'ttla.~ .s
' summation-iii?struts." l
'I'hvllllnl Ronni-locusts“ she ran-
loderflrt"0 lit-st Illllolulnfi
It was our good tortune a few days
ago. w ritcs the editor of the Irvingiou.
.f‘.lr'.'r. to rum-t In 'l‘wiggs
county lohn West. better known IIllfltl;
the \\ lr by the swiliriquet of “Kildcc.”
the m ..g notcd sharpshooter of thc Von-
It‘ It‘Fdft‘ \l‘H tt‘t‘. In response In our Itl~
unity lie gau‘ us some interesting facts
coat: wild with himself in tin: perilous-
.cry ;. c.
“I was born ind rclrcd in I‘VE-23‘
county. l-a s:i:.l lie. "but went to the
Yll lo‘i s insas a private. At my
':~Hi l was transferred to tile
tl'lL'y volunteers. my home
w h; ll I found in \ irginia.
I\\l_".:x i i-unty volunteers were
Il'It‘Ail-slll.'l tlo- '.loiccs.‘ bcl-aiisc of their
\ztiiflir'iis IIIIVJIg tlircc black stripes upon
the t ii. of the coil. rcsetlibltig the tliicc
black {I’lill' rs on the bird cilicd '.lo.
rec.~ l w is nick" lliicl 'Kildcc.‘ because
of my s‘. '.i icruvss and agility. and Ir“
Canisc l w .s in the ‘Jorcc' c uni-any. Iii
1"i3 l-ctit'ril ilt‘ In \’\‘\I tliittct‘n Ilnl‘
}.iigi:sii \\ Il‘l\\:llYIi rifles thit ycrc war~
. \ ,.
ra-i‘l ; :‘ nil a: leM yards. llirse
“i u: :lw b- .; g .‘lls in _ the .s‘cl'Vlt‘c on
03.14“ mic l'itirzccii of the Ir-st ruarks~
Ill’ ii' ' l'III_\ we?» dc lIlt'lI for this
spit i \It‘nl‘. ‘I -I I “‘4‘ lIIl' .nly ”101'
glai " a: .. issxenh d. \\ c were placcd
\inl ' 3‘.- our“ ind '2' :il ion» Ilr-Hytl.
“'l.v II no .r'li- r dutics Ill ill to in in
In. .I s \\ e w crc piaciiccl tlircc
ui- .llis it i . guin; iiltl‘ s. it .l c .\ ‘\ ml-
of \ l . 5. wis k=~:-' II.i'.Il‘_"l s tlircc
,l': I 1' 'l.i- i-:.d I was in- NII“I~I
'lt ad of llli‘ t" I‘lic
'...‘ cco..r Iii vitsilliinlilp
V\ .. .. IIH ._ . .-_ -‘:.ur -fl ‘L’ls. .\
“but. .i rtwyt I"‘l.tll \\.ill‘iblu‘k
il.i _. - i ‘.i‘ of a hat .ii the
t 't' . .yl'H yaitls awry.
'Ii c x l g: sti'“\. and it \\.is
x. k.- . I t-r :.-»il shutting. b-it
l '. i.) the lll.lll\|Il\I and
s , .. of III" lmuryi. III-‘tll
'3. rl ilii \\~2i :h.‘ l Iii-u c of II -rsc.
l. ii... an ‘s. -- ::‘ I! \uiyi'i :i:..l
sin > in: ,i- .»."c*:.cnlswc'l Illt‘ 1.. NY‘
ti. \ i I. I i“. il. Hi It or ciilc cd
‘\ ' . . .- an ll lulu- l-l-ci through
i. \ I- ll "Lt-t" z-l mm s so lls. I
. n , l .. . i“i‘ to \Iftll‘H'I l'lIyI
ii. . ivllil" .il.d piiy..t oils. l
l t a .t . i. l: llll:li‘!t I‘lt‘l;.\ d~staut
: z» . linc ll i ilca Low in my I
k . . .1 l :i. ol I go «I iiiiiiy ll.tc the
i. ' \\e “IH‘ suit ll'il s «tilpl -ycd
w l . . .' I \‘uil- x'?l\" \. s.»:ii~~t llIi \
s~ .‘ -. i1. '5‘Ilt'.~ll"il‘lf. Htiriuo’t
\ ‘ ‘v o -.-\.sl. ;:cn:‘ : ,1‘:h.-
l‘. - ' : ' lvi'“ til ~ itnl pf‘wllt'ti'lig'
l’ .i 1.! t ,. El. c'iciii. s snorpsli» .1
«is
\ .'i ll to ‘l s'l'ld 't3l\lIIl!!:"
i s ‘ Ill‘ i \ *lil sliltpslll-l
. til .i .\oi.l 'il‘ ‘lLflllsllr'Ll
i .i i. .is l. i. t\ .s I‘iv'\ “it‘ll-I
. x ' \ s w \\i- t -il\I plt‘h
u“. ’ ' . “\ ~ \ \llsl'lf til
l\ "w ‘i \ s :ir.‘\"1”:hr.\”!.
a“. . l~s'.‘:t. '~\- .l.:s uriu'i'
..- -- i~.
‘t'i.";'l I
'lslvlflll I
ii, I cc siy'
\ is l..i
lu l' i l- t:-
l. i u ill Ill\l‘ flilsc llillil‘u
s’ ~l. thii l"\ r-‘,:'-.-.i'
\\c tirinu l_. ic-
i " i '~ \l'.-'.» .i:l. t‘s i: o'lt‘
\\ I ‘ i'« ‘ ‘I'I 'lll‘s wc wufid \‘I..IIII
n' ll .‘o iv: ~ rl me, l-dt‘tidllll“
in. l v \' r l" :ii'lu': i‘. 3L“ us
\\ '. ' w ..' s a . l l»- to l'EIll‘I‘ -in-l
a \. .is?,\ .s. » mi \\ 'ifl be t:y.lig
to . l'. us or. - of us w -‘lld put
ti.s lz. il."l3 .i v~~l w-i.‘ it up fr 'lll
b‘ i. .. u ...l' l"i\~’tII\I and
I" ‘ 'i :Ls ‘i.=I \yll‘ll Illl‘ Idtlwt't'
s .m i It" itl'lI t - <‘ri . -' a' the hit lIIL:
o‘? - o :7 n .d. y .' a lx.;fi-z through
has l.’ at I lili" s‘i ,-_ inn w .I Hf Ll‘l‘s
at. l . i ll ill W..- l- ~=~n~ \\ lll'll w«
\\L"l' m“ ~l gr lLll m- wouli ZIT'I‘ and
,i.‘ t l rm; si-yvul yrllili fioiu
“3. y- s . it at. :i:il tile Van-um
~.i-i . i r. w »:i I l.:c away I! tlic
: .i.\
tunnel ltmon
"I .__f‘l' I! .ic of the l‘cllcral
I ll iri-o'. Illll ,‘lil-riil-iii‘s
.: i ~\ . law \‘l'l“I I.) rittd li‘lczfy'
\a'. \ ats. an I we rodc
» x i; .- i l for sonic Illllt'
.l l'. . I vs. ape. llxit \\‘c
i‘ ll: :ili.. l i. one! lirowti
id: . .l . l - :nlwcnl hint to
:. ' s :e l“I iis piss.
ax. we '.i -r.‘._. asked the
.l:.
. 1 oyn,‘ .p .» l ll: Mu. au—
:. v ‘\~ \
‘ \\ .i' y -: ‘ isk vI 'Ill‘ driver.
, l - i‘i.~ .iis \. "l .I llrowli.
“1.» _.; f .i:l :3 ‘tch iiiiiic of the
c- i \ nt‘ II I llllllIJfIlI of the
.
ll'lt‘slldlt
( ' v Hull w is
:il: Iul incl
I". ‘ . I sent a iva l
t‘i . “c t‘:"11-.'il
<« ~ i ll Al'l.‘ id «wri the lim ‘ of
w. .' ;. sz. ‘zl-wc izlli ..gli!
I13: . ii_. iii rivalry who
\\- '.~ ' :\ sllli“ t‘I' l‘f
It ‘. - \ . l . \\'c \\ III‘I'II‘II
t ~ ' . 3 wall. aliI
i‘.~‘ ' \\' til :ill‘liict
.s' . -,.i'; I ll. ta' l‘I‘.I d m‘u we
c .- , ;. on s 1.: t‘ w is slit from
‘ ‘ . 1'. 'l t .t -»_\ 'y ~t--ps :ili-a-l.
ii I > ' ll 'li cud-.2301. .\S I
:.'. forii 'l'.I r iiiy licrsc I
o si in in the grins.
vas it‘n :' Y'u i: l went I'U k aul
:i .i ?I_:II‘. the: ”av
cs, w. would |'- rt'liulv
_ Nig‘it value on and
ulc-I by fr) ir st iit.ncls. who
and I«\.‘\\.|!«I iii a s i'itiro sev-
s" t".
czar y .' L~ :: . \'c:iz. I! was \l~r_\ «I lt’k.
[i v.__— - . t . t' .I \\ itchl \“IlIs‘tt‘H‘lI to
;. ':.l'. l was g -i:i.~ to have. He
ttic liwa' i' r I'll I be do'ic. I told
Il.t‘.I."r risl. foir billets in the
.‘i t'\vlily .ii daylith at I'ort
IIl' s.e he in i’d follow "IL
. l-cgati c' I who Le snakes out
l‘o'ir times a .scntliici
gli? by us. \\'c kept g! ding
\\c uc:c intirvly‘ out. “e
l I tip “ll'II about lifty ya:.Is_
,. "‘2)I.ll"i3‘ an I str ick (Tit for the
m-i..:., s. , \Vc vaine near Ian'la‘IllIIg for‘
win! if» «1 ln-fun- wt,- codd get back
into the t unfc-Iera'e lines.
'I w..- w;thin ten steps of General
Ilclz-s “It‘ll 3.0 was kil ell. .\ Federal
Slltfi slum-.- hid been picking oll' our
111‘ ti LI lily, and I hid bccn trying for
II! :5 t . Lo. I.“ him. but ha I failed to do
so. I -\ ls‘ tidy lu‘c (i.r c'i.‘ line a hurt
drr I _ . “I w is co ccale-I behind a
rock ral lllllt" he IlltzIr shot at me.
Alum! 2;”- yar 2'. in fr. nt'iif us was a
strip oirtsw ‘ds l knco’ the sharpshooter
was in " n swni where. but the tree-
tops were _t«.- I my wein: the smoke of
his gin. lle lulu: shot at me in two
ho .rs. bi! c-""i - ll his the to the line in
my red. in ::c:-.il l'nli-s advanced to
where I was an I asked me if I co IEKI’I‘I
slicnrc tlri', fl IIU‘V. n.» he was doing
teri'lill-ex-st "ion in his lines. I told
him I had been trying to do it all day.
tit had failed. He asked me to do my
best. Ilc thcn stepped in front of me.
out! faced the woods. cunning his en-
tire person. I told him h: had better
look out. as that follow had shaved me
very c'ose several times. and it was
dangtrous to expose himself. I had
.‘ Yr
\
i
‘ wiizlu
scarcely spoken the words whenaball
.struck him in the right side. passing
, through his boby and coming out under
2 his left arm. General Iloles turned half
wound and fell forward. face downward.
and never spoke. being killed instantly.
I c irricl him oil the field. and was de~
tailcd to carry his remains home. General
. llo‘cs was a tine ofliecr.
"l was shot through the body once.
I was in the hospital t’liarlcy
Grace. of La Grange. Ha . used my gun.
snI it is said that he killed General
SV‘lfs'Wlt‘k. but others doubt it. Four of
tlic gins were capturcl during the war.
I lost min-.- at the surrender. while I was
tiying to conceal it in my blanket. to
carry home with me. I think I will be
able to get it yet. astlciicral I’Iiil. cook.
Joc lirowu and others are trying to ob.
turn it for inc from the gotcrilinsnt. The
Fourth Georgia regiment regard it as a
valuable rcllc."
-»—.~ 4
Artificial Eggs.
In the It‘lt'k room of a llro 1‘I\\':I.\' (New
Yorki o:l:ce a l‘tllIUtIs‘ invention was ex -
Iiib.tcvl to seycral proviszou dcalcrs tiliI
merchants. The iiiy‘t~iitlt\ii.sitys the l):—
". r. \ onsisted of a number of artificial
cgg 4. which rcscliiblcd the n-al article so
c\actl_\ ttiat It'ltlL‘ but an expert could
distinguish them. The .in -lIs wcrc madc
of a clear. transparent c \lltpllsd on, and
the ~liape was pcrfi-ctiy‘ lilo Ic'cd. The
portion surrounding the yolk was made
of at 'lllll-'ll..‘ltl\I thc yull. Ilsclf ofgmuilll
carrot atid sall'ron. I‘lircc of tlicsc arti~
tic.al eggs \\crc Hand on a platter by
the c\liibitor with half a do'c.i real
once. and the Iltl :i p'csciit \\‘crc toid to
sclcct the IllL§~ls cri . fronithz-collection.
l‘iic lint c\pcit l‘\l|0‘l'\I his in; ior ilics
by picking oit tlucc rcal cggs in l do-
I l.cii . them to be :iitlt? :ll. I'ii-- “W‘
mid. \vltli a little licllcr lul k. owing
partly to Ills rumiliiig the tlll‘cc scl-‘ctc I
by his l:iilo;t.::.atc iuicdcccssui. IlI'lll :gcd
to pick out two of tlic null eggs and one
of tuc art iil'ial otlcs Thus with \:it_\»
in: Tl’s‘llla‘ c-ich of the six ilicll trlcd his
skill in dc: :iiiiiiiiig Ilia llillcicucc lic-
txycl-n th- by their appcaiaiic'.
\\ lo» I only hm liild a ll'lili an l I.llIt‘ll.IlLt‘
«whit-Roi: slid
“\un. :: u‘lciucii. you cm tes! them
in stile: way.“ .\ trying pair was ilicli
pfaccl on the sfuyc. and in a few iiiiii—
liics it it gill to simmer. I‘o o of the
If'l..il'.le were p cIu-I up. Illl'll‘
slici‘p I'lll‘kt‘il :ltll tiic roiltcn's diopgn'd
.ii'. i No hut pan \\ll.‘?(‘ tin-y no“ l' "—1 W
to *‘illl‘l|"l :ind Spillll l‘. .\ little silt and
lugs
‘yvir‘l
pcp'ic'. a brisk too iiiiulilrs' siiriiilg
\\llll l lo: k. :lnl :is lltll‘ a dish of scram
Iiic : c _s as I .l .ilI 'l‘ ptl‘p irl'lI .41 II I‘v“
ll‘l! in! was placed before t'in cypc ‘lltlll
glicsts
' IIl‘lI\ yolirsclxcs. gcu‘lcrlicu 'I‘lll-y'
IT“ is wail .ls IIlt' null :lt'llt‘ c \l‘lIIlII.I
poi-lino z~ d:sigrcct‘iilc .ilulzll tlicili."
'l‘ills lll\ ll .'.o:i was IHIIII‘IlI'Il \yi‘h :it
lliil'c. ‘tn I . S“\I i.il \c'dicts \ycic
"i'vlo .l~-is.‘ "licztci' than tlic roll :iili
\ lc." "\\ It l‘, are tlicy ltia lc ol “ I‘licy
's
_‘
:l'c lb". artificial. but fl’csli c;
l o'iut i_\
"\\« fl. gen: omen.“ sluili'igly‘ rc
’i‘ ill lt‘-I ‘.Il ‘ l‘\lli lllll‘. “\\llt‘llll‘t‘ l‘t‘Jl lll‘
’ Il iii nuke :iwy .pirilitiiy of
from the
ii t.;it- ...
tli m l 3;. .il :l c ys‘. of a‘l \ i! ii ill a \‘l‘lll
t‘i‘l‘ cc. wlillc \--'i cannot l» Ly tlicl: imp: ll
tor It"‘ :lia'i two or tlizce ccii s I «-'i
luyc :us! had ploy-i lIIll you chino! ti ll
tliciii IlllllIIIli' It‘ll llchle by tlilir up
‘i' :i"cucc or by the r l'ls‘.“ \ylicii s‘lttlll'
l-lcil. In an tum-.ctlc tliv-zc is l' yii‘ild‘ no
pcil‘cp‘ldc ditl‘r-icu 'c. b ll wlicri bo.l 'd
tlic imposition ts lll’ly'll tiioi'c casily dc—
l~ c', d. llii! cvvu tin-ii nine pcopie out
of t. u \\o .liI lu‘ dcc-‘tyc I. :is the only
lII‘I‘i‘ll tic- lics in Illt‘ l:i ‘! that thc yolk
and Slll‘ullllhIlllz: wliitc llJEII-llt will not
harden sS'prtratciy’ as tlicy do ill tIic rc \I
cgg'. 'Illc il.i\or is about tli > s line. which.
.iflc: :liI‘. .s‘lio ild in1 tlic lliiili considcr-
t.oii. I1I~lll_\'Illll‘ll'llltilllr‘l!llll‘sl‘iI‘
t1’;«'.il eggs» u tliciuirkct villi. and my
u’vccl in my ltiii; you Ill-rc to day w is to
ill the yoi favorably impress-I with
them. I think I h I\‘t‘ done it. liw 1-
day. gluillciuni ‘ .
——-—
Museum (‘lirlositv
.\ It me
'If the rc ldcr is in ire llisiii forty ycars
old. :iiilas a youth list-d ti luar the
)iil‘lllllzll‘ lccllirls of tli.it pci‘.o«l. writcs a
New lurk corrcsumrdeut of ilicl ltlt‘lttv.
t
rial. I“ i. . "2 ".III‘ ili:iv bc .tIIIt' to rccall I'ro
l'c’sfiwi Her-sch ~ll I,c:lii.Ii-r t'orwiti. whosc
th» tries and forehead \vcrc so high that Ill
iiupzcssed his youiigc: auditozs stupcti~
do isly'. ltllyI “as ill gicit favor with thc
ministers :tlllI others who desircd the iii~
li-liectuil ciil'lire of their communities.
\\ ell. I ri-coguilcd him on sight ill the
lion cry this week. although his hair was
whitt- and Its stcp uni-lastzc. llis dig
iiity was all there, snugly buttomd into
:i coal llss tine than of yore. an I his big
liczid w .s up. On his arm hung a small
“wttt'dll. who liol-blcl along laboriously.
\\ .ili the support of h in and a can .
'l'llc i'o'lplc ~iitczcl a dime iiillscin. and I
5 urioiisly followed. Iilll inside I lost
l
g
: reached by the gall.
' worsening; ‘
VowtouudIn-d l‘lsllqrme-
Spend [holl- Willem.
In the latter part of February the
roads leading from the outposts to St.
Johns. Newfoundland. are enlivened by
tho appearance of the sealers. or. as they
are called in the vernacular. “Sikh’s.“ on
their way to engage in “sivile huntin‘.“
Each of them carries a bundle of cloth-
ing over his shoulder, swinging at the
lldw
end of a'gatl'. which is to serve him as I
an ice pole. or club to kill the seals. and
a means of dragging the skins over the l
tlccasionally one is seen carrying a .
long scaling god. to be used in kll ing‘
ice.
old and others that cannot be
The outtit of these
.scals
Isealcrs is of the simplest description
‘Sciilskin boots. reaching to the knee.
having a thick leather sole well nailed.
to enable them to walk over the ice."
protect the fret. coarse canvas jackets.
Q often showing the industrylof a wife or a
' mother in thc number of patches that
. adorn them. are worn over warm
I woolen sl.irts and otocr inner
f clothing: scalskin caps and tweed
' or molcskin trousers and thick
woolen iuits complete the castumc
which is Inore picturesque than Iialid~
s uric. 'I‘ucy all converge at the quays.
and there is an anxious. swaying crowd
of these lpiaintly dressed ”SIICI‘S.“ cacti
trying to get looked for the Iilint.
'I'lio c who come. first. if they are young
and healthy. get booked for the .stcalti
sc:tlct‘«'. The rest must be content with
a berth on the sailing \‘csscls. and some.
cspccially the older men, are left be~
Iiilid.
lit the forecastlc or other parts of the
ship rough berths are constructed. The
.‘t‘.ll|‘I‘.\' have to furnish tllctuseycs with a
straw inatilcss :lnd blalikct.iig. 'I‘Iiclueti
are packed likc Iicrrilig in a barrel. As
a rule. they never undress during a \‘o\‘-
:igc. Ill tllc f‘:|1(‘ event of pulling on a
\ lc .li shirt it goes on over its IIYI‘IICL‘CS‘
. without removing the lattcr. ti
illczliod which saves tilli- :lli-l trouble.
and is. l~csidc. conducive to warmth.
The food of the litctt is none of the
liaiiiticst. .\ pcrsoli who is-tIlc Icast blt
>02
spaniiuish :lb uit what he eats. diluks.
and iiyoids Iiad llcllcr not :lttl'liipt it
“.slylllc tl'lut.‘V 'Ihc dict consists of
l'l‘t‘ttll'. polk. INIltt‘I'. and tc:\ Schtcncd
-\\‘IIII tilo 2i~.s:is of tho liltickcst kind. for
ll.c ooiicl's supply the provisions. (In
tlircc days cvcry w cck dinlu-l consists of
p ilk and dull. a dcliglitful. cali-
llou lla‘d like mi\turc of llour and
water. boiled with a little
lzilly sdllstltltl‘l.‘ to lighten it. ‘ Hit other
cc as oils luscu t and tea loltu the bulk
of IIH‘ dict. thn. however. they fall
in \\llll \t'tli they are fcaslcd lilmii Ilt':|l‘l.
li\cl‘ alrl IIIl‘lH'ls .scrycd in dozens of
wawx \\ IIl‘J out ml the ice it isa \‘nlll'
liloil practice to >lllt|_:: \Itl Ilil‘lt‘ belts a
do cu or two of seals‘ licarls and li\'crs.
l‘liesz- they eat raw wheiicicr appclitc
pr viiipts. 'Iliis lite use of fresh mclits
lu-l-ps tlu-lii healthy and prcyciils ihcdn ad
scurvv They are oflcii c gll! or ten
\\\‘l‘l\s from land. .\III':I" leading such a
rough life i: is iilarvclous to see IIIl‘III
lcap ashore llcariy :ltlldgllt‘tlllIIY. Their
int t r gaiiucnls ale polls-licd with fat and
liloo I. and until llicy Ii i\‘c \‘Il:tll,:t‘tI
Illl'll' clothing it is advisalnc iokicp to
w.n«tw:u~l of them. .
'I'llc c\pi~ilcuce of a selling voyage
lll‘l‘ llllllll‘tlt‘l‘lI by tlic ever shitting coii~
diliozi of the ice and dirccti-in of the
winds, :I‘lll‘ aim of thc scalcrs is to rcacli
the “helping grounds of the seals while
III‘ young .uc ill tlicil plump. olcagitious
I72.Il|\lilunl. 'I‘IIC liliaitiuti lit llic It‘y
crad c is allsollltcly liliccrtziilr. being dc
pcudclit upon the iiiovclilcuts ot the ice
and force of winds an l waycs. It must
be sought amid \:is: iccliclds. .\t times
lil :llti-liipliug to push llt‘l‘ way tlirougu
a ti ilrow Il'.i\I. the \csscl is cilight and
Ill d their at the mercy of the icc and
drills with it. If a storm cotiics up
almost ccrtiin destruction th:catc~lis the
vcsscl.
.\iuid sllcli dangers the sealer slcalucr
_ sails around. always on the lookout for
III‘ III. nd was abo :2 to depart when tlic
iiugili- if :i 3' iii-.3 announced that thc‘
:tftciint n's hm: liuurly lcctutcs on thc
c,iri-~si.ies was to begin. 'l'lie « rator was
noiic other than the \eiiz-r-ibic Professor
IIK'I'\( hell l.c.indcr l‘orw in. ttlI'I the tirst.
ice: of his dcip bass. .slllt'lllll lying
was III" w o'iian who had come in with
him :tlllI who was his wife. as l subset
l]ll"ll!l\' learned. She was deformed by
an nl-scncc of knee pans. :iiil Illl'rt fore
licr l. 's could I)C«I..It‘\t,‘\l forward as well
.is lrickivaid. Tim! ciiablcd her to as
s‘lltlt' tli-- position and newly lIll' gait of
:l to it footed liriitc. l‘ostiiincd in shaggy
ill
cloth. with her lung Iiair disheveled.
muttering a jargon and walking on her
hands and feet. she quite satisticd the
spectators. who was
fessor that she was a wild what is it.
caught in the marshes of Florida.
“This is something of a departure
from the 0d subjects.“ I said to him at—
tcrward.
“No. no. sir." he replied. with dignity
unabated; “natural sci ‘llCt‘ has ever
been my study. andI am still in the
ticld.“
Paintings by Iii-ilcral t-‘ratit.
It is gen-rally thought. :iii-l BI".
Iicorgc W. t‘hi ds n a recent article on
(Iran: so stated. llut there is but one
picture in chsYeii e which was painted
bv General tlraut. ail-I this one is in the
posstssiozi of the lioric latnily. Another
production of his brush bu been brought
to light in l’smdcu. and its owner. \\'.
II. Itotbery. a commission merchant of
Sin I’eiin street. wi'.l not take $5.]N)" for
it. The painting is an ordinary looking
wilt -r«col >t‘ of a c :lIItII tintlce castcru
landscape, with Iliuuiilalils in the back-
ground. It displays no great merit. and
l
|
: ssurcl by the pro~ -
and cat a bit of buscuit.
Illt‘ wIiclpiiig grounds. \\'licti the w ord
is givi-n all is c\citc:llctit. 'I‘tlc vesscl is
laid to and the men l .igcriy boulri upon
the lcc to begin tlicir work of dcstruc
Lou. I U‘lllg met who are now for the
liltst tiluc plying tlic galls :irc almost
o\ctcollic.witii thc baby latucutatioiis of
the young “white coats.“ which sound
w o:i.leilully like the SlIIDItiIIL'S of a chi d
in p.iill. compassion is soon 'a d asidc
and the work of destruction lcgiiis, .\
biow on the uwsc from the gall stuns or
kills the y uiig scat. Instantly the
scalping knife is at work, 'I'Iic .skili.
wi li tlic fat adhering. I.s rvtnovi-d willi
ama/ing rapidity front the carcass. which
is left on thc ice still quchziug with life.
while lh > fat and sk it alone are con cd
oil. “till live or siv pc‘ls the hunter
goes l):\‘ k to the vessel. lcai-iug from
pan to pan if III.‘ ice is "broken. and
in my a cold bath awaits the jumper w ho
is loo cagcr to be careful.
I‘aiicy ion or :20” men on a licld of ice.
carrying on llu-ir murderous work. with
persons smeared with blood. evidence of
tlic wholesale slaughter: the ice stained
with gore and rovcrcd with the skinlc~s
can asses of the saili: the sIlIVt‘l'lllg
seals‘ low moans filling the air Iikc tlic
sobl~iilg of infants in disrcss; the mur-
dcrcrs c\' moment sluitingfrcsli vic-
tims or dragging the greasy prixcs to the
vessel‘s .s dc. "I lien w hat a picture the
\‘L‘>St'l ptcscnisas the ticltsarc being piled
on deck tocool before being placed l:e~
low. Hun after another the hunters
arrive with their loads and snatch a
hasty moment to drink a bowl of tea
The poor
mother seals. llow cubless. are scen pop-
pingtlicir heads up in the small lakes
and holes among the ice. andously but
vainly Ioiik'ng for their young.
The fortunes of the sealers are various.
i Sotnetitiies they arc caught in the ice and
borne up and down on the mean for
‘ \\‘e0k3.lllld finally return to port without.
a seal. At other times 'a vessel falls into
ti perfect El Iloradw. Slit: hits as fust as
the seals can be killed. and returns in
t w 0 or three. is ceks Iadcn to the
guuwilc. and the successful “sill-rs“
are the heroes of the hour.
“'Iicn seals are taken in large quanti-
ties. the IILII of thc vessel is tirst tilled.
Then the men willingly surrender their '
berths. which are packed full of the
belts. Every nook and corner is crammed
» with the precious fat, and the sealers
‘ sleep where they can. in barrels on deck.
h-..
hundreds of such works :.rc tilinualiy'é
turned out by tunateu:s. In the lawns:
left-hand corner. in small. le:tvr.s. is the
alluv' “I". 5. Gratin". It was painted in
1‘43. while the general was a cadet at
West Point. and was mutated to Mr.
Ilotliery‘s mother. who-was a resident of
Galen». Ill.. and a warm friend of the
voung cadet. The icture was recently
Shown to Mr. ("till 3. who. it is said.
cxnres~ed the opinion that it was genu-
ine? Mr. Frank Siddall his cndeavprcd
to purchase the relic. but its owner de-
clincd to part with it. It is being ext-it).
ited in a druggist‘s window in Camden.
and attracts considerable attentiona—
P-lil'addp‘lio Timex. .
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—— ._...__..__.-.__—_._... _...... _. ...,... ,.
on a layer of seals. or in the coat bank-
ers. They do this the more readily since
their pay is in proportion to the catch.
The fat is tried down into oil. which
is used in making soap. for lubricating
machines. and in lighthouses and mines.
The skins sell for about $1 apiece. and
are converted into boots. shOcs and bar-
ness. This industry gives employment
every spring to twenty five steamers
from Newfoundland. built expressly for.
the purpme. beside about 200 sailing
vessels. the crews of this fleet making a
navy of over 10.000 mu). Each steamer
carries from 150 to 300 men in its crew.
As soon as they return they bean their
summer‘s work of cod fishing.
This work has been going on for near
Iy a hundred yawn, each year yielding
from 50.000 to over half a millionsooh,
and yet with all their destruction there
seem-tobono signs of diminution in
'a-imben. though I fear if the steamer:
persist in makin two and three voyages
it will end in am den extermination. for
it seems like “killing the goose that lays
! the golden egg.“ since on the second
and third voyageit is not the young they
take. but the futhgrown males and fo—
unless—Ralph S. Torr, int!“ 3?» York
Sun.
I I LLIONS IN CI" N.
A Visit to the In"... slate- sub.
mos-Irv. .
“They handle millions every day new."
said Mr. Shcrcr. of the United States sub~
treasury; “work from 8 o‘clock till late
in the afternoon. dine on a tcn~cout
sandwich and ws‘k home."
The gold—rooms are only entered
through‘ three massive doors, all sup-
plied with time locks, and no person no—
accompanied by less than two otlicials
can gain vocals to this or any other of
the vaults in the sub-treasury. There
are two vaults devoted to the storage of
gold. and these yesterday held $81000,-
utlll. Around the vaults are arranged
pigcouhoics about two feet square and
eighteen inches deep. All are furnished
_ with locks and keys. and each when full
holds a Iialf—millou of the yellow treas~
llrc. On an iron .shclf running all around
the vault were stacks of bills of all de-
nominations-—tcn.s. twenties. hundreds.
thousands. and in one com: artment were
piled enough ten-thousand dollar gold
certificates to niakc $3.00o‘000. .
A ton of refined gold. in bars. is worth
$602.t028.50. and in coin a little less. at-
lowing for the alloys. or 3312.63165.
The gold coin is stored away in bags of
$3.000 each. and twenty of them weigh
a little over 365$ pounds. or 18.1285
pounds eat It.
.\ cubic foot of gold weighs 1.2”?
pounds and TM thousaiidtlis. and is
Worth cuictly $1:‘i3.tillo.
'l‘hu J.~irr.o’ reporter was lcd by .‘lr.
.N‘hercrto tllc currclicy tIi'lltlflIttt‘IIl. and
nearly fcll into «big basket that had
$li.‘.‘\‘ll.h"l Ill shining III‘W gold and
.silycr certificates.
.\Ir. Sheri-r looked astliougli he though:
the icportcr tricd to fall into the llaskct.‘
Ilcrc all tlic mutilatul tuld soilcd bills
conictorrcdcmption. 'l‘lieyarc canceled.
assorted and bundlcd iuio packages to
be .sclil to Washington.
Watchmen day and night patrol \‘m‘ll
ha I and corridor and cvcry‘ cvciiing be
fore the hour for locking up the t‘tllllt‘
build ug is thoroughly scalchcd. front
rot-f to bascluciit for reporters.
t‘aptain 'l'h Imus Saliipsoli. the veteran
goverimicut llclt‘y‘tivc. s awayson duly.
ltllxl Ills lIlIlI_\"I\\‘0 ycais iii the secret
service time lll‘IlIO him tIl:‘ \‘cry luau Int‘
the trustcl post. It is said of him that
lie licvcr forgets rt name or a face. He
holds lliirtccli medals for saving human
life alid pridcs Iiilusclf on liming bccn
tllc captor of Payne. ltoolh‘saccomplice
iii the [did to assassinate l‘rc~i‘lcnt l iti-
colu. lie is still Ilalc and loudly and the
trusted fritjiid of cycry bank and banker
oti llic stt‘cct.
With all the safegua-ds of thick
granite w ls. iron tloois ll‘lyI bullet and
lirci-ioof shutters. the \Il‘rclh‘t‘ of tl:c
building ili case of an attzi 'k frolu \\l‘.ll~
out is iciidercd coliiiill-tc Evy the tummy
situilcd under the storm sliillglcd root.
.\louud the ciitlrc building on this ill-or .
we ranged iilacliicolatyd ctiihrasurcs
from wlicli liilculcn command all up
proaclies to the building. and the roof
is p‘ovidcd with four I‘ldIIIlllt towers.
from which gatliug guns could pollr a
rain of bullcts in case of riot or attack.
‘I‘lic armory is slippiud with lL‘il llcmiiig-
ton rifles. toll (‘on revolt-ext». mono hand
grenades and an unlimited supply of am-
munition. .\’.«ir I’m‘l Journal.
A Qllalnt Negro Hymn.
~_\lI Abbott (Miss. ~ letter to the New
York .\ says: llitvc frequently read
in thc .\-.:. hymns sling by llcgrocs on
our cotton plantations. bllt Itt‘\'t‘r heard
one with built words and llIt‘ItlI)‘ s -
strangely weird and fantastic. as that I
have copicd for you. I heard an old II"~
gross sing it. and toy-k it down Iiuriicd~
ly as she did so. tliiiikiur' it would intcr~
cst your many rczldcrs. as it did mysclf.
It is perfectly uri;lllt\l. having been
Composed by an old colored woman on
an adjoining plantation.
\IITI\‘ IN'\\'\ II\ III}: NII‘K 0" I‘K LAN“.
tiod to d N. all
Ity tti- rainbow sign.
No more w atrr.
Ilut tire not! limo
t‘lio; Ilallcluvah‘ IIallt-Iuyalif
Is‘- a settin‘ down
Ily de .s do U dc IatlllL
I wont to the us“ ‘v—
Didn‘t go for to s! *
XIX .sutll gut Imp)“.
Atrl I stiud ad .tuv
t‘llo: N‘ttiu‘ down. etc.
Down by dc gravn :ird
IsoA gwiile t. i walk.
Mo atil til-d :\'liil-litv
Uwino to start and talk.
\‘lio: Ilztllntuyan' tlalleliiynh!
lsl- a siltiu‘ down
liy dc side Ude Lamb
'I‘lie .tbcllasians.
.\ queer pcoplc. tlic .\tlcli:lsi:ins_ says
Ilio l.cwis. \\'hciic\‘cr one of them is
drowned. his friends carefully S('2IICI1 for
his body. but if this is hot found. they
proceed to capture the Soil of the dos
ccasul by strctchinga guatskin bag. with
the mouth wide open. otcr alioop. look.
ingthard the river ucar where the niali
is supposed to have been drowned. 'I‘wo
cords ate tlicn stretched from the spy-t
across the river as a bridge on which the
soul can come over. \ es cls containing
food alid drink are tlicn set around the
skin. and the friends of the deceased
come and cat quietly. while a song is
sung with instrumental accompaniments.
The soul. attracted by the ceremonies. is
supposed to Come over the bridge and go
into the trap set for it. As soon as the
bag is inflated by the breeze they con~
clude the soul is in. and quickly close
the opening. and the bag is taken to a
p ace of burial where a grant: has already
been prepared. The bag is held with its
opening to the grave. the strings are un-
tied, the soul is s pieelcd out of the
bag into the grave. and the ’burial in
afterward completed.
Rubbing It In.
There is a story of an oldfashioncd
Scotch doiniiiie. IIe preached a sermon
on lying. which awoke up all the habits
uul sleepers. The ncyt Sunday he re-
peated it. which caused surprise. and the
Sunday following preached it a third
time. causing astonishment. and the
Sunday after that it was again delivered.
A bold deacon was delegated to remon~
state with him. "Dominic. we-ve heard
that sermon on lying four times and we
are tired of it." “Are the people of the
parish tired of lyingZ" was the quiet re-
joinder. and the deacon was compelled
to admit that the vice still had a good
hold on the community. “'hereupon
the dominie arose to his full height—six
feet four—sud thundered. “Go to the
i people and tell them that?! shall lunch
i change the subject."
l Liquid fuel is exciting much attention
l England. Witt: a view to its use the
1 Russian Black so. No ‘on company
Ihhnildiuga lsrgslleot tank-team
l to import petroleu- in bulk.
‘ o
- on lying until they stop lying; then I‘ll . u”
”r
it. “WAGES SERIflll.
THE CHILD EMPEROR.
Titx‘r: “Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
straddling clothes. tying In a manger. And
suddenly there was with the angel amulttudo
of the heavenly host." St. Luke, ii. IE—Ilt
At. midnight from one of the galleria! of the
sky a chant hrs-ks. To an untinary observer
them may have no ms )l'l forsuch colu-
tial demonstration. A tor man and wife.
travelers, Joseph and Jury by name. had
bulged in an outbouso of an ordinarv village.
The supreme hour of solemnity ha sad,
ond upon the pallid forehead and c oak of
Mary God but set the dignity. the grandeur.
the tendernem. the everlasting ond divine
significance of motherhoo L 8 ch scenes had
often occurrul in Beta-reheat lull nevi-r before
had I star been untixod or had baton of'Iight
morshallod over the hills winged orchostra.
If there had been brilliant and mighty
recognition in the sky ata nativity in the
house of Pharaoh. or at a nativity in the
house of Cir-son or.in all? ages at a nativity
In the Ir use of tho Stuarts. I rllouac of Maps-
burg. it would not have been so Wonderful;
but a barn soc-mod too pom a centre for such
delicate and art-hall :cli.~ cin‘utnfcmn to. the
stago seemed too small for so great an act,
the music loom-and for such iinapprccrative
auditors. the stable too rude to b . .stir~
rou-tdad by other worids No. .sir; no
madam. It is my joy this morning to tell
you what. was born that night in the village
barman-I that Ijm‘ly liiako my sermon cumulus
tivc and climacteric I Inlgln by telling you that.
that night in the caravansary of Bethlehem
there was born cmxuiragelucnt for all the
[surly started. II“ had only two friends
His parents No satin lined era “8, no deli-
cate attendance. I ut the straw an I tho I at.»
llo and the ammo jokes and bautorof the
calncI drivvu. No wonder the medieval
lmlflh‘l’.‘ roprcsont tho oxen ls knivliu; at
tho mange-is There wem no men there at
that time to worship. Iiut from what depth
of humiliation had our Lord risen. no what
Ileiglitlif What is the mighti‘st nalu-s in all
t‘hristeridon to-«Iay’ Jesus. \\'ho has more
friends than any other Icing! Josus. Ileforo
whom today do church and cathodrat and
chap-I Is-tid,‘ Josus For \\ Iioni might rs
hulidrrsl mt II~|II men In Iiiarshtilcd to
tight or \IIF' Jesus Uh. “hat ciis-tiragw
. merit for the lowly started. Was your birth
. mom dis uhalltrigmyus‘ Wow your sttl‘l‘dlltlll»
tugs more rovcrtv stricken‘ I’u you know
that nil the great doliven'ls of the world
were born Ill burn like pln s-s' Luther. tho
ctullll ~ipator o: religioujinrn timid tIi-~ mi-u-s.
Sliaksimro. thy eluaiiciiultor of Iitcratme,
born in an Illiliiblo homo at Slratford lipl-tr
Avon, (‘UIIIEIII'IIM the d scovetvr of a warl I.
born in iovortv at Honor. Hogarth. tho
dis ovch‘r of how to iuakeart adiiuuistlativo
of union. born in tmyorty ut “cat-
l moroland. I‘ridcaii and hilto. “'I-uso
l Leys liaio unlocked tIparIuil-n's
or the Holy Scriptural that hill ottierwi‘o
imvor Imyli ovplui‘el. born in humble I\~\itics
and amid gwatnst i-rivall-uis Nina out of
ton o: the world‘s \Ii-liyercrs. llIlIt‘ out of ten
of the world‘s llltlsklllll‘ tho liitvssialls or law.
tlm tli ss alts of tit-sllcllie. tho tries-labs
l IN‘IIV‘VU on v. the llivssiahs of pin autllr my.
the illossizllis of powrn‘. born in turn Ilhu
. plat‘i‘s. I stu- your holy tttltI-llh‘ti to day if
you lwl that lli 'rearo thus“ in your occurs-l
nun or pi‘n‘cssivul. v-i‘ I III‘QKI“ of It. Will! aro
ti \lllg to Iliii ler your as ‘l'ti! ant your
progress. out I want to tell you that
tho sympathetic heart and tho allulgllty‘
arm or tIm son of Hot are on your side. ant
; \‘l'uIlt\\‘l‘l|tllillIlIllIl‘flll'I\\II\1It\IlI«1i‘lf‘iv‘lllI
. Ill/III“ on- who Is wiappad Ili soaldilu:
clolllv‘s all l [in iti ill . mung-i r inc all tho
p.- r y .starhsl what I uco ragoult-ttt. " he. ‘
you \t‘\'. "He was. diy llIu‘JILI I am tuiiilail
‘ l‘ln-ii I answer by say in; that all tlio re-
; s iirwsut tho Lord Hod Almighty may [in
I v‘IIIt\Il‘sI in now In-liitlf. and that at your tirst
call for help Ito w III coiiio for your delivt-r-
an 1‘
Again I rcliiark. that iutllat licthloliem
I 3“". that ("i ristilias night “as b- i'iigool w l”
t I in» u. whether you «all It kl idlicss.
for be train c. lurch ollcss. geniality. afl‘m ii in.
HX‘ Iu\o It was no .szmrt tor high
‘ Ili“l\'t\ll to send its tayorlto to that fill‘
: tullmtlou It was a savruice tor a rot-el
l “or! I. After tho «alatiiitv iii I‘rtradise not
only did tlio o\ begin to guru and the a-l ier
: 1.. sting and the elephant to .‘ltlfl . \vr'El it .
. task and III‘ lint top .t to bad its» l-vtli ant
‘ paw.but till lor the Very trco from which was
i pluck-s! that forbidden fruit tlulisy \\'ul‘!§
’ hatched war and revengo an I auger and hate
I
.
and envy and Jealousy and the w hole brand
of mratrines .-\g unst th it I pill the ITc-ttilcs
hmu .ss‘t‘lh‘ which pra ‘lly‘tllh‘ says bless ui~
”All ”I t‘tll‘sfl. n‘lldllrt‘
an 1 that t‘llr sttllns
I all \‘iiiiictiyetmss.
é shoall.» the sword; spike- the guns:
. lbsmintto the I-iUII't‘Il“; turn the \‘Jl‘wltlll
: t‘ouste Iatiou that carrl-sl su- tnnd shell. int,-
l a gram sliip lo take {not to faunshiug. Ir.»
land . hulk \ourcava'ry bums to the plow;
use your dually gl:u;~-\\dcr t-l blast rocks
. and for p~i‘r:oti ‘ celebration; quit your law-
? .siilts. stop your aiioilytiiozis Icttcrs. ta .0 the
1 still; out of your “reusing drop all harsh
words out ot your My rll n’ory; let your \\lI
. cums IIIQ\. but Lot .1 iii-\‘oi‘ burn (Ls-d will
1 . men“ “l 'li.“ says some one. “\'--li rnav
adopt that [it‘ll] :p I‘ll never adopt it. If
my oiin-iiiy‘ \\:iii'..s Hits to turgih‘ Ilillt Ito
will Iiayo to come and ask for forgive
nests “ If yo i say that you are no
t‘Iiristiali. or you are a very ItI-‘att specimen
of a {bust an If ye forgive not llren their
It‘t\sjk‘\\s‘cs neither will your heavenly Father
forgive you your inky-asses Forgive them
it tl cy ask it; forgive III0‘3H. anytr-w Shaka
Iianlsall'around. Road will to nicii‘ Uh.
that tho blesscl spirit of our lnrl Jesus
t‘llrist would der this morning into all our
Souls “‘Itat III“ World warns is tirirc kind
rat icr than assault.
night .swms to put out
It practically .siys.
to give other people tl ri Io. more willingness
to take the heavy end of the load and give
them the II;III cud. run-re disp usitiun to
tisvrilo good niotiyos instead of bad. more
W--.~m.~
others happy, Hut of the {cthlcliciii crib 'et
bi or and. Ill!" c it straw like an ov. Hood
Will . to ins-n! That principlo Will va‘Ullh‘
dominant in all the earth until them will to
ctily two antagonists left, and they will sde
| | y .si-Ie take the Jubilant sleigh ride to which
itlit- prophet seems to point when he says:
“Holiness shall be upon the belts of the
bums“
_Again .I remark that on that t‘hristmas
night. in that Bethlehem when was born sy in-
pathetic uni -n with other worlds The only
scepticism that has ever touchel me I might
call an dstrolmiui-al sis-pit Isin which said:
“\\ by did God go pa t Jupiter and Saturn
and all the IIII;I1I)‘ words and come to our
little bit of a world for the achievement. of
his son. His only Son. when it might have
been on a larger s-‘alo ant amid vaster
worlds.” that. when I co neto the manger and
I 330 its won Ierful surroundings, the s opti-
cisnr is gone. I titid aiI the world: an) sisters.
and when ons weeps they all weep. and when
one sings they all sing. From that. super-
. natural grouping in that cloud bank over
. Bethlehem and from the especial tratus that
ran down to the scene. I know that. other
' worLds are in sympathy with cats 'Il.o
lltewlm are with us. for one of them
ran to point out the Saviors birthplat‘t
. The heavcns are with \I‘\ for at the thought
of our re teluptiou duxologios rolled from the
midnight sky. Uh. my friend. I think that
them is mom sympathy. more heavenly sym-
. [many wrthus than we sometimes imagine,
and that when a child is born angels fetch it,
and when an old man Ls b .Irnc down with tho
- Weight of years angels super: him. Angeb
in the hospitals to heat tho si‘k. Angels in
the mantel-y to guard our dead. Angels in
. the church to cry heavcuwsrd the news of
irepnitoat souls Angels abovo tho world.
Angels under the world. Angels III around
the world. 01:. it Ire could only rub from
our eyes the dust of our humanity and
could look up. we would see angels of pity.
angels of men- . lligvsl! of rescue, angels
crow-nod. angels charioted. The world do-
fendod by Angels, girdled by angels, cohorts-I
by angels. clouds ot‘ angels Hear David My
3 out. “the chariotsol the Lord are twenty
I thou: ind. even thOusands of angels. But the
l greatest of the angels 510).] not that night in
3 the clouds. but lay with the cattle. the angel
3 of the new covenant. ’ " be His glorious
4 name. “'hen the elm white linen sent. in by
. some mother-3y villager had been wrapped
_ around this child emperor. not a cherub. not
1 a sec-pk. not an angel. not a war-I1 but wept
‘ thrilled and shoatlsf. 0h. worlds
sympathy with us Our world the silver
mug: of a great ladder at the top of which is
~ our Father's house. No more stellar sobbri-
[less for our world No more planet spun out
into thread to from. but a wet-Id in the
Insom of divans maternity—a stu- bar-neg“
t) a manger.
I remark again, that born that night in
. village barn Ira the Mendel-‘1 hope.
‘ Some summits-r mi ht any. ‘
have mjectodthst ' can: them:
a
them" No. Inutdto lead on up
hit. lmtsdtoshowyouths sop-x
smith-moth-
‘Bi‘ag:
words. mar.- helnin; II:Ill:I\ more dispcs tron ‘
wi iiiignnss t-i find our ha miness in making '
4——
old pillanofthofomt. whotp of "an cou~
log "'0me jungle taken its first step on
luxuriant. loaf. and wild flower. kid 0! goat
is born in cavern chanltoliered with stllac-
tlto and illarsd with atalagmite: but
Christ born In the manger.
that nativity comes the offender‘s home.
Over the dent of hoavon wens written the
words. and are written the words now:
“None but the SillIess can enter hero." “Ah."
you say. “that isa grant horror for our souls.
then nous of us can cater if nono but the
slalom." But I have to tell you ll: it Christ
was into one door and Its went out the
other door of the world; He came into the
door of the manger and He Went out
through the door- of the sepulchrw
His one business was to wash
from sin so thonnizhly that one second after
we are dead we will have no more .sin about
us than the-m is about the eternal Go I. You
say that is putting the case very strongly. I
know it is. but that. is what I unalotstand
about. full remission—all erased. all waslwd
.way. oII scoured out. an gone. That under
girdinz and overarching and irradiating
and unwinding opportunity for you and for
me was born that night in the Bethlehem
caravaltsary. Do on wonder then that. we
brim: the flowers! vou wonder then that
we bring the music!
Raphael and Titian and Iiubcus and mu:
mid liliirlsnjo. and all the dorm
and Italian master: with their
mightiest stroke sketched tho Madonna.
Mary and her boy! Now I utldmtan't what
the manger was. Ilighor than the tin rI-.-d
of France. the Fredericks of Prussia.
the oven of the stall or the white horses of
alu‘alyptic vision. Now the swa Idling
clothes enlarge and einblazun
come the robes of a conqueror. Now I find
that the star- that shone that night was only
the diaiiiouded sandal of Him who both the
moon under His fast. Now I find that the
song that night was not the complete song.
but only the stringing of the instruments for
a chorus of tllvo Worlds. tho bflxi carri-sI bv
earthly nations sacrtflfidio soprano carried by
fund-gums of glory won. And all that heaven
=nude-possible to us through tlio birth. the
sutt'erlngs and the death of till-:Sou of liud. I
shad meet you than) on a brighter Christmas
Day than this I IOl-k this morning through
tllediui dist-nee. and I look through the tug
banks ovor tho river Jor Ian. and I look
through the wide upon do yr of solid pearl. and
sec oar reunion. Uh. what high convclso
you and I will navo ovcr siu pardonwl. over
sorrow coiiifortlst. and over Wattles fought.
Ilow than we Wilt talk over ui lugcr and ever
cryu\ I run going them. I am guilt: to tako
all my family with me. I anigoing to tako
aI my church \‘iIII Iltl‘. Intriguing: totakcall
tiiv friends with me If I can. I am going to
call you to cut 1- the kingdom of Hist and be
roady for it. I am going to push you in. I
am bv holy stratageru going to surprise you
in. With all phy~ical ant mental and spirit~
uat tint iuilti Irtal cuer‘gv I shall compcl you
to com\ in. I like you so w--ll on cilrtIlI
would like your eternal «sum aiuoriship in
heavi-n. Int - t‘flat tiriglltne .s will joy many
of tliusa who nsod to cclobrntu t "bristalas
With us am Ill-W gathmwl.‘ I wascallelto
bury a Iiltl~ child. and Isuiipose tlro peoplu
passing-filling the street. SlV‘HI: tho signal on
tli - d nor boll. said “it is only" a child." but is
Ilr-lkcilhoartns! father said to tat . “ oun
tumult-.1 and comfort us tor tho igli she was
l-lII\' l5 months oi we all Iovol herso much “
Ali? i' dots not t. ..c: chit ! it :roa‘. wild» t i
get both arms arolin Ne [\an‘ttlh‘ f mire lia-
tlim. “but a glori Ins .t‘tlrislmas nlcrliing
when we all get togetli 1 again. 'I'lm silver-
Ii limd father young agdiri The mother “IIII
the aclim and pains and dcch-pitude wo'l
again. All the young all I all tllc ol I. all I
haw we will all talk oxec tlio past. Iiow glad
we wiLI be to see them. how gla-I they \thl Is!
to see us I trio of the little ones this morning
seems to stand at III" gate and holding With
one hand the stunning gal). \\‘.t\'.\s th ‘ other
haul out toward yo l. say mg:
‘1 ‘ome this way. father.
Stloz‘ ll‘:lt"ltI t‘--r me;
Here safe “I heaven
I am wining tfir lino"
Uh. I am so glad that when the alizels
I'VII“ -
closol tllc r concert th it (‘Ilristlllas night
over the In] S oi‘ I‘-~~t5i.c!icniati I III ~ydepurt~sl.
they fun-oi to shut the door. and it cannot be
shut again. It i: wde opt-ti “in“. You can—
t no: shot out from us the gl ‘I‘tt‘a‘ that any to
‘ l‘uIII ‘.
‘ mas'
The gate is blovkcl open by h nil mas
ruin-lung this way. and liallellijalis m lichmg
that. \\ but more than all iiiiueryis~ me is
tho thou:lit that all this is f -r sinners .sti ‘II as
you out I are «all this hunutiatiou of tho i
"ringer and all tho .sutfering of thecntss It it
had b war only for those who had always done
right on I always thought. right. and always
actet right. we would have ha I no intenst in
it. would Iiavo had no shahr In it. “'e would
have stu ‘k to our rat! in illid o can and let
llu- great. ship of h uveu go by takiu: perfect
p~lss~ugers trout a pcrfcct life on earth to a
perfect lite in heaven. But Il|\ I'tlavc heard
that the captain of that shit» is the loving. the
kind. the syiiitxathetic one who bushel the
twin-est all around the boat on Until-3e. and
that all his uxst-ngcrs or“ sinners sand It"
gram. SI hall that shin an I it bears dowii
toward us. and as it com 5 near bv
l shout tho two «in stions. “Who art
tliouz“ and “\Yheum art thou" and
the answer is. “I' am the captain of
salvation. and I Q true from a manger.“ Uh.
bright (‘hristums morning of my soul‘sdo
tight. t‘hmio all the bells. \‘y'reathe all the
garian is “our all the anthems Shaka
han Is in all tho congratulations. .‘L-rrv
(‘hrtstmast Merry at the thought. of sin}
pardoned and grim: solo-“I. Merry at the
mouth: of rapturcs to come. Merry Christ~
Let t'tirist be lifttst from the manger
this day. and let down in all our hearts. “‘19
may n i: be able to bring to Him such treas-
tires as thw magi brought.
to Him :the track ROBIIS.‘
pearls of our teats; the kiss of our love. the
pmstrstiou of our worship Down a: his feet
alltiio churches. all the earth. and all the ‘
hoavens. Down at His fast. the four and
twenty elders on their fats-s Down at Ills
fast them-eat “multitude that no man can
nunibcr.‘.‘ Down at. His feet Michael. the
archangel Down at His feet 31! Worlds in
worship. “Behold I bring you gall tidln;s
of great joy which shall
be to “I amulet"
' minus or Insulin.
Though flattery lossoms like friend-
ship, yet there isa great difference in
the fruit;
.‘Itich learning shows how little mortals
know: much wealth, how little world—
Iings enjoy.
The great majority of the world pve~
fer to attend the exhibition of money,
rather than that of bra us. 4
A man‘s character is like his shadow.
which sometimes follows and sometimes .
precedes him. and which is occasionally
longer, occasionally shorter.
Ibo good for your own satisfaction.
and do not care what. follows. lie (ht.
cause of gray hairs to no one; neverthe-
less. for the truth gray hairs are to be
disregarded.
Whatever may be true of harmless
luxuries in the way of drink. we main'
rain that health. happiness. and work
find stimulus enough in the unsophisti-
catcd well of nature —pure water.
Perhaps as a. more matter of govern-
ment, as good despot would make a better
government; but for the education of
the people governed. a good despotism l
is worse than freedom with its admixture
of folly.
The road to true philosophy is precisely
thé same with that which leads to true
religion; and from both one and the,
Other. unions we would enter in as little ;
children. we must expect to be totally
excluded. .
Truth is infinite. and we cannot clasp
it in our finite arm: yet we may live
in its light. and learn more and more of 3
its grand meaning. if we but sincerely.
honestly. and patiently tread the straight
road of intellectual virtue.
'l'ho Wilt" Wild.
I come from the haunts of mount and lake,
I mks Ramble-:1] sally.
And sell 9 sm ‘3 mtl‘ kpu'l v:
Limiting up the meg. ° 5'
I ' themaiden‘sno-svn‘throd.
sendthcleavesaw ‘
Fromofl‘tholtnsthodofi-Ihlow.
Mo‘s-tho
balm.
if
And yet {nu
us I
vou wonder that §
cradle of the llenrys of England. the causes '
- ow ‘
out of this Bothlchem crib not a») much feed .
until they be— '
but we will bring ;
of our joy, the y
if "assure;
A lflolorr 0' the lite“ "scan—Pl.-
ve-Ito. by Want-luc-
The smallpox is believed to have pre.
‘~vai ed more or less in Eastern countries
I from the earliest ages. but its early Ish-
tory is shrouded in obscurity. Some
I have thought that “the plague of bail.
l and blains“ recorded in the, Bible had
I reference to this disease. (‘ertnin men-
' tion of epidemics in the Greek wrlti
; may, it is thought. refer to the unfit.-
pox: and the deadly plague in France ill
. the sixth century. described by Gregory
1 dc Tours, is believed by some writersto
’ havabeen this disease. But though the
‘ small—pox was known long before in the
’ Orient. there is no unmistakable record
of its appearance in Europe until it was
brought thither by the Saracens about
the year 710. And it is the more pro!»
‘1 able that this was the first appgarance of
'the dlscaSe because it has never boats
l wholly absent from European countrien
since. From Spain it went all over Eu~
. rope. sparing for a time certain isolated
countries, such as Denmark, where it
g first appeared in 152?. It won
1 carried to the “'cst Indies in 1517
by the adventurers seeking to profit. bv-
the discovery of the New “'orld. It
reached Mexico in 1520. and Brad in
1562:. Further north it first appeared in
Maryland. having been brought there by
an English soip in the early part of the
seventeenth century. Thence it made
its sy through the other colonies.
l From the time of its first ap;»earsncc uns
- til its ravages began to be checked. fir“
by iiiocu‘ation and then by the milder
and safer process of vaccination, it con.
tinued its course as a deadly pestilence.
nearly always and everywhere preset:
though not continuously active ancl
sparing ncillicr age. sex. condition. not
lnationality. no our being safe from il
c\cept by having previously passed
_ through its perils. From very earl,
times the t‘hincsc followed the practica
of procuring this exemption by inocu-
lating with the disease. that is. convcyv
lug it intentionally by introduction of
the contagious material into the sya‘
tern of persons in ht‘dIlh. 'I‘Iie inocus
latcd disease was found to have a mildel
and shorter course than the natural cou~
tagiuus small pox. and showing a mor-
. tality of less than one per cent. while
the o'hcr ranged from ten per oval. in
its mil-lest to Ho per cent. and higher in
its malignant form. The inoculation
pro.‘ess found its way from the Uriel!
into Europe by way of t‘onstttntitiople.
where it was openly introduced in thl
year t701. The first inoculation in Eng.‘
land was pl-rlornicd in IT‘SL‘. 01 th.
daughter of Lady Mary Wortley Moa-
‘ta‘guc. wife of the Itrithh rmlassador to
t onstaniilioplc. It was violently op.
post-t1 at first. but gradual 3
came into extcnsivc practcc an
. was also adontct in (‘ontis
ticutal countries. Iii America it w as first
practiced in to?! by Ilr. Iioylston. of
lloston. Inoculat'oti. Iiowcn-r. though
it set vcd as a protection against the more
fatal form of the disease. yet was an ab
jcctional prol'ess. as the contagion of the.
disca~c was in no way lessened. and It
thus became more widely spread. Ilut
in the year lira the process of vaccina-
tion. or' inoculating with the cow~pox.
' was shown by Dr. Jenner to be a thor~
oiigli protection against smallpox. and
thismeihod has since bccn used. It has
proved an incalctilablc benetit to the bus
iiisn race. Smallpox. unchecked by
, vaccination. was the most fatal of the
zymotic diseases. With the aid of this
practice. however. not only l.a.s its mor-
tality been greatly lessened. but the dis
case can now be to a great extent con-
trolied and even prevented. It is dirti-
, cult to describe the symptoms of this
disease so that an inexperienced person
can rccognize them. ch who has seen
one case. however. cannot fail to know
another instantly. “ht-never then: is
the least slispition that there has been
exposure to infection. a physician should
. be consulted. The initial stage of the
disease is usually ushered in by a violent
chill. followed by a high fever. attended
with vomiting 'und severe pains in the
head and back. With a child. cunvul~
sions usually attend ’ this stage. The
eruptive stage is marked by the appear-
ance of little red elevations of the skin,
which come first upon the head and face.
‘ and after a few hours begin to appear on
‘ the body and limbs. These feel at first
like little hard seeds under the skin, and
‘ by this characteristic my be known
from eruptions of any other kind.—
L'.»"ir-.‘-l;,=u [nut—(learn.
Flt lea.
To the student of ethnoiogy few thing:
all: more interesting than the different
. views held by the eastern and the west-
ern worlds on the subject of corpulence.
In ('liina corpiilcncc is considered to be
one of the most' important qualifications
3 for the holding of any public Olfite. It
f is regarded as a physical virtue, which
: imparts dignity to the appearance. weight
2 to the judgment and solidity to the mind.
In t‘liina the thin man is always moody
and disappointed: he sees himself easily
outstripped in the race of life by his
. stuliter contemporaries. and. enraged at
f the unjust distribati -n of nature‘s gifts.
l he retires usually into obscurity and
' shuns the gale of I125 fellow-citizens.
Banting. except as a punishment for
:great criminals. is unknown in China.
i The most popular gods in the Chinese
Pantheon are those remarkable for their
obesity. \\'ith its in Europe how dif-
‘ ferexit it is: Daniel Lambert. whom the
! ("hincse would have sent to a province
l as a mandarin. we sent to a museum as.
3 I‘I;)nsXI’O>IIy. Byron‘s tendency to grov
; fat. was one of the secrets of his melan-
§ choly. and the declining years of the
5 first gentleman in Europe were rendered
a miserable by that stoutness which even
I stays could not conceal. It is true that
i Shakespeare intended Hamlet to be fat,
3 feeling probably that it would be chanc-
gteristic of such a lethargic nature. but
imodern audiences are not ready to w
: ccpt tat. Hamlets: they prefer thin Hans
; lets. and even lean hamlets, and seem to
i be of opinion tInt there is an artistic
discord between romance and rotundity.
And indeed it cannot be doubted that
this opinion is very widespread. The
only instance to the contrary that to
know of is in the case of a lady who, on
being shown the Apollo Belvidere. res
marked that she preferred “stouter
status," but this lady I: s from CL‘
and the idea of making but]: the toot of
beauty is one urely American and_is not
as yet aceep in European tsthcun—
l‘all Natl Gaunt.
o
f
Rot Asia-ell of his Calling. .
Peter Donahue, who died recently in
San Francisco. was worth $10,000.”.
He began life as a blacksmith. and was
never ashamed of his humble calling.
“'hen he came to build a twentysfive-
thousanddollar tomb or vault in ()1-
vary cemetery, he placed_ upon the
front ahngc bronze medallion, repre-
senting in hos-relief a tremendous sun.
with a heavy hammer in the fisgand
underneath tho words, “LaborOmnn
Vindt,” while over it was this magic
“Do-aha” thanghteristho
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