn beeinrnni

"Oh, for a closer walk with God." and

his hymn beginning, "What vrttoii

hindrances1 we meet," and his hvmn

beginning, "God moves in a mysterious way." Yet, so was he overcome of

melancholy, or black bile, that it was only through the mistake of the cab.

driver, who took him to a wrong place.

instead of the river bank, that he did

not commit suicide.

If the sou is so mightily affected

by the physical state, what a great op

portunity tnis gives to tne Unnstian

physican, for he can feel at the same

tame both the pu!se of the body and the

pulse ot tne soul, and he can administer

to both at once, and it medicine is need

ed he can give that, and if spiritual counsel is needed he can give that an

earthly and a divine prescription at the same time1-and call en not only the

apothecary of the earth, but the phar

macy of heaven. Ah, that is the kind of doctor I want at my bedside when I get sick, one who can not only count out

tne ngnt numoer or crops, out wno can also pray. That is the kind of a doctor I have had in my house when sickness or death came. I do not want any of your profligate or atheistic doctors around my loved ones, when the oalances of life are trembling. A doctor who has gone through the medical college,and in dissecting room has traversed the wonders of the human mechanism, and found no "God in any of the labv-

Prometheus. And as dissipated early

nie aesnresa loroci ty peeking away and clawing awa.y at the liver year in and year out, and death is .. the only Her

cules wno can break tne power of its

beak or unclench, its claw. .... So also Virgil and Homer wrote fables about vultures preying upon the liver, but there are those here to-dav with whom it is no fable, but 5. terrific reality. That young man smoking cigarettes and smoking cigars has no idea that he " is getting for himself smoked liver! That young man hasno idea that he has by ealry dissipation so depleted his energies that he will go into battle only half armed. Napoleon lost Waterloo days before it was fought. Had he attacked the English army before it was re-enforced, and taken it division by division, he might have won the day; but he waited until he had only one hundred thousand men against two hundred thousand. ,A.ndhere is a young man who, if he put all his forces against the regiment of youthful temptations, in the strength of God might drive them back; but he is allowing them to be reenforced by the whole army of middle-

life temptations, and when all . these combined forces are massed against

him, and no Grouchy comes to help him, and Blucher has come to help his

foes, what but immortal defeat can await him? Oh, my young brother, do not make the mistake that thousands all around you are making in opening the battle against sin too late, for this world too late, and for the woiM to come too late. Some years ago a scientific lecturer went through the Ciountry exhibiting on a grea?;. canvas different parts of the human body when healthy, and different paifr when diseased. ; And what th world wants now is some eloquent

scientist to go through the country showing to our young people on blazing can

vas the drunkard's liver, the idler's liver.

he libertine's liver, the gambler s Jiver,

Perhaps the spectacle might stop some

young man before he comes to the same

. "7

nnths, is a fool, and can not doctor me ca tastrophe, and the dart strike through

or mine. But, oh, the Christian drc org! J his own liver bata comfort they have been in many My hearer, this is the first sermon

man treating his wife at all. Let him

confide the pocket-book to her custody

and she can treat herself.

;.. This is about the season ot the year when ball players "were never in better

condition in their lives." They remain that way until they get a slice of ad

vance money, after which they are apt

to be stricken with Charley-horse or go

lame at any moment. Queer people'are

to be met with in the base ball world.

"In many animals," says Nature,

"structures occur without any physiological value, but it is known, also, that

such structures as, for instance, the hind legs of whales disappear." In

moments of great excitement very large

whales used to get up on their hind legs

and snort, but spouting is all that now

remains of this custom. .....

Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, began

his career as a carpenter at $1.50 a day.

After he had wrorked for some time at

the bench he made a strike for the bar.

After practicing law for a while he Joughtin the Mexican war and was one

of the California gold-diggers of '49. When he came back from digging gold

he entered the political arena, and has

been three times elected governor of

Illinois.

In China all the roads except the im

perial highways are tracks over private

land. The owner does all he can to re

strict them. When tne soil wasnes

down into the road the road is always deeper than the land the owner digs

out the road to get back his soil with

interest. This makes the roads in the

rainy season successions of deep puddles and over all northern China traffic is

suspended for four or five months every

year on account of the impassability of

the roads. "When General Phil Cook was pre

sented to miss winnie .uavis sne was

alluded to as the "Daughter of the Confederacy." The gallant General was led captive at once by her beauty and grace,

and, extending his hand, said: "Miss

Winnie, I am a widower; please enroll

me as a candidate for the position of son-in-law of the Confederacy." This

sally met with a round of applause, and Colonel Hardin remarked that there

would be ons source of congratulation

in marrying the daughter of the Con

federacythe groom would never be

bothered wnth his mother-in-law." The weekly publications of Dr. Talr mage's sermons is beyond parallel. Besides, the English speaking nations; including Australia and New Zealand, the sermons are regularly translated into the languages of Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Russia and India. The gentlemen having in cbaree

the publication of thxsse sermons says that in this country every week,thirteen million six hundred thousaaud copies of the entire sermon are printed,and about four millions in other lands, making over seventeen millions per week. A iimilar arrangement is now b .-ing made

for the publication of Dr. ralmago's

Friday evening talks.

money

"Grandpa," staid a soft voice from tho

other room, "Here is a man wno is

ooking for work."

"Send him here t once," said the old

. ... . a i ii

man, iorgeuiug mr a raomeja tne

agonizing twinges of his ankle in his

o ; TV .- anxiety for his hay.

A tall form, with an awkward stoop

in his shoulders, clad in a long linen duster, and surmounted by a head of

straggling 'red hair, showed itself at the

open door.

Huiaphr growled thev testy occu-

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pant of the lounge, "so you want work,

do you? What can you dor"

"Wa'al," drawled a loud, nasal voice,

"I can do moiit anv tiling, hut I'm a

master hand in a hay field, Square,

Brought up on a farm, ye see, and bin

used to it all my life."

Freddie," called the. 'squire, "give

him something to eat. t s9 pose he's

hungry they always are., And after

he's fed. show him th way to the

meadow."

Freddie, almost convulsed with merri

ment at the gawky - stranger's manner,

came forward obediently and offered to

conduct him to the kitchen, but he de

clined to eat "till 'twas earned,' he said,

andislouched off toward the hay field.

Half an hour afterward Grandfather Biythe, watching the stranger from the window. Baw him loading hay with a

swiftness and dexterity that distanced

all competitors.

His awkward movements, his limp

ing walk, and his frowsy red hair

. C ...... - seemed to acquire almost dignity by

the facility and ease with vrhicb; he

worked.

"He's a prise," chuekled Mr. Biythe;

"worth a dozen ordinary pitchers. Of

couie he'll run away in a day or two;

these tramps always do."

But, contrary to 'Squire Blythe's pre

diction, he did not. On the contrary,

he grew more and more helpful, as the season advanced, and as -Squire Biythe grew more-and more incapable of using his foot, the tramp's eitperience and advice proved val uable to the irritable old man. until at last ho came io be

Carlisle to Bo Bletod Speaker Who Will Havi Charge of the Ooinmitteei The New Men in Confess, There is not the least doubt says a Washington special of Mr. Carlisle's election as speaker, and a corollary of

this will be substantially the re-appoint

ment of .most of the chairmen of com

mittees. Mills, of Texas, will succeed

Morrison, of Illinois, at the head of the

ways ana means committee., and is a

man of far more tact and wider popular

ity th an his predecessor. E and all . will

still have chargs o f appropria tions. Gul-

bertson of Texas; stands in the; line of

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succession to the chairmanship of the

committee on judiciary, but it is doubt

ful if Mr. Carlisle will give Texas two

such prominent places as the chairman

ship of ways and means and the ju.c

ciary, Belief is strong that General

Collins, of Massachusetts, wiUl be chair

man of this committee. Bland, of Mis

souri, will remain at the head of the

committee on coinage. Clardy, of Mis

souri, will probably have the committee

on commerce. Willis, of Kentucky,

wno nas buncled so many nver ana

harbor bills, is succeeded in this : Con

grssu by Mr. Caruth, of Louisville, and

the? river harbor . chairmanship will

doubtless go to some new member, as It is

very unlikely that Mr. Carlisle will pu

Bianchard, of , Louisiana, a very ligh

weight, in so important a place; Hatch

of JM-issouri, who worked so valiantly on

the oleom argarine and pleuro-pneumon

iabxll last winter will remain at the

head of the committee on agriculture

He Is one of the grandest men on hii

side of the chamber, and is-working lik

a beaver to be made Goveirner of Mis-

sou3i. mere is a strong usenng agams

Perry Belmont as chairman of tne com

itoee on foreign affairs, anid an effort

will be made to shift him to some other

place. Little Joe Wheeler, of Alabama, will be chairman of the committee on

military affaiiu in place of (xeneal Bragg, 1 of Wisconsin, who is himself now somewhat famous for the enemies he has made, having been retired, by the people. Herbert, of Alabama, will stay at the head of the committee on naval af -fans. Blount, of Georgia, will, in all probability, be. made chairman of the committee on postofHces The election of ,0'Nejdl to succeed Mr. Cobb in th second Indiana dtstrictthrows the chairmanship of the public lands- committee into tiie hands of Mr. Foran, of ,.thti Cleveland (O.) district. Peel, of Arkansas, will succeed Wellborn, of Texas, at thd head of the committee on Indian affairs. Hill, of Ohio, who played; such a line game with the k bills for the admission of Daxota , last winter, will stay at home, audy unless Mn Carlisle' refuses to mali:e a mistake, Springer, of Illinois, will be the head -of the committee. Springer will double and twist Dakota and all the rest of the

territories worse than Hill did.- George Wise, of Virginia, will still have the committed on manufactures. Probably O'Ferrally of the same State, will be at the head of mines and mining, as it is

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Afar tho tnouo tains rlw : t'! And the broad estuary widens, out,

All sunshine : wheeling: round and

about

Seaward a white bird flies.

A bird ? Nav. seems it ratberiath

A spirit, o'er Eternity's dim sea,

Calling, "Come thou whftre all we gl5 spml':

be!" I, O life, 0 silent Hbore,

Where we sit patient; 0 great sea beyond

To which we tttrh with solamm hoi ad-

,;fond, :'

But sorrowful no morci;

A little while,"and then we, too, shaU soar . : Like white-winged sea-birds into the Intinlta ...deep,, ,. ... . ., - -, f '. . , :

Till then thou, Father 'will dttrspirits keep!:

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alighted from a tram' wltrB , elastic bounce, and her f Use teeth fell to the

platform and nowily . irattied; along ih? .

boards. '-V " .'y: :'

At Mesterton. England, a ferret en

tered the bed in which a torn month'child was sleeping; When discovered i

the infant had one eye torn out and tho iiesh ot its face lacerated in a dreadful

manner. Itdiei in a short UinsC ' John Gentle ie; the" name of a Kansas man who has licked Mill hii neighbors,

been m jail naif a N :dosen Umes, ran

away from two wives, and?is now Jkedt

up for shooting ; at the' Judged

should have been called Peaceful John.

In Brown county. . Illinois; is

home of a man whptaflU

year, and has never seen a piano, nevexf ' been- within ten miles Vof : a raUway

never wore a coimr ana necoue,

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never uaa oa a pajr ui aut. 'muhsv:, ij can remember. - V? . f-j'rK....

jp rana; woxie, oi uaKota, was aoout xo

be married put was ousy wits a game

of poker. The minifiter-who was to per

form the ceremonvswent -to infarm 1

Via V Aftmnanir - nraa B!fimM nAf X . H1

mat vuv wuij'ouji nao ttii.ijj gy interested and took' a hand, and the wedding had to be postponed. . JL covered farm; wagon,' eastward bound, passed through a Nebraska town

a few days ago, eonfeuning the owoer of the outfit, his wife and dye children, a

live buffalo, an antelope, a -pair -of wolves, a pair of swifts or 'prairie foxes,

ana a oox ot wmte rats, oesiaes a rmmm&m

Biaeraoie score ox piovisionH. . ,- :,-f PX Michigan has some mean men, and

the captain of the propeller M& sen ger

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regarded as an an thorityi to be respected improbable that Mr. Clardy, of Missouri,

tones, and saw a tall, slouching form

clad in a loose, velvet coat, vault lightly

over the fence, that ran at right angles

with the river, and come rapidly up

the path through the loose tangles grass.

She looked in the opposite direction

and pretended not to see or hear. "And she's all the world to me," voice sang softly, coming nearer.

Still she did not turn. The footsteps

came close, ..closer, and then a hand was

laid on the h immock that swung lazily

to and fro, and a smiling face bent over

hers.

"Max!" in a tone of feigned astonish

ment.

"Freddie!" imitating ner manner

Then they both laughed. "Freddie" seriously "I have been trying to move the hard heart of Grandfather Biythe.', "Max" seriously aich f,I have been trying to soften the stern heart of Grandfather Biythe." "And, Freddie, I have failed."

"It was an ignommous lauure on my

part. Max."

They tried to lauga, but ureaaie, re

membering her grandfather's reproof,

sighed instead.

She took up Max's sketching book

that he had laid in the hammock be side her, and began to turn over the

pages.

Thev were rough sketches onlv. but

clever, too, with a dashina freedom of

touch that showed the element of un

deniable genius in every stroke.

To the simple country gin tney were

the revelations of another life.

Here was a tropical forest, the

shadows of the cypress trees, draped

with festoons of Spanish moss falling

bard across, a si ill lagoon, the yellow moon half obscured by clouds, throw

ing a weird, ghostly light over all.

One was a farm scene, and in the

figure that bent over the low, old-fashioned well-curb, to lift the moss-

covered bucket, Freddie recognised

herself.

This sketch showed a boat, drifting

down a river between green fields that

stretch away on eithelf side, with

sleepy cattle resting under leafy trees;

that, a harvest field, with laborers lean

ing on their rakes, amid ripe harvest Bheaves; a rude cottage in the distance,

where a young mother stood in the

doorway, with laughing children cling

ing to her gown; or a skiff rocking on

the wTaves, the moonlight marking its

silver track across the water, or painting strange, fantastic pictures on the rocks

above, and again, a tropic forest, where

one could fancy he heard, some far-off

bird calling to his mate from low-hung

boughs, amid the groves of spice and balm. . .. .... Freddie drew a longlbresath of rapture.

To her they were marvels of artistic expression. "I. would give it all up, Freddie for your sake, if I must." Tears spraug to her eyes. Bhe looked across to her grandfather' meadow

and eonsuked on all doubtful points". It was Thanksgiving, amd the odors of fruits, spicks and all sorts of savory mells filled the Biythe kitchen and dining room, where Freddie flitted about dimpling with smiles, 'preparing the Thanksgiving dinner. "Sandy " as the red haired stranger wa called,; sat by the south window, which was filled with crimson roses and while chrysanthemums. ' - He held a newspaper in his hands, as if engaged in reading, but his eyes wan

dered from its columns to where Freddie stood, her sleeves rolled- up above her

round dimpled elbows, her white hands

covered .writh Aour, her cheeks flushed with exercise. ;

Grandfather Biythe walked into the

kitchen, leaning heavily on his cane. Half way across the room he paused and spoke to "Sandy." . . "I want a competent man to take charge of my farm next year," ho began, "one who is capable, who understands practical farming in short I want you. Name your price, and if the terms are not to extravagant, I'D talk business with you," ; V "Mv pric sir?" 4Sandy'' had risen now and walked across the kitchen to' where Freddy stood, "lly price, sir, if i here."; ., "What?" thundered the Squire, "do you mean to insult my granddaughter?" "By no means, sir," answered the tramp, respectfully, removing .his red wig and disclosing the brown curling

locks of Max Stanton, the artist; "I am of as good a family as your owe; 1 love your granddaughter, and; believe I ould make her happy. I am fond of: art, it is true, but I think I have demonstrated the fact that I am not, on that account, entirely devoid of common sense," .."..'.-. Driven no bay, as it were, the Squire admitted the justice of the retaark, and,

turning to Freddy, whoise clieekB were

crimson as the roses in the window he

asked gruffly, "What do you Bay,. Freddie?". ,:, V.',. We will not attempt to ire Freddie's answer, aa answer in dimples, smiiss, blushes, and incoherejat,: not to say irrelevant, remarks, but we are bound, as varacious chroniclers, record the fact that, in the long and happy years she spent as Max's w iire, neither she nor Squire Biythe ever had cause to regret tho events of this special Thanksgivmg Day.

who will have the more important

chairmanship of the committee on com

merce, would remain at the head of this

committee; pibble, of llouth Carolina, will stay at the head of public buildings

and Grounds.- Crisp, ot Creoraxa. sue-

7- 1. ..- 7 , - .. ceeds to-the chairmanship of the com

mittee oic Pacific railroads, although the

succession of several possible appoint

ments. Mr. carlisiewiU be veryvcareiui

is one of them. He cliscovered a schooner nn 1ai Kasni onila . ml whan flits oniin

a tka'aAknAnA af naiwl 4 A . nun tlM ftvit:.-1. ' "i

being towed into port the; propeller steamed away. ;.;- ;. . c Major Black,"of I5nmpter. Ga.. owned

a oninea hen that . 'mmitml to ait. . Hari -.-2 "".

neat waa broken m aeveral times, and

At lo-not.h. with aviv mumthtimi Aff tw V5-' ''l

jection sue waixeit to tne weil ana,-

with a rasping cry, plunged head lint' .

into the water; ? When she was

out the was dead.

.," 1 At a funeral the other day at olHia'

TnwB. it. waa nntieen thatthn fj)A Af thA.: 'I'fs

dead was covered With persputionsand

although wiped a way by the undertaker,

large drops of moisture soon gathered

again. The body waa buried, h o waver, and now many residents of the town

assert the belief that the

man was buried alive j' y

James Wihiamsn; of Toronto, .Ohioi

taptured a live crow in his corn field

WbilA arrvfnor it hnmA hn wan aifaikw1

dv nunareos or :Ofcnercrowa. jo- mm; ; r s

tried to xuri away; then he madev a -jfelij.

orous attempt to defend himself with

4nbjuA . v : VV fk-y.

ad

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club;- next he sought shelter in a shed.

where the besieging crows kept him ft

prisoner for more than an hour.-.

The Savannah News perpetrates

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in making his selectien of the 'chairman foUowing: A lady at pi;Si3m

Beeoher'a Successor.

Priladelphin Times.

It may truthfully be; sad, however, of Mr. Berry, that he is an English Congregationalist of the ultra independ

ent type. Tms means a. good deal, in

yiew of the fact that English Congregationalism is notably more independent

in mattem of dogmatic theology than

Congregationalism on this side of tlie water. Coming from abroad ha will be

untrammeled by any losal or faciaonal influences, and if hf4s Sn any sense as

proau mmoea as gnu pTOwwwr ue

should have little dirticuHy m main

taining h arxnonious relations with , the motley elements that go to make up his

great cougregation. JH.e win not be

judged in advance, and ;if ho proves in fact, as well as in name, the successor of

the great preacher who made Plymouth Church the most notable religious centre in this country, due credit will W accorded hm in spite: of Ms English birth, 1 : "

of this committee. McBea, -ot Arkansas,

is likely to be te chairman of the Mis-

sissipi river levee committee; Chandler, of Georgia, will probably have charge

of education O'Neill, of St. Louis, will stav at the head of the com

mittee on labor; Colonel Matson will

stall be chairman of the committee on

invalid pensions, unless in the shift of

. j...- ' . ; ... ..... ..v . - . v. some of the other committees it should

be desirable to si ve tthn some other

place. Jones, of Alabama, is in succession as chairman of the committee on pen

sions, but it is unlikely that he will be

appointed, as that; State already has charge of two committees. Congress

man Scotti of Erie, Pa, is likely to be made chairman, although he has no

desire to take upon himself-" this line of

work. , Springer, of liiiuoisj will stay at the head of the committee on claims. Geddis, of the Maansfield district, having been elected to stay at home, Stone, f Keutuckv. stands at the head of the

war claims commi ttee The chairman-

shin of this committee and tht of the

Mississippi siver levee committee .would

have fallen to the chaTge of Mr. Kleiner, of Indiana, had he been re-elected.

These embrace the most important

committee changes likely to be made.

When Congi ess meetB the old hands

around the capitol will hardly know it.

Nearly one-fourth of the Senate will be

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new men. uver ono-tcira or tne nouse

are stranarers to Washinffton, Few; ot

. ' , T."3 - ..v.. - " . -. -..-.-. : ... the new Senators ae at all known

there. . Men like J Pasco

Turpie, Indiana; Stockbridge, of Michigan ; Bate, of Tennessee', and Aulkn er,

of Vii-ffinia. will be total straneers to

nine-tenths of the Senators': Half the

inenmixiff men. however, are men of

national reputation. Frank Hiscbck has

been in Congress since 1878. Paddock,

of Nebraska, and Stewart, of Nevada, are well known to the older men of the

Senate, with whom they served ten

years ago. Cush Davis, of Minnesota,

is. well known as a prominent

Blaine leader in the northwest and

a lawyer of national reputation. Quay,

of Pennsylvania; is, of coursei very well

known as the bous politician of the Key

stone state. Old Judge Reagen, of Tex

as, who succeeds General Maxey, has been in public life forty years, and has

ssrved in almost every sort of anumce

that is known to American politics He

was a Wnited States surveyor iu Texas

as far back as 1830. He was a judge s

dosen years in tliat State, and came to Conaress in 1857 and stayed there until

the secession of h is State. In the Confed

eracy Judgfe Reagen wat3 more prominent

than he had'been -undi-r the old govern

ment, being one of the most trusted

men in Jeft Davis's cabinet. He was

elected to congress in 1875, and has been a very prominent man in all of its de

bates. His advocacy of the interstate

commerce bill has .made, his name air most a household word all over .the " ' -. aountry. ;

a hen that is euite a curiosity. It has a

coat of hair in place of featheahi

though it is only a chicken, still it. iaa.-:

wonderful freak- b:naturi.vIi;aBtt.s'

from a flock of cidinary chickens, and

the cause of its singular coat is a mya tery. It lays, sits and hatches like otor

chickens, and sonte of its amonnasm

U&t9 fcliO ptkTUUlt, VUV BUtj uno Jiuir j.r wg - .e

ceeded in bringing them to maturity.

Control-of the Tlwph. Chiiago Yim. ... J

In the second plaee; iteouna ver j

i tt a tn a r flWint hlaftinir the control 6T V -i

the telegraph system "in

hr handi..o,SS'

It 'meahT -' -y

the people," but what- does

'TKa .kir nmnrtflixi in that: -tliA. (Tkivem

That' means, of course, that the peolery

are to tako it into their control oy.tneir political agents; Tliero is no other war-

xnere la aw wy: ; .

in whicn tney cm ao it xaase. , ugenw .

xuaot, u wun JUiy m iuuuu obb

business secrets as any private manager

oi a BTBiem cnu iittvt?. iwic uoi.s

a hoH f orwArnmflnr. AvRTAm an . :

much as to anv other, and that head

must bo mflored opnortuniPr to posseem.

himself not onlypt business secrets,out

si ...as;:

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now:

of political secrel as Mr, G uld

A-mno an rnnnonn 0 nf rmnn 11 tMKi

securing trie services pimc-ptl yiiM

telegraph service whom tney can amjery.

"I'Lti A. Tkn- aM l)AMAViil:l i- . V

upon getting the services of a politician,

just as they can now depend npdn.; g&g&f

fiArtnhPn of a noiitician for

, luiiua, I iostmascer-vreiierai. . vtuu w. :. ;

nf irflttinir a noliticiah whom they eiflE& &'l ''Mi

trust with autocratic control of .vfbft :3; wi

telefih in tin

itemeot in ancli times.-for instance, as - ,r , M

passed tni-ough in &m&M

we

Times" is inclined think-np

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A tall MiBSOurian called at the district

Behcajndifey

said: i t . V:

eSj'Vassented the

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toward the doori fJ&lQG

I assure; yowu? ' : :-.v;V : ' i ,( . .j-'C

Airawrddeon

"And he sayaivou tiseu rawrof ,r.

"And vou alannea: mm wwa

hands as wellf " :W:'t.

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"X did, out iiiBumws? YT : '

Assure aothinV It me giv0 yom

pointer, Mmm you nave o puni

that boy use .a fiB doeen 40are,iM

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darn for rawhide J.1'

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Her JAadr

Boston Herald. ;" ': V ..r. .-'s...-.

A conjugal coxiversatioil owrneaid itt Pfy &

street caK4 &

me on the 15th, dearestT xou xnow v

that is my birthday; ' J& is :

uf yer forget, darling, I sball giv you &(Vk , uCi, hWell i'ni goiiigte J

buy that exqufsiw wrap'v'i

T mvft von the SlOtt tO P&V tDt ':. il

Bayard Taylor'nmother has celebrated

the 88th aniveraary of her birth. ;

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