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MKKT1NG IN HKAYKN.
WE SHALL RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER
IN THE OTHER WORLDTho
Kloqiinut 1)Ikcoumc ??f I>r, TiiIiiihkc on
theltecoKiilxiUlmi of Friend* ami ltelatlvOM
iii lleavi-ii.
Dr. Talmage preached to an enormoiiH
outd<- >r gathering at Wa a,
Minn., on Sunday. His subject was,
"Meeting ( hir Friends in Heaven."
The eminent clergyman took for his
text '2 Samuel, xii, 23: "I shall go to
him." His sermon was as follows:
There is a very sick child in the
abode of David, the king. Disease,
which stalks up the dark lane of the
poor and puts its smothering hand on
the lip and nostril of the wan and
wasted, also mounts the palace stairs
and. bending over the pillow, blows
into the face of a young prince the
frosts of pain and death. Tears are
wine to the king of U rrors. Alas!
tor David the king. He can neither
sleep nor eat. and lies prostrate on
his faee, weeping ami wailing until
tin* palaee rings with the outery of
woe.
What are courtly attendants, or
victorious armies, or conquered
provinces, under sueli circumstances?
What to any parent are splendid surroundings
when his child is sick?
Seven days have passed on. Then in
that great house two eyelids are
gently closed, two little hands folded,
two little feet quiet, one heart still.
The servants come to hear the tidings
iolliu L-iupf |uii fltfiy .(luiiiwti. maL'a.ilp
their minds to tell him.and they stand
at the door whispering about the matter,
and David hears them and he
. k?oks up and says to them, "Is the
eliild dead?" "Yes, he is dead."
David rouses himself up, washes himself.
puts on new apparel, and sits
down to food. What power hushed
that tempest.' What strength was it
4i..o ,,,> 41...4 i-;,.., f
hiul dethroned? Oh, it was the
thought that lie would come again
into the posession of that darling
child. No grave digger's spade could
hide liim. The wintry blasts of death
could not put out the bright light.
There would be a forge somewhere
that with silver hammer would weld
the broken links. In a city where
the hoofs of the pale horse never
strike the pavement he would clasp
his lost treasure. He wipes away t he
tears from his eyes; and clears the
exclaims, "I shall go to him."
Was David right or wrong? If we
part 011 earth will we meet again in
the next world? "Well," says some
one, "that seems to be an impossibility.
Heaven is so large a place, we
never could tind our kindred there.'
Going into some city, without having
appointed a time and place for meet
Lng, you might wander around foi
weeks and for months, and perhaps
for years, and never seog each other,
and heaven is vaster than all earthlj
eities together, and how are you go
ing to tind your departed friend in
that country? It is so vast a realm
John went up on one mountain ol
inspiration, and he looked oil' upoi
the multitude, and he said, "Thou
sands of thousands." Then he eanu
upon a greater altitude of inspiratioi
and looked oil' upon it again, and h<
?;.i i/r,,,, 4linnun.ilJ times ten thou
or mount of inspiration, and looke*
oil'again, and he said. "A hundret
1 .. ? 1 r 11 -1
<imii iwi i.i nun nun uiouMinii uiu
thausands of toousand." Ami In
(miiio 011 a still greater height of in
spiration, ami lielookedoil'again,am
exelaimeil. "A great multitiule thai
no man can number." Now, 1 ask
how are you going to thai your friend*
in such a throng as that? Is not 11 lis
idea we have been entertaining, aftei
all, a falsity? Is this noetriue of fu
lure recognization of friends in heav
guess, a myth, a whim, or is il
axranitio foundation upon which the
soul pierced of all ages may build a
glorious hope? Intense question!
Kvery heart in this audience throbs
right into it. There is in every soul
here the tomb of at least one dead.
Tremendous question! It makes
the lip quiver, and the cheek tlusli,
and the entire nature thrill: Shall
we know each other there? I get
letters almost every month asking mr
to discuss this subject. I get a letter
im !1 lwilii c/'ll/llill'v Inniil /?>?
paper, asking mc to discuss this question,
and I say, "Ah! that is acurious
mail, and ho wants a curious question
sol veil." J hit I get another letter.
It in written with a trembling luuul.
and on what seems to l>e a torn out
leaf of a hook, and here and there is
the mark of a tear: and 1 say, "Oh.
that is a broken heart and it wants to
he comforted.
The object of this sermon is to
bike tins theory out of the region of
surmise and speculation into the
legion of positive certainty. People
say: "It would be very pleasant if
that doctrine were true. I hope'it
may he triu. Perhaps it is true. I
wish it were true. Hut I believe
that I can bring an accumulation of
argument to bear upon this matter
which will prove^the doctrine of future
recognition as plainly as that there is
any heaven at all. and that the kiss of
reunion at the celestial gate will be
as certain us the dying k;ss at the door
of 1 he sepulchre.
Now. when you are going to Iniild
a ship you must, get the right kind of
timher. Vou lay the keel and make
the framework of ihe very hest mate
uials. the keelson, stanchions, plank
Wsheftr. countc r timher knee, transoms,
all of solid oak. You may Iniild a
ship of lighter material, Init when
the cyclone comes on it will go down.
Now we may have a great many beau
tifill theories about the future world.
built out of our own fancy, uiul they
tlniy do very well as long us we have
smooth suiling in the world, but when
me storms of sorrow come upon us,
and the hurreane of death, we will
be swamped?we will be foundered.
We want a theory built out of the
solid oak of God's eternal word.
The doctrine of future recognition
is not so often positively stated in
the Word of God us implied, and you
know, my friends, that that is, after
all, the stiongest mode of affirmation.
Your friend travels in foreign lands.
He comes home. He does not begin
by arguing with you to prove that
there are such places as London and
Stockholm and Paris and Dresden
and Berlin. but his conversation implies
it. And so this Bible does not
so positively state this theory as, all
up ami down its chapters, it takes
it for granted. What does my text
inmlv? "I shall <ro to him. \\ hat eon
solution would it bo to David to go to
bis child if ho would not know him.
The Bible indicates, over and over
again, that the angels know each oth
or: and then the Bible says that we
are to be higher than the angels, and
if the angels have the power of roe
ognition. shall not we, who are to be
higher than they in the next realm,
have as good eyesight and as good
capacity/ What did Christ mean,
in his conversation with Mary and
Martha, when he said, "Thy broth
cr shall rise again?" It was as much
as to say, "Don't cry. Don't weai
yourself out with this? trouble. Yon
will see him again. Thy brother
shall rise again." The Bible describes
heaven as a great homo circle
Well, now, that would bo a vorj
queer homo circle where the mem
hers did not. know each other. Tht
Bible describes death as a sleep. II
we know each other before we go tc
slcen. shall we know each other aftei
\vc wake up? Ok, yes. Wo will
know each other a great (leal bet to
then than now, "for now," says tin
apostle, "wo see through a glass
darkly, but then faeo to face." Il
will bo my purified, enthroned, am
glorified body gazing on your purifi
ed, enthroned, and glorified body.
Now, I demand, if you believe tlu
Bible, that you take this 'theory ol
future recognition out of the realm oi
speeulation and surmise into the re
gion of positive certainty, and nc
more keep saying, "I hope it is so: J
have an idea it is so; I guess it is so.
Be able to say, with all the eoneen
trated energy of body, mind and
soul, "I know it is so."
There are. in addition to these Bi
ble arguments, other reasons why 1
place, because the rejection of it tm
lilies the entire obliteration of oui
memory. Can it be possible that w<
. shall forget forever those with whos<
walk, look, manner we have been s<
. long familiar? Will death come am
with a sharp keen blade hew awa;
- this faculty of memory? Abrahan
. said to Dives, "Son, remember." I
the excited and lost remember, wil
i not the enthroned remember?.
Again: I accept the doctrine o
- future recognition because the world'
. expectancy ailirms it. In all land
i and ages this theory is received
What form of religion planted it
f No form of religion, for it is receive!
i under all forms of religion. Tliei:
1 argue, a sentiment, a feeling, a:
, must have been God implanted, am
? if God-implanted, it is rightfully in
planted. Socrates writes: "\\ h
1 purchase a moctiag^VitirOilfn^tt^aA
1 Homer? If it be true that this is t
1 be the consequence of death. I coul
. even be able to die often." Anion
the Danes, when a master dies hi
1 servant sometimes stabs himself thn
I lu may serve his master in the lutur
, world. Cicero, living before Christ'
< coining, said: "O glorious day whei
; I shall retire from this low and soi
did scene, to associate with the di
vine assemblage of departed spiritsand
not only with the one I have .jus
I now mentioned, but my dear Catc
. the best of sons and most faithful o
. men. If I seemed to bear his dcatl
| with fortitude, it was by no mean
i that I did not most sensibly feel tli
1 loss i had sustained. It wasbccausi
1 was supported by t he consoling re
; llection that we could not long l><
, separated." The Norwegian believei
[ it. The Indian believes it. Tin
(Jreenlander believes it. The Swiss
. believes it. The Turk believes it. Un
der every sky, by every river, in ever;
i zone, the theory is adopted; and so
say a principle universally implantei
must be Cod implanted, and hence i
right belief. The argument is irro
sistible.
Again: L adopt this theory be
cause there are features of moral
temperament mui tenturcs of tin
soul tlnit will distinguish us forever
How do wo know ouch other in this
world? Js it inert ly l>.v the color o
the eye, or the length of the hivir. 01
the fiicinl proportions? Oh, no. Ii
is hy the disposition us well us In
naturul ullinity, usingtheword in tin
very lu st sein.e and not in the hut
sense, and if in the dust our body
should perish and lie there forever
and there should he no resurrection
still the soul has enough features ant
the disposition has enough feature*
to make us distinguishable. I ear
understand how in sickness a luai
will become so delirious that he will
notkuow hisown friends hut will we la
blasted with sueli insulVerable idiocy
that, standing beside our friends foi
all eternity, we will never guess win
they are'
There is nmother before the thron<
of (tod Von say her jov is full. I'll?
You say there can he no nug
mentation of it. Cannot there be!
Her son was u wanderer ami a vagu
bond on the earth when that good
mother died. He broke her old
heart. She died leaving liini in the
wildern *ss of sin She is before the
f
throne of God now. Years pass and t
( that son repents t?f his crimes and I
gives his heart to God and becomes r
a useful Christian, and dies and en- o
ters the gates of heaven. You tell p
nu> flint flint inntlifir'u inv nniirnt lio <
augmented. Let them confront each
other, the son and the mother. "Oh,"
she says to the angels of God, "rejoice
with me! The dead is alive
again, and the lost is found. Hallelujah!
I never expected to see this
lost one come back."
The Bible says nations are to be
horn in a day. When China conies
to God will it not know . J T. A heel?
When India comes will it not k:i w
l)r. John Scudder? When the In
diaus come to God will they not
know David Brainerd?
I see a soul entering heaven at last
with covered face at t.ne idea that it
has done so little for Christ, and feel
ing borne down with unworthiness,
and it says to itself, "I have no right
to be here." A voice from a throne
says, "Oh, you forget that Sunday
school class you invited to Christ! I
was one of them. ' AjuI another
voice says, "You forget that poor
man to whom you gave a loaf of
bread, and told of the heavenly
bread. 1 was that man. And another
says, "You forget that sick one
to whom you gave medicine for the 1
body and the soul. I was that one." j
And then Christ, from a throne over- j
i topping all the rest, will say, "Inns t
' much as ye did it to one of the least I
i of these, you did it to me." And I
' then the seraphs will take tneir harps ^
from the side of the throne aiul cry, t
''What song shall it be?" And Christ j
' bending over the harpers, sha# say, 1
"It Shall be tho Harvest Homo!" ^ t
> tare reeogniU^^Pfhn^so many in 1
" their last hour on earth have conlinn- 1
I ed this theory. I speak not of per- ]
' sons who have been delirious in their
i last moments ami knew not what j
' they were about, but of persons who i
^ died in calmness and placidity, and (
I who were not naturally superstitious. ]
often the glories of heaven have
struck the dying pillow, and the tie- <
parting man has said he saw and <
hoard those who had gone away from .
him. How often it is in the dying .
moments parents see their departed >
children and children see their de- <
parted parents! I came down to the <
banks of the Mohawk river. It was ,
evening and I wanted to go over the i
river, and so I waved my hat and
shouted, and after awhile I saw some i
ono waving on the opposite bank, j
and I heard him shout, and the boat
transported. And so l! suppose it
will be in the evening of oar life.
We will come down to the river of
death and give a signal to our friends
on the other shore, and they will
give a signal back to us, and the boat
comes, and our departed kimlred are
the oarsmen, the fires of the setting
day tinging the tops of the paddles.
1 Oh, have you never sat by such a
deathbed ? In that hour you hear
f the departing soul cry, "Hark! look!
H Yon hearkened and 3'ou looked. A
H little child pining away because of the
i- death of its mother, getting weaker
* and weaker every day, was taken into
I the room where hung the picture of
'i her mother. She seemed to enjoy
n looking at it. and then she was taken
I, away, and after awhile died. In the
d last moment that wan and wasted lit 1
tie one lifted her hands, while her
o face lighted-ihf?*with the glory of the
o V?vt ?J<1 ami out, ''ilother!'
II 1 ou tell me Btio cno noX ?ee nor
" mother! She did. So in my first
d settlement at Belleville a plain man
S said to me, "What do you think I
s heard last night f I was in the room
I where one of my neighbors was dying.
0 He was a good man, and he said he
s heard the angels of God singing be
11 fore the throne. I haven't much
poetry about me. but I listened and
l_ 1 heard them too.' Said J, 'I have no
doubt of it." Why, we are to betaken
* up to heaven at last by ministering
spirits. Who are they to be ( souls
' that went up from Madras, or Antioch,
^ or Jerusalem Oh, no: our glorified
s kindred are going to troop around us.
e Heaven is not a stately, formal
L' place, as I sometimes hear it described,
a very frigidity of splendor, where
D people stand on cold formalities and
H go round about with heavy crowns of
0 gold 011 their heads. No, that is not
* my idea of heaven. My idea of heaven
in more like this: You are seated in
? the evening title by the fireplace, your
1 whole family there, or nearly all of
' them there. While you are seated
1 talking and enjoying the evening hour
there is a knock at the door and the
door opens, and there conies in a
brother that has been long absent.
Ill 1 1 i ?
, iit- ii;ia oceii unseiu lor years, you
have not seen him. ami no sooner do
. you make up your miiul that it is
? certainly he. than you leap up, and
f the question is who shall give him the
r first embrace. That is my idea of
t heaven?a great home circle where
; they are waiting for us. Oh, will you
not know your mother's voice there '
1 She who always called you by your
lirst name long after others had given
' you the formal "mister !" You were
? never anything but James, or John,
I or George, or Thomas, or Mary, or
< Florence to her. Will you not know
I quiet step, who^
and lli?gjmp?elf into your lap, a very
. showorof^mrt 11 and beauty f Why,
the picture is graven in your soul. It
> cannot wear out. If that little one
should stand on the other side of
some heavenly hill and call to you,
i you would hear her voice above the
burst of heaven's great orchestra.
' Know it You could not help but , i
know if I I
Now I bring you this glorious eon <
solution of future recognition. If you 1
could get this theory into your heart <
it would lift a great man)* shadows 1
hat are str etching across it. When
was u hul 1 used to go 01* lo the
ailroad truck ami put my etr ilowu
>11 the truck, and I could hca^thecx
tress train rumbling miles avty, ami
oiniu^ 011: and today, my fricids, il
re only had faith enough. w< could
tut our ear down to the gravi of oui
lead, and listen and hear iu the dis
ance the rumbling on of the chariot*
>f resurrection victory. 0 heaven
tweet heaven! You do not sprl
Leaven as you used to spef it. Yoi
ised to spell it heaven, heaven
Jut now when you want to mcll thai
voi d you place side by side tie facet
tf the loved ones who are gou\ am
a that, irridiation of .light and love
,nd beaut y and joy you spell it out at
tever before, in songs ifnd haUehijahs
, Oil, ye whose Ucie.'NHrUiliwn un.
lex- The RouTTT t tve* < V)Vv,.?
it the thought of this reuiion! Oh
low much you will have tctell then
vheii once you im ct tlem! llov
uuch vou have been thr?iugh sino
"ou saw them last! On tie shininj
liore you will talk it all Dver. 1 h<
mart aches. flic loudness. ih
, 11 imiIi'sxs ni.rlo Tin' weiiiimr unti
oil hiul no more power to weep, In
ause the heart was withered aiu
tried up. Story of vacant chair, am
anpty cradle, and little shoe onl
lalf worn out, never to he worn aguii
ust the shape ol' the foot that one
iressed it. And dreams when yo
bought that the departed had com
nick again, and the room scenic
jriglit with their faces, and yo
started up to greet them, and in th
ftort the dream broke andyoufoun
rourself standing amid room in th
uidnight?alone. Talking it all ovc
uid then, hand in hand, walking u
in *fac light. No sorrov
lyo ' death. ()li, hcavei
jea'utiful heaven! Heaven where 01
friends are. Heaven where we e:
peet to be.
Oh, how different it is 011 cart
from the way it is in heaven when
Christian dies! W e say "Close h
eyes." In heaven they sny, "Gi\
liiin a paliu." O11 earth we say, "L<
him down in the ground." In Ilea
011 they say, ''liaise him 011a throne
O11 earth it is, "Farewell, farewell
In heaven it is, 'Welcome, welcome
And so I see a Christian soul comii
down to the river of death, and 1
steps into the river, and the wab
comes to the ankle. He says, "Hoi
Jesus, is this deatht" "No," sa;
Christ, "this is not death." And 1
1 1 *11 1 1 .... '. 1.1I
wanes sun ueeper uown 11110 uie \\
tors until the llood comes to the km
niul lie says, "Lord Jesus, tell 111
tell mo. is this death?" And Cliri
he wades still I'urfKerHT'y.'^Amtw tl
wave comes to tho girdle and tl
soul says, "Lord Jesus, is this death
"No," says Christ, "this is not." Av
deeper in wades the soul till the hi
low strikes the lip. and the departii
one erics, "Lord Jesus, is this death
"No," says Christ, "this is not." Bi
when Christ has lifted that soul on
throne of glory, and the pomp ni
joy of heaven came surging to i
feet, then Christ says: "This, t
transported soul! This is death!"
A WILD *DEI'likkoiikori*
on mi Kx|?i-ohs IInvo it Solution
?An Kiifjlnooi- l.ookrdln iiMail l ii
iiiiin'rt ArniK -A 1'lirllllnj; Story of n II*
Itroiiiltli fCni'tipo from IH'Mli.
Janksvu.i.e, Wisu Jvlj 10.?Tl
passengers 011 tho CJiiieagoand Nort
hail a wild ride, ye
terday while a struggle for life ai
death was going 011 lMween the lii
man and engineer. 01 the lloor
the locomotive cab lay Engine
Steve llobotting, powerless in tl
grasp of a maniac. The insane ma
his face blackened by coal dust, h
clothing stripped from his body,
the life and death stniggle,hrandis
ed a wrench, which he had elutehi
from the engineer's tool box. 13o
his arms were in the grasp of the d
^pairing man beneath him, hut tl
liion on Hit' ilc|K)t plait foi'iu at t'l
mini, ono of the towns through \vlii<
thi' train passed, could see that 1
had nearly freed himself, and tin
in another moment, unless some he
should come, the murderous Mow
the wretch would fall.
The maniac was f ireman C. .
Hastings. Near Watertown he in
stepped from the eal> to the tend
to cool otr. He did not return, an
Engineer Holetting reached bat
from his scat, pulled aside the ca
curtain, and looked out. As the cu
tain moved asido Hastings boundc
in from the tender and clutched tl
engineer about the neck, and thro
him headlong to the swaying fo<
board. There the two struggled i
the train dashed on at n full rate <
speed.
The engine left without fresh fin
was slowly losing steam, bat rushe
on at a rate that could mean nothin
less than a fearful tragedy at the tin
switch.
As the train swent oust Clvnm
without stopping the passengers an
train crew realized that soincthin
was wrong. and a party hurried fo
ward. Writhing and strugglin
among the blocks of coal on the tei
der. they saw the engineer and hi
nuuiiac assailant. The latter wi
Overpowered and taken to the baj
ufiTge car. A moment aft? r He fan
ted. Consciousness did not retui
until twelve 1^^'sdmd elapsed T1
hot weather 1. jgVen as the cause t
his insanity, ana there fire fears th:
he cannot recover.
A special to the Louisville Evei
ing Times from New Albany, Ind
ma. says: Tlie (iosportneconnnod;
bon train on the Mwiion route coll
leil with a freight train at Smitl
rill, a tlag station eight miles sout
?f JHoomington at o'clock Te
lives are lost.
v urnnxsiriNK mfrdkr.
APPARENT CLEARING UP OF THE ASSASSINATION
OF BEN ROSSI
Mttloltlll" Howard ? Ciinfo^lim?
II l? Cotiwln tlio Alim Who l'lrod the Kiilul
Sliol ? Hohm Killed for TrMKitn to lllocUodcr*.
J (Greenville News.)
j The mystery surrounded the kil\
ling of Ben Boss, in February, isss.
bus ut lust been cleared up by the
^ confession of William L. Howard,
j who was arrested last week charged
with the murder and is now in jail.
i Ben ltoss, the murdered man. was a
:. moonshiner and was a member of
! world. It is not known whether a
; regular organization exists, but it is
v known that it is next to impossible
l' to convict anyone arrested for revojt
line otlenses, and that a criminal can
e hide from the oflieers for years in the
e mountain fastnesses. The fate of a
il traitor is death and this is so well
>- known that not a man ilarcs to eomd
munieate with a revenue otlicer. and
I if once seen talking to one he is tiny
der the ban of suspicion forever,
i, | Every stranger entering the county
o is a suspect and he had better quicku
ly prove himself not a revenue ollieer
o or a detective. The sherill' and otlid
or county olhccrs arc received with
u hospitality and the people have often
o assisted Sherill* Gilreath in making
d arrests for offenses against State law.
e On the most serious charges the man
;r wanted has been known to cornc to
p the sheriff and surrender, and if there
v, were others implicated, the arrested
1! man would go out and bring them in.
ir A revenue ollieer is most bitterly ha
x ted, and the people consider that the
making and selling of whiskey is a
h privilege that the United States go\
a eminent lias 110 right to interfere
is with. They resort to any desperate
,e measures to protect themselves.
i't On the day when lien Koss was
v- killed he had been to the city as a
." witness in a revenue trial before
." Commissioner Hawthorne. There
." were a number of people from the
lg same section in the commissioner's
le oftioe. Some of tliein heard lien Koss
lt say that he was getting tired of the
"d old ring and if things did not go bet
rs tor lie intended to break it up by tel
ie ling the whole thing to the revenue
a- oflicers. It seems that Koss had
2e been suspected, and his' remarks in.
0.* the court room roachod his section
st ahead of him. . WChiJe sitting ifi Iront
ie nightTV^aaAdaMty^Wf 'a'
lie shot throupli a window. Several arrests
were made, but it was impossiid
ble to unravel the mystery, and all
il- those arrests were dismissed at the
ig preliminary hearings.
"Little Bill" Howard's confession
nt was made freely and voluntarily a
a few days ago and was written down,
id He was advised not to make it, but
ts said he knew what the conscquncos
>h would be. Howard confesses that
he was present when Koss was killed
and that William M. Howard,
alias "Big Bill" Howard, a lirst
cousin, was the murderer. He says
that "Big Bill'' spoke to him a dozen
times about killing Koss and that he
refused to have anything to do with
,lr it. "Big Bill" told him that if he
did not go along with him he would
10 kill him (Howard.) "Big Bill" had a
1. double-barfelled shot irun and wan
a_ I ted him to take a weapon, l>nt lie reu]
fused. They went to Boss's house,
0. and "Big Bill" went up 011 the piazza
Gf while "Little Bill" stood near by.
or After the shooting the two men walk
[lt, ed about a hundred yards and then
,, separated, "Big Bill" going home
and "Little Bill" to the house of Mr.
jn Moon. As the two men walked
], away from Boss' house "Big Bill"
said to his companion that he thought
I), he "got him that time."
e. Deputy Marshal Fisher has been
l(. working up the ease. "Big Bill
... Howard is hiding in the neighbor
.jj hood of his home and could not be
1(> found by Sherill' Gilreath 011 Sunday.
^ It is said, however, lie will surren
lp dpr.V
Wnndrrl'iil Stone.
Kinoston, Oa., July 11.?Mr. John
j MeCraney, living near here, has found
a most wonderful stone. While
j plowing on a sandbar in the Etowah
.j. river, he saw something shining
l! with the most brilliant of lights just
to one side of him. Ho stopped his
.,1 plow and went to pick it up. It.was
. a clear white stone, the size of an
^ egg. reflecting in 0110 way till the col
^ ors of the rainbow. Turning it over
lK the colors took on the character of a
r)f spirit level, following each other up
through the centre of the rock till all
i were gathered in one end. Mr. Me
i Cr.'mey has bee n ottered $1,000 for it
)if but refused it. lie will take it to
Atlanta to have it tested. It may be
a diamond. It emits a perfectly
1( white light in tin- dark.
Wlint Congress Has Done.
The present Congress cannot be
it charged with not having done any
" thing. It has done much. Much
that will have to be undone, and
; much that the people will have cause
[to regret. It has doomed to de\'
fh {-hHi^n? neeoio-?
' plisneolvMialf a dozen ,'ars and the
| wisdom of 100 years of statesman
f I ship. It has done too much. The
. I people should give it an eternal rest,
if they are ever again ]>ermittcd to go
to the polls and vote.?Cincinnati
Kmpiirer.
a- * "
[i ?During a marriage ceremony e
n- 1 ccntly in a church at Christiansourg,
,i Va.. a goat deliberately walked r.
Ii 1 and interrupted the ceremony by giv
h : ing the groom a grand send oil' wito
n [ his head. The bride tied to the pulpit
i for safety.
WOMEN LAID BRUIN OUTItrMve
I'lclil ?il" Two MoIun lliver Matron*?
Until Ullliurtj
Yanckuouo, Me., July 17.?There is
still a little of the ohl time pioneer
spirit to be found nnioiig the women
of the present day who live in the
sparsely settled regions in this see
tion.
It has cropped out no more plainly
than in u thrilling incident at Mollis
River, a provincial town, a few nights
since, in which two women were the
heroines. Roderick McDonald, who
lives in one of the remote parts of the
settlement, was absent from home,
leaving his wife and sister as the sole
defenders of his household, and most
were busy about then' housoliold
duties, were suddenly attracted U>' a
bellowing ftjjymg the cattle in the
hiunyara. l'noy nsionea ior u moinent
and were convinced that tbo
noises were 1 hose of terror among tho
animals.
Without the slightest hesitation
the women armed themselves with
the only weapons at hand, an axe and
a pitchfork, and sallied forth to meet
the foe, and a most formidable opponent
they found.
Only a few steps had been taken
before they saw an enormous black
bear, who stood aggressively await
ing them. At either side of him lay
an ox, which had fallen under his
heavy blows, while the rest of the
cattle were huddled closely in one
corner of the yard, bellowing piteous
ly in their fright. The women lost
no time. - ...
Mrs. McDonald, excited at the
sight of tho dead animals, rushed at
the bear with a pitchfork and thrust
it deep into his neck. A roar of
minglcdftnger and pain followed, and
witha sweep of his paw lie struck tho
weapon from her hands and sent it
rattling on the other side of the
v*?i Pll
The other wonmn hud not been idle
in the meantline, untl us the boar
made this movement she struck at
liiiu with an a\o, disabling one of his
forelegs, Mrs. McDonald ran for her
pitchfork, recovered it, and the two
plucky women then went at bruin with
hammer and tongs. Mrs. McDonald
worried him wi^k the pitoliiork ic
while hui- companion did deadly exo
eutfon witfi the-ajcb
,.'Tho battle was short and sharp,
and'tho bear was dead in a few mo
ipents. Ho was very large and old
TO TOffiBtWhBPt WWWWW
The women had their elothos badlj
torn, but beyond a few scratches am
the fright, suffered no injury.
HIS DYING CONFESSIONDirk
IIhwm'h Rtnlrmriil About Killing III
Wlfo unci Untightcr.
The written confession of Diel
Hawes, the notorious wife and chile
murderer, will never he published ii
book form, as was wxpected. The
following details, which arc contained
in tlio confession, clear up some ol
the mysteries of the crime, and art
now made public for the first time.
Hawes states in the confessioi
that he did not contemplate the mur
tiers until Friday night before tho.\
were committed on Saturday night
It. was then his wife refused to leavt
the city, as she had promised to do.
and the'plan of putting her out ol
the way for good was quickly decided
011.
Detectives have hunted in vain f?>1
the conveyance Hawes was suppose*
to have used to remove her body b
the lake, and his confession clears ti|
that part of the mystery. His wife
and children were induced to drink
liquor until both were intoxicated
and then, under some pretext, they
were taken to the lake and mimlcrcd
on the banks, and their bodies wen
thrown in.
They were not killed at the house,
as it has always been supposed, lb
says the negro woman. Fannie llryant.
who was convicted as his accomplice,
assisted him from beginning to end,
and when flic bloody work was finish
ed, they swore a terrible oath nevei
to betray each other's secret.
The confcsfion admits that Funny
Bryant told the truth in her testi
inoiiy that Hawes took little May
from her house 011 Monday night
May would have been murdered 011
Saturday night, but they could not
induce her to drink the liquor, and
another plan had to be adopted to
get rid of her.
In concluding the confession Hawes
wrote that he fully deserved the late
in store for liiiu, and he wanted no
one else to die for his crime.
A n?MK<'i'oiN Trick.
Com'misia. S. July 11.?On Sunday
night. a party of young negroes
finding John ltobinson. a fifteen year
<>ld hoy. asleep on a bridge near the
outskirts of the city, tlicy determined
to play a trick on him. A quantity
of heavy paper was procured and
saturated with kerosene oil. and se
eurely tied around the naked legs of
the sleeper. A light was then applied.
The boy sprang up and the
ilauies ran up his Uajs. He screamed
Tor assistance, and a wliile man liv
ing near by. with his hands, tore the
burning paper and clothing off. The
boy is very dangerously injured,
and his rescuer had his hands scriousy
burned.
?Two freight ears loaded with sixteen
tons of powder exploded at
King's Mills, ()., Tuesday afternoon,
causing the explosion of thecartridge
factory, which set fire to tliei rrrouml
ing buildings, about ten of which
were destroyed, and killing six per
sons and wounding twenty men and
women.
DEATH FLEW FAST,
SUBOEN AND AWFUL STORM ON A
WISCONSIN LAKEA
Htonmor Overtaken mill CnpiiliMl-Mrai,
Wmiu'ii untl Childron Thrown SIruirKUiifC
Into Kitting Wrtlor-Awfiil Noi'nw of tho
Tempest ? ltonculnu: l'nrtlo* nt Work.
Lakh City, Minn., July 1(1.?Sunday
night just before dark a disastrous
eyelotie bore down upon this community,
and in a few minutcH nearly
two hundred people were killed.
What appeared to -be an ordinary
electric storm was noticed coming
from the west, but in half an hour
rifio wind struck tho village, driving
?very one in doors. Trees woro uprooted,
buildings wrecked and much
damage done in the short timo tho
storm lasted. In a few moments
news was abroad that an excursion
boat with over two hundred pooplo
on it was capsized in the middle of
Lake l'eppin. The boat was tho
steamer "/awing," which came down
from the Lake Diamond Bluff, a
small place about seventeen miles
north of here, on an excursion to the
encampment of the First Regiment
"f M,k 1Lhi,il (Iihii'iIm which isi hoitiir
lu'M ft mile below the city.
The steamer started back on the
homeward trip about eight o'clock
and although there were signs of an
approaching storm it was not considered
in any way serious and 110
danger was anticipated.
The boat was crowded to its fullest
capacity, about lf>0 men, women and
children from lied Wing and Diamond
Mull' being on board and about lifty
people on a barge which was at tached
to the side of the steamer. When
about opposite Lake (!ity the boat
began to feel the effects of the storm
I?ut the ollicers kept on their way.
The storm increased as the boat continued
up the lake and in fifteen minutes
was at its height. Nearing (Jon- ,
tral Point, about two miles abovo
Lake City the steamer was at the .
, mercy of the waves which were wash- **
ing over tlip boat, and all was oon- , *
^ fusion. The boat momentarily. ?&n
i 011 a bar and the barge wMrtfdjMbtie
. and the steamer again ftflnft into
the like. ' A htftnpei' "jumped overboard
and swamaqjiore., Astij*barge
' <1 ? n??.in itiln nWt/ir fliouo
iiuubfvi uitu u* vi' v"w'^
on the barge saw the Bteaner us ^ it
I waters were bonified to nee th* >v
steanior capsized mul its cargo of 150 ^ i.. ^
people thrown into the lake.
The barge remained thorc until
they were drifted near shore, or
? swam ashore. There were a number
of ladioH who were brought to tho
. beach by strong and ready awiin mere.
| Ah kooh at* (ho ttfcorm Htruok the
( boat Captain Weathoi 11 gavo instruc,
ti<?"8 to run the boat mto the WisI
coiiBin shore, but it was too late.
[ The waves were too strong to permit
tin; working of the rudder. After the
barge was cut away it was carried to
( the middle of tho lake and lmuts
were lowered by the crow and the
, more cool headed passengers were
devoted to preparations for the worst.
A dozen or more secured the few
life preservers that were to bet found
'r and jumped into the water, preferring
^ to take their chances. In live minutes
more the waves began to wash
. into the boat and till the lower decks
j while hailstones sh large as lien's
t eggs came down upon the heads of
( the people, while a huge wave struck
the craft 011 tin; side at the same
moment that a terrific blast of wind,
more horribly forcible than the
' others, came up and carried the boat
1 over.
All of the people on board, 150 or
more, were thrown into the water,
some being caught underneath and
others thrown into the water. The
boat turned bottom upwards, and
only about twenty-live people were
observed floating 011 the surface.
These caught hold of the upturned
bottom, those first securing a jiosition
assisting others. In fifteen rninr
utes more twenty-live or thirty who
had obtained safety 011 the boat could
. observe no others.
After the crew and passengers had
! made a thorough search in tho immediate
vicinity of the boat they beI
gun a more extensive search. Afterward,
however, as a flash of lightning
lighted the surface of the lake,by tho
brilliant light tin; dress of a drowning
woman or child was observod,
but it was impossible for those who
witnessed the horrible sight to render
any aid. Those remaining began to
call for help from the shore.
Soon the storm began to abate and
in a half hour lights were observed
flitting about 011 the shore near where
, the steamer had been drifted beforo
help could reach it. The poor creatures
who remained to tell tho horrors
of the night were again compelled to
sutler further horrors of theelements.
A hail storm burst, with 110 word of
warning, and as they were just beginning
to hope tlmt they would lie
taken off by thecitizensof Lako City,
the boat again turned over, this time
on its side and all of the twenty-five
passengers wevo hurled into the water
and drowned beforo they could bo
brought to the boat by those who
succeeded in remaining afloat and
holding on the ship's side.
ll lt<>4|uii'CK a Head.
A.: "Preaching don't require much
head work."
P.: "That's what I thought until I
: read in a paper the other day that a
' colored preacher had conquored a
stubborn mule by butting him."