Bloomington Courier, Volume 15, Number 39, Bloomington, Monroe County, 20 July 1889 — Page 2

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THE COURIER. AFTER FOUR NEW STAR!

BY H. J. FELTUa

KLOOM1NGTON,

INDIANA

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' Cardinal Manning

is 81 years of

.It has been discovered that M. Eiffel is a direct descendant of William TelL

Commodore Walker wants to he placed in charge of the North Atlantic Squadron. The Rev. Dr. Temple, Bishop of London, drinks, enormous quantities of

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Raid McLean, a Scotchman, is commander-in-chief of the army of the Sultan of Morocco.

The young king of Servia is feeling very much flattered at the discovery of a plot to dethorne him.

I Ax the funeral of a young man named Rice, at Shamokin, Pa., four young ladies .were the pall bearers.

' Aug ustin Dali like a great many other American playwrights, used to be a newspaper dramatic critic.

, The duke of Portland Vmarriage removes the last really desirable English peer from the; matrimonial market-. There are five girls in one of the Humphries families of Fleming county, Ky., .and their names are Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida and Virginia- : The earl of Arran, who has made numerous acquaintances in this country, is engaged to be married to Mrs. John Stopford, a widow with one little daughter. .

Marshaix P. Wilder writes from London that he is having a delightful time entertaining the British aristocracy. He has just returned from Paris, where-he visited Buffalo Bill.

Sib t Julian Pauncefote may be seen in the enjoyment of his daily pa .per any bright attemoon seated upoa one of the benches . within -Dupont Circle, not far from his home on Connecticut avenue.

Whttelaw- Beid, the American minister to France, will unveil a small Barthoidi Stetue of Liberty on the Isle of Swans on the Fourth of July. President Carnot and the French cabinet -have promised to attend.

A prominent Turkish official in Constantinople laments the spread of Christianity among the women of Turkey on the ground that it will soon lead the Turkish ladies to dress as immodestly as Christian ladies.

; , Munemitso Mutsu, Japanese Minis

ter to the United States, has rentedifor

the summer a residence at Mount Pleas

ant, a suburb of Washington. He wil

entertain his friends there and there it

a prospect that his suburban home wil

become famous. be a host.

Mustu knows how to

Miss Anna Howells, thetaunf of the

novelist, was a woman of remarkable

strength of character. She haa a very intelligent beaming countenance, and

beautiful, but not piercing black eyes.

At one time she unaertooK to memo

rize Webster's Dictionary, and had half completed the work when she conclud

ed to give it up.

Mrs. Cleveland has sent to some o

her friends m Washington a copy of the latest photograph of herself, taken

at the capital. It was taken in Mrs.

Cleveland's boudoir in the White

House, holding Baby Lamont, hei namesake in her arms, and it is said to

be the prettiest of all the. photographs

extant of Mrs. Cleveland.

Capt. "Jake" vanderbilt, only

surviving brother of Commodore Van-

derbilt, visits New York every day by a morning boat from St. George (Stat-

en island) and returns in time for

spin behind his trotter, "Boston Boy."

Though over SO years: old Capt. Van-

derbilt is gajfe look much younger

And-tober t as though only half

that a?;

randa. Zrt

nce lovely bwede, has

iged for the worst She has not

faded but she has fattened. . Her face

Is broad, her features heavy and the

expansion ofc her cheeks has diminish

ed the apparent size of her once lus

trous blue eyes. Her bright fair hair

alone reminds the. spectator of her

former charms.

When the Bishop of Edinburgh was

f n ' this country he visited . Bishop

Williams, of Connecticut at Middletown.

naoiLsa in me &ugiisu episcopal cos

tume of knee-breeches and black silk

stockings he alighted, from the train and was at once accosted by Bishop Williams, - although the two -men had

never met each other before. "Tell

me;"' asked Bishop Williams, after the

first greetings, "how did you know mef : 0h, by your face," replied his ier&hip of Edinburgh, I have one of

ypur photographs, you know. But tell

me in return how you knew me?" "Oh, by your legs." replied Dr. Will

iams, glancing with an amused smile

v athe well-turned calves of his guest.

: A Constant Suitor.

There is a certain young man in '"..'' " . . .' '

Amencus wno can give tne average

lover points on the business of courting.

He visits his immorata every night, re

naming from just after supper to late

bedtime, and on Sundays and holidays

vxsits ner oeiore oreainast, ana re

mains all day, nor does he tear himself

away until about midnight. The young

lady's friends think his "staying"

powers are simply wonderful, and that

he will win her if it;is within the range of human possibilities. -Savannah

Kewa. - . - Use3 for Biblea In many parts of China the bibles given to tne natives by missionaries are used in the manufacture of cheap boot spies -which are not the kind of souls the bible is intended to benefit. But the heathen in his blindness doesn't know any better. Now, in America it is different In many parts of this country bibles are used for pressing ferns and autumn leaves, and

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to elevate the little one. No Herald,

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Col. Brio Will Strive Hard to Set th

Ie Democratic Diadem.

. ... ; , It can be stated on unquerloned authority that the Democratic National Committee doe 3 not intend to let the election in the fojir new Northwest States go by default. The alarm felt in Republican circles over the result in these States appears to be well founded. The Democratic National Committee

has desided to make a vigorous fight in ail four of the new States. All factions of the party are united on . that point. The election comes off in October, Col. Brice believes that at least two of the new States Montana and Washingtoncan be safely lande in the Democratic camp. If this can be accomplished, it will be a substantial victory that will go far towards shaping the result in 1892. When the Democratic National Committee met last month the campaign in the Northwest was discussed informally. Sir ce then Col. Brice has been in communication with the leading members of the Committee. For obvious reasons the Democrats do not propose to use any brass bands in the contest. The battle will assume more the character of a still hunt on their side. The Democratic Committee will have a trusted representative in each of the States, and every-inch of the ground will be contested. A special agent of the Committee will go to Montana gome time this month and take a preliminary survey oi the field. He will also ro to Washington and through the two Dakotas. About the first September special representatives of the National Committee will be sent to each State and remain until the election has been decided. . . t.. .. The only difference of opinion that is said to have existed among the members of the Democratic Committee was as to whether they should make a fight in all four States or concentrate their efforts to carrying Montana and Washington. Coi, Brice favored engaging the enemy all along the line. They could keep the Republicans busy in the two Dakotas and prevent the massing of reinf orcementa on the more doubtful territory. - "Coi. Brice," said a close friend of his yesterday, "has not been asleep since his elevation to the Chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee. He is not indifferent to newspaper criticism, but he does not allow it to swerve him from the line he marks out. You will remember how he came to be styled the Bainbow Chaser in the campaign last year. It was repotted while was in Chicago that he had gone out West believing that the Democracy could cap tore some of the Northwestern 3 States, These reports were widely circulated and probably believed by a good many Democrats. Col. Bnce's enemies immediately dnbbed him Bainbow Chaser with the yiew of creating the impression that he was losing eight of the vital points of the campaign and indulging in vain hopes of capturing undisputed Republican territory. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The sole object of Col. Brice's Western trip during the last campaign was to advise and advocate abandoning the fight on the part of the Democrats west of Indiana. He called a meeting at the Palmer House, at which the National Committeeman from each State west of Indiana and the Chairmen of the respective State Committees were present. Haifa a dozen prominent Democrats in addition were also there. s When Col. Brice made his announcement that he had

called them together to recommends

pratical abandonment of the fight in the Northwest there was

much opposition. The Minnesota men

were especially averse to any such' plan. After a three days' conference, however, Col, Brice'B recommendation prevailed.

When he returned East he had gained

every point that he had contended for.

Yotfcan imagine his feelinzs when he

saw it heralded in the newspapers that

he had hopes of carrying the North

western States and had decided to press

the fight out there. He could not deny the report without giving away his plan

of campaign to the enemy.

'Col. Brice is somewhat in a similar

predicament to-day. He is being sharply criticised for failing to publicly assert his views on the tariff and other leading issues . He is not without convictions on all these questions, but he is restrained from expressing them by a very fine

sense of what he believes to be his duty as Chairman of the National Committee.

He is a tariff reformer of a pronounced type. Col. Brice believes that the duty of the Chairman of the

National Committee is to unite as many

people as possible in the support of the

fundamental principles of Democracy,"

DRESS. Something About Its Po'wer 4 Significance.

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Albany Journal.

Dress has figured in politics, in relig

ion and in history. In the fashion plates

of any country is written its history;

and in them are seen the rise and fall of

empkes. There is power in dress, and it is used

by women as their strongest weapon. It

was Josephine's weapon against Napo

leon when he was about to banish the

only woman who had ever loved him. When she stood before her Emperor to

receive the final sentence he could not

conceal a glance of admiration at the royal woman royally arrayed. She had

hoped to save her happiness in the

splendid, trailing robes; but Napoleon,

as ever, was inexorable. '

The red necktie of the socialist, the

primrose worn by the admirers of Lord

Beaconsneid, and the Fenian hat, are

illustrations of dress in politics. The

denominational robes, the tunic worn

by many, and the peculiar dress of the

Quakers and Shakers are expressions of

dress in religion.

Conventional dress is part of the con

ventions of the world which leaves no room for the development of the true and the natural.

Conventional dress is a part of the

conventional idiocy of the present time which is enough to make both men and

angels weep. .

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conventional dress is built upon a

frame of bones and reeds.

The boys' jacknife with three new

blades and a new handle is the same old

knife. Dame Fashion, who takes a new

caprice every season, still clings to the

same old trams wmcn nas worn ouu countless bodies and crippled and made sickly many more. . The summer girl is a good specimen of conventional idiocy, with "style" from the crown of her pretty head to the sole of her shapely foot, which at this season of the year is in total eclipse under a low russet shoe. Her gown may be a silken sheath adorned by floating ribbons outlining the wearer's figure, while around her waist is hung a girdle from which the tint inabulation of a chatelaine watch, a glove buttoner, a viniagrette and other ornaments so musically wells. She carries a parasol, against which she leans while she calls her little dog back to her side. The handle could be conveniently used for a fish pole. The ''big ribbon bow" which decorates it would make a first class line and would attract the fish from the water as it does from the land. These niodeBt creatures, who object to the bold glances of men, appear upon he street in the raoBt startling shades

and combinations. Beauty unadorned is evidently not a motto of the American

girl. Stunning costumes attract attention, but not admiration. True modesty has no desire to make a show of itself. The truly modest girl dresses modestly, and in a way to attract the least attention on the street. The young woman modestly attired will never be stared at. A woman's dress expresses the degree of her desire for admiration. Modesty in dress is a charm of womanhood, as well as modesty of manner. It is said that Harriet Beechor Stows could be attired in nothing that would make her "a stylish woman." By their dress women may command the respect of mankind; and when they cease to be loud in dress men will no longer indulge in injudicious or extrava gant praise, or tell "iunny" stories at the expense of women. More instruction, more intelligence, more love and charity will work reform gradually. Cursed be the social wants that sin agaiust the strength of youth; ...

Cursed he the social lies that warp us irom the

. living truth; V. Cursed be the sickly forms that err from honest nature's rule; Cursed be the gold that gilds the straitened forehead of tne fool.

FOR BRITISH CONSULS. Republican Restoring Fe 8 Which the Cleveland Administration Reduced.

London letter. So far as the consular service in Great

Britain is concerned Mr. Blaine has just

given decided assurance that the Administration means to take good care of its own, and that Consul-General New theroughly understood what he was about when he came here. Great Britain has for years occupied the unique position of compelling shippers to take an oath as to the truthfulness al their invoices, especially as to valuation. This is the only country where such an oath is required. The United States Consul in Great Britain have no authority to receive thiB oath. Their scheme is to hire an English notary on salary in the Consul's office and let shippers swear to their invoices before him , while the Consul pock ts the fees. In years gone by these fees have been the principal emolument of the United State Consuls in England. In the large cities, like London, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham, thev have enabled men who have been some little time in office to accumulate a comfortable competence. When the Cleveland Administration came in the British shippers were charged a little more than a dollar for

each invoice. This had been the tax for years under the Republican rule. Secretary Manning, actuated largely by agitation on the part of Perry Belmont, decided that this tax was an imposition on commerce, and reduced the fee on each invoice to 37 cents. The Consuls particularly those on small salarieswere in despair. In a little while the Treasury Department increased the fees again to 62 J cents, but the increase did not mean all that appeared on the face of itj because fees were abolished on goods which required specific duty and also on goods which were admitted to America free of duty. The Republican Administration, due, it is suid, to the pressure exerted by Mr. Blaine, has just issued an order requiring oaths on all invoices, whether specific, free or ad valorem. This practically amounts to an increase of 25 per cent, on Consul fees since the Republicans came into power. To Consuls in the large cities it means at least $6,000 a year increase of salary, which, of course, comes out of the pockets of Britishers, and not from Americans. This is only a straw, but it indicates very clearly which way the wind is blowing. It is an open secret here that Mr. Blaine has assured the stanch party men he has sent h ere as Consuls that the fees will be restored to the old time dollar limit and that tLe bic English Consulates wiU once more be partv plums. The Speech Was Not Made. A man who gets the reputation as a (jood after dinner speaker is usually one who has power to tell a story well. It may not always bo a very new story or a very witty one, but if it is

well told it is almost certain to be suc

cessful at a dinner party. One thing

js fatal in such an attempt prosiness.

Sometimes, however, a success is won

m not telling a story when it is expected, in not making" a speech when people suppose that one is coming. A

jertaan famous and witty Englishman Irisiting America, was asked to make n after dinner speech at the ladies'

flight of a Boston club. It was a lit

erary man, so it was expected very naturally that he would glorify his profession and that of his hearers. In

stead of doing. so he rose gravely and,

with a serious glance at the fruits of

the desserts still on the tablo before

him, began: "Ladies and gentleraen,1 he repeated, "I come not here

to. talk."

All eyes were turned toward him. "Ladies and gentlemen," ho repeat

ed, "I come not here to talk."

People began to laugh, seeing that

brevity was really the soul of his wit

'I como not here to talk," said he,

"I come not hereto talk." Then, with

another glance at the fruit and a modest gesture of deprecation, I como not hero to talk!" ' . II- .A 'V ....

Aim ne sat a own, wnne everyone

laughep ind applauded. Youth's Com

BEN'S NEPOTISM, He is the President of Ben and Hli Kelatives -Only. Banner ol Light. Nepotism is a charge to bring against any government or administration that ought to make those responsible for it thoroughly ashamed. It is a charge brought against the existing administration, and unfortunately with much more truth than will warrant a denial. A President who possesses a truly refined and clear perception would never distribute offices amoug his family relatives and business associates. He would as care fully esche w it as a j udge on the bench would refuse to soil the purity of his ermine with taking bribes. There is always a certain something in character, though esteemed volatile, yet firmly fixed, that indicates not merely the direction ii will take but the errors it will instinctively avoid. In a public servant, intrusted with power and patronage, it is naturally to be expected that official favors will not be bestowed for private advantage. He ought no more to think of distributing them among relatives, friends, associates and dependents than he would think of farming them out ior his own profit.

A great deal could be said on a subject so little agreeable, but it ought rather to be regarded as a public scandal that it is necessary to say any thine at all. It was this, above all other faults, that impelled Bishop Poster recently to make so pointed a reference to the President and his administration as he did. One can not help putting to

himself the question: Would Washing-

ton or Jeflerson hate thought ol employing his position for so debasing a purpose?

It is not the money value of the favors officially bestowed in this way by an administi ation that is the object of concern, that is a more bagatelle in comparison with the loss, to the country in another direction. That loss occurs in the insensible but no less certain lo wering of the standard of public morality. The fine sense of propriety and justice is fatally wounded. That devotion of the public sentiment which forms t he strongest pledge of a perpetuation of a free government is dangerously lowered. There is a sacred reserve in the national as in the individual character that can not bo disregarded or thrown away. To get out of the reach of its necessary influence, is to give up all. When a whole people wink at practices which they instinctively xnow to be improper and corrupt, the fatal work of demoralization has surely begun. There is no less need of integrity in a i Fairs of business. If any

citizen of the country ought to preserve

the nnrity of his purpose above the

furthest reach ol; suspicion, it assuredly

is the President of the United States

Can he do it and make his familv the

selected almoners of the nation's bountv ?

NEPOTISM IN THE-PENSION BUBEAU. Washington Special.

Tanner has excited some opposition

in congressional circles, also, for having

so many of his relatives appointed to

office. He has had one of his daugh

ters appointed confidential secretary to succeed the dismissed of Squires. This daughter is a young lady just out of the

Brooklyn schools, and it may be fairly

assumed, as is charged by congressiona

people and by pension attorneys, tha

she is not competent to perform the im

portant duties of this position. She

knows nothing about the routine busi

ness of the pension office. The position

of confidential secretary is an importan

one. xnat omciai, as tne presen

administration of the pension bureau

shows, has often acted for the commis

sioner himself. This Squires did, and

it is hardly to be assumed that a young girl is competent, without previous

training, to fill this place. Another

daughter of Corporal Tanner has secured a position in the office of a local agent tiere. The total salary now said to be drawn by the Tanner familv in this

city is $8 384. Nepotism of this sort

not covered by the civil strvice act . ."' M 1

inasmucn as neitner one ot tne mem

bers of Mr. Tanner's family now in

public service Is in the classified list.

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FOOD FROM PKIME SOURCES.

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Reasons why a Strictly Vegetable

Diet Is To Be Preferred. Longman's Mflga.iine.

Tne food which is most enjoyed is the

ioou we can oreaa anu iruny in my long medical career, extending over

forty years, I have rarely known an

instance in wmcu a emia naa not pre

ferred fruit to animal food. I have been

many times called upon to treat chil

dren for stomachic disorders induced by

pressing upon tnem annual to tne ex

clusion of fruiu diet, and have seen the

best results occur from the practice o

reverting to the use of fruit in the dietary. I say it without the least

prejudice, as a lesson learned from sim

ple experience, and the most natural diet for the young, after the natural

milk diet, is fruit and wholemeal bread,

with milk and water for drink. The

desire for this same mode of sustenance

is often continued into after years, as if

the resort to flesh were a forced and

artificial feeding which reouired long

and persistent habit to establish as

permanency, as a part of the system of

everyday life. How strongly this

preference taste for fruit over animal

food prevails is shown by the simple

fact of the ret sntion of those foods in the mouth. Fruit is retained to be

tat to land relished. Animal food, to

ub6 a common phrase is "bolted."

There is a natural desire to retain the

delicious fruit for full mastication;

there is no such desire, except ' in the

trained gourmand, for the retention of

animal substance. One further fact

which I hav?3 observed and that too of ten to discard it as a fact of great moment, is that when a person of mature years haii, for a time, iven up voluntarily the i;ise of animal food in favor of vegetable, nhe sense of repugnance to animal food is soon so markedly developed that a :teturn to it is overcome with the utmost difficulty. Neither is this a mere lancy or fad peculiar to

sensitive men or over-sentimental women. I have been surprised to see it manifested in men who are the very reverse of sentimental, and who were,

in fact, quite ashamed to admit theui-

selves guilty of any such weakness. I have heard-those who have gone over

from a mixed diet of animal and vegeta-

of feeling low under the new system, and declare that they must needs give it up in consequence, but I have found

even these (without exception) declare that they infinitely preferred the simpler, purer, and, as it seemed to them, more natural, food plucked from the prime 'source of food, untainted by its passage through another animal body. INDIAN APOCiIB NOTJSS. UBS KSW 8C900L BOOX L.tW. The Indiana School Book Commission decided, Wednesday, to accept the bid of the Indiana School Book Publishing Company. The report of the committee, to whom it had been submitted, comprised six resolutions. The first declared in favor of rejecting all manuscripts submitted, for the reason that the board had no funds with which to advertise for bids for the publication of books, Resolution No. 2 favored the acceptance of the bid of ths Indiana Bchool Book Company to furnish geographies (elementary and complete.) The third resolution favored the acceptance of the series of arithmetics proposed by the Indiana Company. Resolution No. 4 declared in favor of awarding the con

tract to furnish coav books to the

Bowen-Merrill Company of Indianapo

lis. The next resolution pwposed the rejection of the spelling book offered by

the Indiana School Book Co mpany on

the ground that it was not equal in sise to the standard named in the law. The

sixth resolution favored the acceptance of the series of renders offered by the Indiana School Book Company. All of the resolutions were adopted, Sap, LaFollette alone voting in two instances in the negative. The resolution accept

ing geographies stipulated that the Indiana School Book Company should comply with the promise in its bid to

add a map of Indicma to ths book, and

to insert maps of the new States as soon as they are admitted, R. 0. Bell, oi Fort Wayne, attorney for the company,

in a brief statement to the Board. . said that the company would keep

every promise it had made,

and comply with the law hon

estly and without any quibbling about

technicalities. The board has now

reached the end oi its possibilities, and histories, grammsirs, physiologies and nailers are unprovided for. Under the

decision of the Attorney General it will

be impossible to advertise for additional

"bids until the Legislature has met again

and made an appropriation to defray the

expense of advertising.

The County Superintendents of the

State are being notified through the

Department of ISducation tjiatthey

must now give an additional bond to the Commissioners of their respective

counties, as required by the text-book law. The bond to be given is $105 for

each one thousand inhabitants of a county. The Superintendents have a

month, after Governor Hovev issues hii

proclamation declaring the law in force,

in which to file their bonds. A great

many people, it seems, have misinter

preted the exchange proposition in the

bid of the Indiana School-book Com

pany. The exchange prices named are not the amounts at which the old books

are valued, but the new ones. For in

stance, the price of a complete new geography is 75 cants; if the old book (which has been costing $t) is exchang

ed, the new book will cost 74 cents.

instead of the new book costing from one to five cents, where exchanges are made, but from one to five cents will be

allowed for the old books by the comoany, Iti3 a year and a half yet until a Sen

ator to succeed Voorhees is to be select

ed, but aspirants for the place from

both the old parties are beginning to

marshal their forces. The Democratic fight will be between Voorhees and

Gray, and it promises to be one of

interest. Until recently Gray seemed to control the party organization nearly

all over the State, but the report now is that Voorhees is taking advantage oi Gray 's absence in! the Far West to repair his fences, and it is reported tha'; he is winning over to his side some men of influence who have hitherto been etaunch supporters of Gray. The Republican leadens feel very confident that there is a chance for the paity to get control of the next Legislature, and several of them are trimming their sails for the National Senate. Governor Hovey, no doubt, would like to repre sent the State at Washington, and there are reasons to believe that he had in view the Senatorship when he was waging such a vindictiva fight on the last Legislature. Attorney General Micheneralso has a longing eye on a good seat ia the upper branch of the National Legislature, and for that reason, more than any other, perhaps, he wants to become Chairman of the State Central Committee, and make an earnest eflort to secure the coming Legislature for the Republicans. Ind. News. Two hundred and twenty-five Demo

erats of Indianapolis are invited to go up to the United States Marshal's oflioe and draw $2,560., The recipients served

as Deputies under the late Marshal,Haw-

kinB, and were to receive $5 a day each.

When they presented Kheir bills they

found that a new admimstration had

scrutinized the claims closelv and

wanted the Deputies to make aflsdavil that they had served faithfully, thai they were legal voters themselves, ami

that their duties were performed in tht

precinct where they presided, Thit

legal requirement gave some of then

trouble and delayed the payment of the

rest. The first papers made cut wen

inadoquate and all had io be made u anew and forwarded to Washioctoi

Some of the deputies are not able i take the oath and will not get pay unt they do. But the 255 have made i

necessary affidavit

DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.

PEACE IS TOIjD BY THE OLIVE

BRANCH.

A Remarkable Sign. Caller (to fond mother) Isn't it

somewhat remarkable and wonderful, Mrs, Hobson, that your little boy

Frank, though 8 years old, can neither read nor write P

Fond Mothei.'Oh, yes; I think so.

-The dear little fellow always was a re-

toarkabmand woaderful child. Harn-

rs Majraziao.

ble food to a pure vegetable diet speak f feet long.

A Steamer .Runs Into a Whale.

The James Turpie, a British steam

ship, ran into a large whale on her re

cent voyaare to New York frnm

Messina. The vessel at the time was

bowling along at a good rate, and the

collision shook her from stem to stern.

is estimated tha whale was sixty

The Pine Tree, the Emblem of

Health Palm Denotes. Victory "Won, Etc. Rev. Dr. Talm age's Sermon. Rev. Dr. Taimage preached at the Hampton's last Sunday, Subject; "The Bower of Tree-Branches. Text Jere

miah viii., 16. He said:

"Well, now we are to-day to construct

a gospel arbor, or gospel booth, and how

shall we construct it? "Well, we must

get all the tree branches and build. Ac

cording to mv text, we must co up into

the mount and bring olive brances.

What does that mean? The olive tree

crows in warm climates, and it reaches

the height of twenty or twenty-two feet,

a straight stem, and then an otfdkoot from that stem. And then people come

and tney strip on these branches some times, and when in time of war the

General of one army takes ones of these

olive branches and goes out to the Gen

eral of another army, what does that

mean? Why. it means, unsaddle the

war chargers. It means hang up the

knapsacks, it is but a beautiful way

of saying, reace; ...... ., .

Now, it we are, to-day going to succeed in building thiB aospel arbor, we

must go into the Mount of God's bless

ing, ana ieicn me ouve orancues, ana

whatever else we must have, we must have at least two olive branches peace with God and peace with man. When

I say peace with God, I do not mean to represent God as a bloody cheiftain, having a grudge against us, but I do

-mean to affirm there is no more antago

nism between a hound and a hare, be

tween a hawk and a pullet, between

elephant and swine, than there is hostil

ity between holiness and sin. And if

God is ail holiness, and we are all sin

there must be a reconstruction, there

must be a treaty, there must be a

stretching forth of olive branches. .

There is a great lawsuit going on now,

and it is a lawsuit which man is bring

ing against his Maker; that Jaweuit is now on the calendar. It U the human

versus the divine; it is iniquity versus

the immaculate: it is weakness versus

omnipotence. Man began it; God did

not begin the lawsuit. We began it; we

assaulted our Maker, and the sooner we

end this part of the struggle in which

the finite attempts to overthrow the infinite and omnipotent, the sooner we

end it the better.

Travelers tell us that there is n such

place as Mount Gal vary, that it is only a hill, only an insignificant hill; but I persist in calling it the mount of God's

divine mercy and love, far grander than

any other place on earth, grander than the Alps or Himalayas, and there are

no other mils as compared with it; and

I have noticed in every sect where the

Cross of Christ is set forth it is planted

with olive branches. And all we have

to do is to get rid of this war between

God and ourselves, of which we are all tired . We want to back out of the war.

we want get rid of this hostility. All

we have to do is just to get up on the mount of God's blessing and pluck these

olive branches and wave them before

the throne. Peace through our Lord

Jesus Christ!

But then we must have that other

olive branch, peace with man. Now it

is very easy to get up a quarrel. There are gunpowderly Christians all around us, and one match of provocation will

set them oft. It is easy enough to get up a quarrel. But, my brother, don't

you thmfc you had better nave your

horns Bawed off"? Had you not better

make an apology? Had you not better

submit to a little humiliation? Oh, you say, until that man takes the first step

I will never be at peace with him; noth

ing will he done until he is ready to

take the first step. You are a pretty

Christian. When, would this world be saved if Christ had not taken the first

step? We are in the wrong, Christ was

in the right all right and forever right. And yet he took the first step. And instead of going and getting a knotty scourge with which to whip your antagonist, your enemy, you had better get up on the radiant mount where Christ suffered for his enemies, and f ust

take an olive branch, not stripping off

the soft, cool, fragrant leaves but leaving them all on, and then try oh them that gospel switch. It won't hurt them, and it will save you. Peace with God, peace with man. If you can not take those two doctrines you are no Christian. But my text goes further. It says: Go up into the mountain and fetch olive branches and pine branches. Now what is suggested by the pine branches? The pine tree is healthy; it is aromatic; it is evergreen. How often the physician says to bis invalid patients: "Go and have a breath of the pines! That will invigorate you." Why do such thousands of people go south every year? It is not. merely to get to. a . warmer climate; but it is to get the influence of the pines. There is health in it, and this pine branch of the text suggests the health fulness of our holy religion; it is full of health, health for all, health for the mind , health for the soul. But this pine branch of my text also suggests the simple fact, that it is an evergreen. W hat does this pine branch care for the snow on its brow? It is only a crown of glory. The winter can not freeze it out. ThiB evergreen tree branch is as beautiful in winter as it . is in the summer. And that is the characteristic of our holy religion; in the sharpest, coldest winter of misfortune

and disaster it is as good a religion as it

is in the brightest sunshine. Well, now that is a practical truth, For if I should

go up and down these aisles I would

not find in this house fifty people who had had no trouble. But there aie

some of you who have especial trouble

God only knows what you go through

with. Oh, how many bereavements,

how many poverties, how many perse

cutions! How many misrepresentations! And now, my brother, you have

tried everything else, why don t you

try this evergreen religion? It is just as

good for you now as it was in the days

of your prosperity.

You may have had accumulation of

sorrow and misfortune. They come , in

nocks, they come in heras upon your soul; and yet I have to tell you that this

religion can console you. That it can

help you, that it can deliver you if noth

ng else will. Do you tell me that the

riches and the gain of this world can console vou? How was it with the man

who had such a fondness for money

that when he was sick he ordered a

basin of gold pieces to be brought, to

him, and he put his gouty hands down among the gold pieces, cooling his hands off in them, and the rattle and ro'lingof these cold nieces were his amusement

and entertainment. Ah, the gold and

silver, the honors, the emoluments of

this world are a poor solace for a per

turbed spirit.

But my text takes a further step and .. -. A J

it savs: "tto into ine mountain, ana

fetch olive branches and pine branches and palm branches." Now. the palmtree was very much honored by the ancients. It had 360 different uses. The fruit was conserved; the sap was a beverage: the stems were ground up

for food for camels; the base was turned

into hats and mats and baskets, and the leaves were carried iu victorious pro

cessions, and from the root to the top of the highest leaf there was usefulness.

The tree grew eighty-five feet in height

sometimes, and it spread broad leaves four and five yards long; it meant use

fulness, and it meant victory use tul-

neBs for what it produced, , victory because it was brought into celebrations of triumph.

And. ho, how much we wanr, tne

palm branches in the Churches of Jesus Christ at this time! A great many Obristain's don't amount to anything.

You have to shove them out of the way

when the Lord's chariots come alaflg We don't want any more Of that kind of Cbristains in the church. '

Usefulness is typified by the palm-

tree. Ah, we don 1 want in the church

any more people that are merely weeping willows, sighing into 1- the water, . . 3 " ' 1 - i f XI - V 1 1

Bianamg ana aarxunng uieir long ibbuvd in the glassy spring. No wild cherry,

dropping bitter fruit. We want palm-

trees, holding something lor uoa, something for angels, something for man. , I

am urea aua big ui lub uv, wuao, iu insipid, satin-Blippered, namby-pamby,

mgnty-ugniy; religion iv m wurm uuming for this world, and it is destruction for eternity. w . Give me 500 men and women fully consecrated to Christ, and we will take

anv civ for God in three years. Giv8

me 10.000 men and women fully up to

theChristain standard; in ten years 10,

000 of them would take the whole earth

for God. But when are we going to begin? Oh, that yon have the decision to sav "To-dav, now!" Go now into the

mount and gather the palm branches.

But the palm branch .also means

victory. We are by nature the servants

of Satan. He stole us. ne has nis eye

on us. he wants to keep . us.

The words comes from : our Father

that if we w ill try to break loose from this doing of wrong, our Father will help us, and some day we rouse up, and we look the black tyrant in the face,and we fly at him, and we wrestle him down, and we put our heel on his neck, and we grind him in the dust, and we say. Victory, victory,throngh our Lord Jesus Christ! Oh. what a grand thing it is to

have sin under foot and a waisteVl lire-

behind our back. Don't you think we had better begin now to celebrate the coming victory In the old meeting house at Summerville. mv father used to lead the singing, and he had the old fashioned tuning fork, and he would strike it upon his knew.

and then put the tuning fork to his r ear . -L " J L lit-

to catch the ngnc pitcn ana start iao hymn. But, friend, don't you think we had Vetter be catching the pitch of the everlasting song, the song of victory

when we shall be more than conquerors? Had we not better begin the rehearsal on earth? v My text brings up one step further. It savs, go forth . into the . mount and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees. Now, you know very ; well ... that a' booth or arbor made of light branches would not stand. The first blast of the tempest would prostrate it. So then the booth or arbor must have four stout poles to hold up the arbor or booth; and 'hence for the building of the arbor for this world we must have stout branches of thick trees. And so it is in the gospel arbor. Blessed be God that we have a brawnv Christianity, not one easily upset.' The storm of life will come .upon us, and we want strong doctrine; not only love, but justice; not only invitation but warning, it is a' mighty gospel; it is an omnipotent gospel. There sre the stout branches of thick trees. Oh, it 4s a mighty gospel; not only: an invitation, but a warning, an omnipotent truth, stout branches of thick trees. Well, my friends. I have shown you here is the olive branch of peace, here is the pine branch of evergreen gospel consolation, here the palm tree branch of usefulness and victory and here are the stout branches of thick trees. The gospel arbor is done. The air is aromatic of heaven. The leaves rustle with the gladness of God. Come into the arbor. A Sclioel Book Tt&$ t.

A combination has been f ormed by the leading school book publishers for the purpose of regulating the 4 methods of selling their publications. The publishers deny that their combination partakes in any sense of the nature of a trust. It was formed solely for the; purpose of reducing the cost. of doing business, and there as no attempt to govern prices. The agreement, which (Went into effect Monday, provides that the publishers Bhall not employ traveling agents. ,,..,. ., .-.. The large houses in the trade hitherto have employed fitteini to fifty men to 3olicit ordensaft sanies ranging from 51,800 to $3,500. The rm of A' sBarnes fe Co., one of ito mCmDeM been in the habit of payiag? ine than fl0,000a year to salesmen, ttd . ther houses have paid salaries at tb fa?e

rate. '.. .... .,v ' .

The saving in expenses which the

agreement will afford will enable the

publishers to sell books at lower prices.

Besides the members of the School

Book syndicate, which has been in

existence several years, the hew com

bination includes Harper & Bros., and

other firms heretofore opposed to

union, ; t, A FIjOOD TS CHINA,

The steamer Uity or Wew x or Jt ar

rived at 6an Francisco Monday evening

from Hong-Kong and Yokohama. The

Japan Gazette of the 29th ult. contain

the following: "Intelligence has oeen

received at Hong-Kong from Kiaying

Chau prefecture, in the northeast ol

K wangtung, that early on the morning

of the 2d inst. the Chang Ping and Ping Yuen districts were flooded by the bursting of a water spout or tornado, de

scribed by the Chinese as a water-drag

on, and the level country was flooded

with nearly thirty-six feet of water.

The villages of Ohae King and Ba Kn

Hui, in the Ping Yuen district, and Cueong Tan, Hop Lui, Ngai Kn, San Chan Kin and San Po Hui in the Chang Ping district, were overflowed, many

houses being wholly swept away, while

others were inundated. Upwards ol

6,000 lives were lost. M!siBlppl Democrat. .

The Democratic State convention pi Mississippi met Tuesday. Hon. Rober

C Paitry was elected chairman, anc

only t wo candidates were placed in nom

ination for Governor John M. Ston

and John R. Cameron who received 10 and 84 votes respectively, A full

ticket was nominated. Savon hundred

delegates were present. The resolution!

endorse the principles of the National

Democratic platform of 1888, deprecate

trusts, monopolies, unjust and discrim

lQdtive legislation, f ivor immigration

lavehtaaent of capital in agriculture and manufactories; repudiate all Sectional feeling, aod rejjicein the claim of broth

erhood; recommend that the people dis cass as an issue in the next election foi

Dae L uUture the matter of a constitu' . i in tl c m nation: heartily indorse the

ad ainUttation of Governor Lowry.

and espenally commend his effort

to arrest, prino fuhters and abbettera.

SUfjlil VAN ARBBSXEI?;

When the north bound 1 K ttatt

nulled into Nashville, Ten.;

Thursday morning, a crowd of iOp

surged around the car to M9 fSim Sullivan, who waa toown to bo

board. A lumor soon obtained cinm lir

tlon that a requisition was in the handsT

of the police, several of wiMWt tma

boarded the car. Some discuflic anm finally a straggle was seett in the cv and an officer reached over with hn& cuffs in his hand, andMising tiie Blof4 ger's arm pulled him out in tiie: fiil' of the car. Sullivan resisted; i Miko.i i Muldoo,; who occupied tho I .j'-sMSf put his head out- ol tho; windowand cried to tho tlemen, I demand American proteetNPu'' Sib patriotic wall was grreetod wfi&ia variety of responses. Some 'dbesredl Sullivan and begged hinVto "knock thcoppers out;" others cried, "Hnnih tori

the Nashville poUce,M fHit himv with

your club," etc One youngster who was hanging on the outside of the . ..car? S ;' window, ducked his head behind tkosill and informed the crowd that v'ttooops have out their guns." After jt-M(g& strUtggle, Sullivan was taken from tho tar and harried to a carriage.' J la the scuffle he drew back to knock.down a policeman, when Chief ClCftkc stack a pistol in hk and told him It ; hestrack, he Clack woald IriU Wnii-

Johnson, of Brooklyn, Sullivan's backer, who resisted vigorously, bat finally km, gan to cry with pain. During all this scrimmage Muldooneat quietly by andfi Waa t undisturbed. Mike Clesrr, 8nIU

Tan's other second, hid, in tlie ecite

meat, and another named Lyncht

lumped off the train. ". A

Only Johnson and Sullivan were detained though the others weio wanted. The arrest;-was made by the authority of: a telegram from Governor Lowry, pV Mississippi to the Nashville police.

k Sullivan has retained ex-Attorney Gen

eral v. H. Washington, who says that

the off cere went beyond their anthotitf. v ' j

m

and cam not hold their men. An mediate attempt will be made to get

parties tol on a writ of habeas

Governor jLowry's telegram offers a re ward of $lyO00, and it is believed that if reiesaed on the present charge Snllivan will be re-arrested in order tc secve time for a eq uieition to be obtained. Sullivan aitd party were at once takem before Judge McAllister of th eireait: court, on a petition f orrelease on habes corpus. Argnmenta were made and the. Judge granted the application. The. party took the next train for the East : The town was hts until his train polled OUt. , ' :' .'- " ' - 1 y ' " ; " THE njBW MESSIAH. Iiibsrty county, Ga., is greatly excited over the proceedings of a man calling himjeif Dupont Bell, who claims to be the new Messiah, and hails from Circleville, O. He is a UU, sallow individual, with long, black hair, and haa succeeded in working the negroes of that section up tr 3uch a point that white people are afraid i serious trouble. Ben ator Bredwell, who lives at Hinesville, has been kept informed aa to the latest develonT' mentsintAe case. ; :' . "This ma.i Bell," he said, "appeared suddenly inv Liberty county six weeks ' ago. He proclaimed Mmself to be the Son of God, and the .negnice at once" went mad oyer him. They deserted their fields Up ioiiow him, And to listen to his rantings, and now taings are so bad that it is impoesib to set bands on the plantations near Kk'eborough, and some of the crops are King rained. The negroes kneel before bimnndrv;

straggle with each other for th privi

lege of kissing, his feet He hia told

em that the Judgment wUl beere

iL Ht.h nf . A rem at Ha m W kkv .

NIV v . ojo wumm

white pfePP10 bays enjoyed their

dise on earw1 the past eights

centuries, anff nof: ,it will be ;thw black man? tuxn On aim; eagerly-looked-foriSthievary' white man will be turned black and CTery black man will become; whUe. ,; Xhia - J, pio

pect can not be cheering to Ball,

skin is white. He save his body

been thirty years; ago in ; Oluo bnt; Ml soul has lived since the "orld began. . On the 28th of June he was arrested the charge of vagrancy, bat it wal. JNnVv possible to hold him on such a charge.

as he had a quantity of money im his f possession.' .-Xl: . i s r T:;" Hie schemes for raising -'miiiif, ,;&;v varied and ieculiar. The last effort his genius was to declare that he had " sent to his august father fore consign ment of wings, which the negroes will; ... need on and after the 16tli of ' August There was a corner on winfp when his j requisition reached heaven an the Almighty was only able to send him 360 pairs. These, he claimed, would be delivered on the judgment day, and in the ? meantime he would sell theme! $5"- : a pair. Evory pair haa peen bonghl

and pud for, and now the luclry ones

are practicinir the flvinff motions. He

thinks his father may be able $

Safe

i te -ft.

3

him a few more pain

day. ; v:-. :

before the

On a Long Journey;

Tramp t4Pleasef m urn, I can1 1 git

work at me trade now anywhere

around here, and wud you be so kind

as ter help me along on my journey u

a place where I can find work?1

Lady "Poor man! I didn't know

Dusmess was so dull, wnere tto you

expect to find work?1

Considerin the time ov year, mum, 'rn afraid 111 have to go along ways

north of hero."

'Indeed! What is vour tradeP"

Xjittie jfinepnarxts. ;:i Two diminutive, elephants arrived afely the other d ty in the British sec

tion of th? universal exhibition, where

they stand opposite each other, appar

ently guarding the entrance to one of the central courts. No household ca

nary could possibly be tamer than these

handsome little pachyderms which are;

about five feet high and carry gorgeous

ho wdahs, richly decorated:, as well as

ether trappings, with colored enamels

and gold. Even the tusks, the points

of which have; been sawn off, are futelygilt -

Bear deluded youngsters v -, ,:0n a summer day, & "x ": Just to go a-flHhing . Slyly ran away.: y''r-. ',f' Willows, worms and tackle To their work tney brought, And, if you'll believe e, Tnasis what they caught, Tommy caught a wetUng, . , :-,.; He was overbold V v Jimmy caught a scolding ; V v Jonnny caught a cold; V v Marry caught a whipping, I "s ; Much, against hta vlsh But with all their trouble, no one caught a rhhr ;S

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Young man You are o Ider than I

am, ana l want to ask you a oueeuoa.

Does a woman always mean what she

says

I'm a snow shoveler, mum,M-New Man Always Uiat is, U she1!

York We:l?ly,

married.,,-New York Weekly,

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