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MfcMiJNU 1JN lib AY bfll. WE SHALL RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER IN THE OTHER WORLDThe Kloquont Discourse of Dr. Tnlmngr on the Kecoffnlzatlon of Frlondi* ami KolatlvOH In Heaven. Dr. Talmagc preached to an cnor mous outdoor gathering at Wa a Minn., 011 Sunday. His subject was ''Meeting Our Friends in Heaven.' The eminent clergyman took for hit text 2 Samuel, xii, 23: "I shall go tc him." His eermon was as follows: There is a very sick child in tilt abode of David, the king. Disease, which stalks up the dark lane of the poor and puts its smothering hand 011 the lip and nostril of the wan an?1 wasted, also mounts the palace stairt . and. bending over the pillow, blowt into the face of a young prince tin frosts of pain and death. Tears art wine to the king of terrors. Alas for David the king. He can neithci sleep nor eat, and lies prostrate 01 his face, weeping and wailing unti the palace rings witu tuo outcry o woo. What arc courtly attendants, oi victorious armies, or conqucrei provinces, under such circumstances' What to any parent are splendid sur roundings when his child is sick Seven days have passed on. Then ii that great house two eyelids ar< gontly closed, two little hands folded two little feet quiet, one heart still The servants como to boar tlio tidingi . _ to tho Iriag,iiwi flmy .OATiiirti mn.lra.ii] their minds to tell him,and they staiu at the door whispering about the mat ter, and David hears them and h( Apoks up and says to them, "Is tli< Tnnld deadt" "Yes, he is dead.' David rouses himself up, washes him self, puts on new apparel, and siti down to food. What power hushcc that tempest/ What strength was i that lifted up that king whom grie had dethroned? Oh, it was th( thought that he would come agaii into the poscssion of that darling child. No grave digger s spade couli hide him. The wintry blasts of deatl could not put out the bright light There would be a forge somewlier< that with silver hammer would well the broken links. In a city when tlio hoofs of the pale liorsp neve: stiike the pavement he would clas] his lost treasure. He wipes away th< ... f |)| tears from, his erves, and cleaiy th< exclaims, "I shall go to him." Was David right or wrong? If w< part on earth will wo meet again ii tlio next world? "Well," says som< one, "that seems to be an impossibili ty. Heaven is so large a place, wi never could find our kindred there. Going into somo city, without havini appointed a time and place for meet ing, you might wander around fo weeks and for months, and perhap for years, and never soeg each othei and heaven is vaster than all earthl; cities together, and how are you gc ing to find your departed friond ii that country? It is so vast a realm John went up on one mountain o innnirn.t.io'n. nnd he looked off unoi the multitude, and he said, "Thou Hands of thousands." Then he cam upon a greater oltitudo of inspiratio: and looked oft* upon it again, and h ?.i.l tnv 4Imuannd times ten thot er mount of inspiration, and looke off again, and ho said, "A liundre and forty and four thousand an thausonds of toousand." And h came on a still greater height of ii spiration, and he looked oft' again, an oxclaimod, "A great multitude tlin no man con number." Now, I asl how aro you going to find your friend in such a throng as that? Is not thi idea wo havo been entertaining, afto all, a falsity? Is this noctrine of fu ture recognization of friends in hea\ guess, a myth, a whim, or is i ayfanitic foundation upon which th soul piorcod of all ages may build i glorious hope? Intense question Every heart in this audience throb right into it. Thero is in evory sou here the tomb of at least ono dead. Tremendous question! It make the lip quiver, and tho cheek flush and the entiro nature thrill: Shol we know each other there r T letters almost evory mouth asking m< to discuss this subject. I get a lette in a bold, scholary hand, on gilt cdg< paper, asking me to discuss this ques tion, and I say, "Ah! that is acurioui man, and ho wonts a curious questioi solved." But I get another letter It is written with a trembling hand and on what seems to bo a torn-ou leaf of a book, and hero and there ii the mark of a tear; and I say, "Oh that is a broken heart and it wants U be comforted." The object of this sermon is U take this theory out of the region o: surmise and speculation into tin region of positive certainty. Peoph say: "It would bo very pleasant i that doctrine were true. I hope "il may be true. Perhaps it is true. 1 wish it wore true." But I beliovc that I can bring an accumulation oj argument to bear upon this mattci which will prove^tho doctrine of future recognition as plainly as that thero it an-tr -11 ?.1 i-l.-i iL. i?ujr asvwvcj** nv tuii nuu lllUt tllU KIHH Ol reunion At the oelostial gate will be as certain as the dying kiss at the dooi of the sepulchre. Now, when you are going to build a ahip you must get the right kind ol timber. You lay the keel and make . the framework of ihe very best mate uials, tho keolson, stanchions, plank TsheAr, counter timber-knee,.transoms, all of solid oak. You may build a ship of lighter material, but when the cyclone comes on it will go down. Now wo may have a great many beautiful theories about tho future world, tnult out of our own fancy, and they t thay do very well as long as wo have I smooth sailing in the world, but when i 1 rue storms of sorrow come upon us, j and the liurreaue of death, wo will i be swamped?we will be foundorod. i 1 We want a theory built out of the t solid oak of God's eternal word. < Tho doctrine of future recognition i is not so often positively stated in j , the Word of God as impliod, and you i know, my friends, that that is, after ] ! all, tho strongest mode of affirmation, i Your friend travels in foreign lauds. } Ho comes homo. Ho does not begin ] > by arguing with you to prove that I there are such places as London and 1 , Stockholm and Paris and Dresden ] and Berlin, but his conversation im- ( 1 plies it. And so this Bible docs not ] > so positively state this theory as, all i up and down its cnapters, it takes > I it for granted. What does my text ] imply? "I shall go to him." What con- j 5 solation would it be to David to go to i } his child if he would not know him. j ; Tho Bible indicates, over and over < j again, that the angels know each oth- i , or; and then the Bible says that we i ' are to be higher than the angels, and r if fliii O TV rr.ol a liot?n flin v*r\ufoi? r\ f AA tliV 1U11 V> I'ltV JIV/ M VI Vi 1VV'- J i ognition, shall not we, who arc to be j 1 higher than the}' in the next realm, 1 f have as good eyesight and as good < capacity? What did Christ mean, i [ in his conversation with Mary and 1 I Martha, when ho said, "Thy brotli? er shall rise again?" It was as much . as to say, "Don't cry. Don't wear ; ? yourself out with this trouble. You , i will see him again. Thy brother i 3 shall rise again." The Bible de, scribes heaven as a great home circle. 1 , Well, now, that would bo a very 1 j queer home circle where tho mem- 1 ? liers did nnt. know each other. The 1 Bible describes death as a sleep. If , - we know oach other before we go to b sleep, shall we know each other after b wo wake up? Oh, yes. Wo will , " know each other a great deal better i - then than now, "for now," says the ] a apostle, "we see through a glass 1 darkly, but then face to face." It , t will bo my puriliod, enthroned, and f glorilicd body gazing ?n your purilh , b ed, enthroned, and glorified body. I i Now, I demand, if you believe the t Bible, that you take this 'theory of ; 1 futuro recognition out of the realm of i speculation and surmise into tho re- : . gion of positive certainty, and no , b more keep saying, "I hope it is so; I 1 have an idoa it is so; I guoss it is so." b Be able to say, with all the concen- , r trated energy of body, mind and : b soul, "I know it is so." , a Thero are, in addition to these Bi- , b Wo arguments, othfrr reasons why I ( " pToee^SftiiBe ^the Bidcfctfn b plies tiie entire obliteratien or our i memory. Con it be possible that we o shall forget forever those with whose . walk, look, manner we have been so o long familiar? Will death come and " with a sharp keen blade hew away y this faculty of memory? Abraham r said to Dives, "Son, remember." If r the excited and lost remember, will s not the enthroned remember?. t Again: I accept tho doctrine of y future recognition because tho world's >. expectancy aflirms it. In all lands a and ages this theory is received, i. What form of religion planted it? ,f No form of religion, for it is receivod Q under all forms of religion. Then, i- I argue, a sentiment, a feeling, an e anticipation, universally planted, ii must have been God-implanted, and e if God-implanted, it is rightfully imi planted. Socrates writes: "Who d purchase a meetiOg^ithXft^n^flSWtl d Homer? If it be true that this is to d bo the consequence of death, I could e even be ablo to die often." Among i- the Danes, when a master dies his J servant sometimes stabs himself that ,t ho may servo his master in tho future c, world. Cicero, living before Christ's 8 coming, said: "O glorious day when 8 I shall retire from this low and sorr did scene, to associatn with th? rli. i- vine assemblage of departed spirits, r. and not only with tho one I have just t now mentioned, but my dear Cato, 0 the best of sons and most faithful of \ men. If I seemed to bear his death i! with fortitude, it was by no means g that I did not most sensibly feel the 1 loss I had sustained. It was because I was supported by tho consoling ro- \ y flection that we could not long be , separated." The Norwegian believes j 1 it. The Indian believes it. Tho , t Greeniandor believes it. Tho Swiss \ b believes it. Tho Turk believes it. Un- j r der every sky, by every river, in overy j b zono, the theory is adopted; and so I . say a principle universally implanted | 4 must be God-implanted, and hence a | i right belief. The argumont is irro- \ . sistiblo. , , Again: I adopt this theory be- 1 t cause thoro are features of moral, ] 4 fiimnnvftmnnf on/1 l w.u^4t?mvuv (?11U iCdbUiUD U1 tliU I , soul that will distinguish us foi*ever. i > How do wo know each othor iu this < world? Is it merely by the color of 1 ) the eye, or the length of tlio hair, or 1 f the facial proportions? Oh, no. It 1 ? is by the disposition as well as by 1 ) natural affinity, using the word in the i f very host sense and not in tho bad f t sense, and if in the dust our body f [ should perish and lie thore forever* j ) And there should be no resurrection* i f still the soul has enough features and < * the disposition has onougll features 1 > to make us distinguishable. I can 3 1 understand how in sickness a man e f will become so delirious that he will c 1 notknow hisown frieuds but will wo bo e * blasted with such insufferable idiocy, e that, standing beside our friends for t I all eternity, we will never guess who c ! they are? a ) There is a mother before the throne h of God. You say her joy is fulL Is 5 it? You say there can be no aug- t , mentation of it. Cannot there be? 1 , Her son was a wanderer and a vaga- k i bond on the earth whon that good mothor died. He broke her old s heart. She died leaving him in the o wilderness of sin. She is before tho i< lirone of God now. Years pass and tl ihat son repents of his crimes and I jives his heart to God and becomes ri i useful Christian, and dies and en- o tors the gates of heaven. You tell p no that that mother's joy canrot bo ? lugmonted. Let them confront each w ?ther, tho son and the mothor. "Ok," p die says to the angels of God, "re- d ioico with me! The dead is alive ti igain, and the lost is found. Halle- o iujah! I never expected to see this S lost one come back." h The Bible says nations are tc be u born in a day. When China comes I to God will it not know .Dr. Abed? v When India comes will it not k:i w o Dr. John Scudder? "When tho In ii liaus como to God will they not a mow David Brainerd? n I see a soul,entering heaven at last with covered face at the idea that it d lias done so little for Christ, and feel- a ng borne down with unwortliiness, h \ud it says to itself, "I have 110 right v to bo here." A voice from a throne 11 lays, "Oh, you forget that Sunday y icliool class you invited to Christ! I s was one of them." And another h fnir.p wvvs. 'Ynn forw>t tlinf. nnnr u man to whom yon gave a loaf of y bread, and told of tlio heavenly c bread. I \va? that man." And an- d other Hays, "You forget that sick one c to whom you gave medicine for the L body and tho soul. I was that one.'' ji And then Christ, from a throne over- p topping all the rest, will say, "Inns- t much as ye did it to one of the least I of yiose, you did it to mo." Aud L then the seraphs will take their harps s from the side of the throne and cry, e "What song shall it be?" And Christ y bending over the harpers, sliaV say, u 'It^Sliall ture recognitioir?s*that so many in V their last hour on earth have confijin- f ed this theory. I speak not of per- j 30ns who have been delirious in their last moments and knew not what f they were about, but of persons who ( died in calmnoes and placidity, and e who were not naturally superstitious. 1: ofton the glories of heaven have 1 struck the dying pillow, aud the de- e parting man has said he saw and ( heard thoso who had gone away from ] him. How often it is in the dying J moments parents sco their departed c children and children see their do- a parted parents! I came down to the c banks of the Mohawk river. It was J evening and I wanted to go over the ( river, and so I waved my hat and a shouted, and after awhile I saw some t one waving on the opposite bank, t and I heard him shout, and the boat t will bo in the evening of oar life, a We will como down to the river of t death and give a signal to our friends * on tho other shore, and thoy will t give a signal back to us, and the boat 1 comes, and our departed kindred are < the oarsmon, the fires of tho setting ' day tinging the tops of the paddles, a Oli, havo you never sat by such a t aeatnueciT in tnat nour you near j the departing soul cry, "Hark! look! f You hearkened and you looked. A t little child pining away because of tho death of its mother, getting weaker and weaker every day, was taken into tho room where hung tho picture of her mother. She seemod to enjoy looking at it, and then she was taken away, and after awhile died. In the last moment that wan and wasted little one lifted her hands, while her face hghtodrtfebouth the glory of the You r mother? She did. So in my first settlement at Bellovillo a plain man said to me, "What do you think I heard last night ? I was in the room whore ono of my neighbors was dying. He was a good man, and he said ho heard the angels of God singing before tho throne. I haven't much poetry about me, but I listened and I heard them too.' Said I, 'I have no doubt of it.' Why, we are to be taken up to heaven at last by ministering spirits. Who are they to bo ? souls that went up from Madras, or Antioch, or Jerusalem? Oh, no; our glorified kindred are going to troop around us. Heaven is not a stately, formal place, us 1 sometimes hear it described, a very frigidity of splcndo , where ^ people stand on cold formalities and ?o round about with heavy crowns of 1 ~cld on their heads. No, that is not iny idea of heaven. My idea of heaven ? in more like this: You are seated in j the evening-tide by tho fireplace, your . whole family tliorc, or nearly all of them there. Wliilo you are seated , talking and enjoying tho evening hour there is a knock at the door and tho ioor opens, and thero comes in a , brother that has been long absent. . Ho lias boon absent for years, you , nave not seen him, and no sooner do rou make up your mind tliut it is jertainly ho, than you leap up, and :he question is who shall give him tho irst embrace. That is my idea of , leaven?a crreat. limine pimlo hey aro waiting for us. Oh, will you lot know your mother's voice there 1 Uho who always callod you by your . irst name long after others ha<l given rou tho formal "mister ?" You were M lever anything but James, or John, * >r George, or Thomas, or Mary, or j Florence to her. Will you not "know "UI juiet step, who came v^^^Sc^piay f md into yonr lap, a very iliowercMHrth and beauty f "Why, , he picture is graven in your soul. It ?! annot wear out If that littlo one u iliould stand on the other side of omo heavenly hill and call to you, 'ou would hear her voice abovo tho mrst of heaven's great orchestra, ii inow it? You could not holp but ai now it. ti Now I bring you this glorious con- d< olation of future recognition. If you vi ould get this theory into your heart oi i would lift a great many shadows li nat arc stretching across it. When was a lad' I used to go out to the ulroad trhick and put my co* down n the track, and I could hcaxthe exress train rumbling miles awty, and oming on; and today, Xay fritids, if re only had faith enough. w<( could ut our car down to the grav? of our ead, and listen and hear in the diainco the rumbling on of tlte chariots f resurrection victory. 0 heaven! \veet heaven! You do not spell GAven as you used to spel .it. You sed to spell it h-e-a-v-e-n, heaven, hit now when you want to ajell that 'Old you place side by side t'ie faces f the loved oues who are goie, and 1 that mediation of .light and love, ml beauty and joy you speM it out us ever before, in songsrf?d IndUhijahs. Oh, ye whose mi. ox* the souDT t the thought of this rornion! UiT! ow much you will have tdtell then r'lien once you meet tlpiu! How inch you have been thrAigh since ou saw them last! On tie shining liore you will talk it all Dver. Tin eartaclies. The loneliness. Tin lcepless nights. The weeping unti ou had 110 more power to weep, be ause the heart was withered am lied up. Story of vacant chair, and mpty cradle, and little shoe 011I3 mlf worn out, never to be worn again ust the sliapo of the foot that onc< iressed it. And dreams when yoi bought that tlio doparted had conn mck again, and the room seemed right with their faces, and yoi tarted up to greet them, and in tin ffort the dream broke andyoufouin ourself standing amid-rooni hi tin iiidnight?alone. Talking it all ovei aid then, hand in hand, walking ui But* lxitfb in kin* liirlii anrmn ^^eS^ VP '"Heath. Oh, heaven icautiful heaven! Hci^vcn where ou: riends are. Heaven Where wo ex >cct to be. Oh, how different it ia on cartl rom the way it is in heaven when r Christian dies! Wo say "Close hii :ye?." In heaven they say, "Givi lim a palm." On earth wo say, "Lie lim down in the ground." In heav >n they say, "Raise him on a throne. )u earth it is, "Faro well, farewell, n heaven it is, "Welcome, welcome, lud so I see a Christian soul coinini lown to the river of death, and h iteps into the river, and the watc :omcs to the ankle. He says, "Lor< lesus, is this death?" "No," say lluist, "this is not death." And h vades still deeper down into the wa era until the flood comes to the kne uid ho says, "Lord Jesua, tell mc ,ell me, ia this death?" And Chris 10 wave comes to th?F' girdle d ih joul says, "Lord Josus, is this death? 'No," says Christ, "this is not." Am leeper in wades the soul till the bil ow strikes the lip, and the dcportini me cries, "Lord Jesus, is this death? 'No," says Christ, "this is not." 13u vlieu Christ has lifted that soul on i hrone of glory, and the pomp am oy of heaven came jurging to it ect, then Christ siys: "This, ol ransportod soul! T lis is death!" A WILD EI'mtMUKerii on nil Kxjirtm# llnvo n Ki iihh tIon? An Knftineer Locked In 11M11U Fire mnn'a Ariim-A Thrllllncbtory of n Hnl ltron<ltN%Hciti>? from I>enlh. Janesvili.e, Wisy Jyfl y 16.?Tin passengers on the Chicago and North had a wild ride yea tefday "while a struggle for lifo un< loath was going on between the fire man and engineer. the floor o the locomotivo cab lay Enginee Steve Hobotting, powerless in th< p*asp of a maniac. The insano man lis faco blackened hy coal dust, liii jlothing stripped from his body, ii lie lifo and death struggle,brandish h1 a wronch, which he hud clutchet :rom the engineer's tool box. Botl us arms were in the grasp of the ile (pairing man beneath him, but tin 11011 on the depot platform at Cly nan, ono of tho towns through wliicl he train passed, could see that In lad nearly freed himself, aid thai 11 another moment, unless sOnio helj hould come, tho murderous blow o he wretch would fall. Tho maniac was Fireman C. L fastings. Near Wutertowu he hai topped from tho cab to the tondei o cool off. Ho did not return, and Engineer Hototting reached bad rom his seat, pulled asido the cab urtain, and looked out. As the cur ain moved asido Hastings bounded a from tho tender and clutched the ngineor about tho nock, and threw tim headlong to the swaying fool ioard. Thero tho two strugglod at he train dashed on at a full rate ol peed. Tho engine loft without fresh fuel ms slowly losing steam, but rushed n at a rate that could mean nothing 388 than a fearful tragedy at the first witch. As tho train swopt past Clyraan without stopping tho passengers and tain crow realized tnat something ras wrong, and a party hurried forrard. Writhing and struggling mong the blocks of coal on tho ten er, they saw tho engineer and his )NH?ft.,Attttilant. Tho latter was BteDQKMMand taken to the bag* moment after iBraHP xj: ConsciotiefioflB did not return ntUieteise iL&nphad elapsed. The Qt ^oatner 1 JlgVen a^/tho cause ol is ins^pity, npf there are fears that e cannot recover. ?A special to tho Louisville Evenig Times from New Albany, Indiaa, says: The Gosportoccommodaon train on tho Menon route colliod with a freight train at Smitli11, a flag station eight miles south f Bloomington at 8:30 o'clock. Ten res aro lost. A MOONSHINE MURDER. APPARENT CLEARING UP OF THE AS- ,,r" SASSINATION OF BEN ROSS I.lttlelilll" Honurd Muk?>? a Confcsftloii? 11 In foutdntlio Mini Who Flrod Hie Kntnl Hpj Shot?Rom Killed for Tr?j*non to Itlock- j U<,Crt- HPf (Greenville News.) The mystery surrounded the kil- ] ling of Bon ltoss, in February, 18NH, tin has at last been cleared up by the . 8111 confession of William L. Howard, ju, who was arrested last week charged iiV( with the murder and is now in jail, set i Ben Ross, the murdered man, was a moonshiner and was a member of ('e ^ ^v^rld.^tt'is not^toaWTtt^whettier a '' i regular organization exists, but it is w ' known that it is next to impossible ) to convict tuiyone arrested for reve- J36 l nue offenses, and that a criminal can "a ; hide from the oflicers for years in the m< ir i rni.- f..i. _r _ nn ; iui HI 111?1111 JLIIU lllto OI II 1 traitor is death and this is so well n11 - known that not a mnu dares to coml juunieate with a revenue ofliccr, and th I if once seen talking to one he is un- ^ r der the ban of suspicion forever. 11 i , Every stranger entering the county ^li ) is a suspect and he had better quick- P? i ly prove himself not a revenue officer > or a detective. The sheriff and oth- "c 1 er county officers are received with be i hospitality and the people have often ,n< i assisted Sheriff Gilreath in making 11,1 I arrests for offenses against State law. 'le i On the most serious charges the man Ctt l' wanted has been known to come to co J the sheriff and surrender, and if there bT , were others implicated, the arrested nc ! man would go out and bring them in. r A revenue officer is most bitterly ha- sij - ted, and the people consider that the th making and selling of whiskey is a it i privilege that the United States gov- m i eminent has no right to interfere wi s with. They resort to any desperate w< d measures to protect themselves. ra t On the day when Ben Itoss was yn '- killed he had been to the city as a " ttriftincfi a rnwiViUai ?wif*\wi in " Commissioner Hawthorne. There in " were a number of people from the hi g same section in tlio commissioner's fo e office. Some of them heard Ben ltoss pi r say that he was getting tired of the pi 1 old ring and if things did not go bet- lit s tor he intended to break it up by tel- w 0 ling the wholo thing to tlio revenue w e shot throuph a window. Several ar- T rests were made, but it was impossi- t< 1 ble to unravel tho mystery, and all tl - those arrests were dismissed at the ? preliminary hearings. "Little Bill" Howard's confession t was made freely and voluntarily a d a few days ago and was written down. 1 He was advised not to make it, but s said he kuew what the consequnces H a would be. Howard confesses that 1U he was present when Boss was kil- t>( led and that "William M. Howard, f0 alias "Big Bill" Howard, a first in cousin, was tho murderer. He says tl that "Big Bill" spoke to him a dozen xu times about killing Boss and that he refused to have anything to do with th r it. "Big Bill" told him tlmt if he did not go along with him ho would w Q kill him (Howard.) "Big Bill" had a it double-barfelled shot gun and wan- tli _ ted him to take a weapon, but he re- fti I fused. They went to Ross's house, t) H and "Big Bill'' went up on the piazza 0i f while "Little Bill" stood near by. r After the shooting the two men walk- th D od about a hundred yards and then to separated, "Big Bill" going home th 3 and "Littlo Bill" to the house of Mr. th 1 Moon. As the two men walked away from Boss' house "Big Bill" ji( I said to his companion that he thought ai; x he "got him that time." w< Deputy Marshal Fisher has been or 3 working up the case. "Big Bill" tli Howard is hiding in the neighbor! hood of his home and could not be rta , found by Sheriff Gil rent h on Sunday. Kfi k It is said, however, ho will surreu- w] } der- as f A. Wonderful Stone. IU| od Kingston, On., July 14.?Mr. John j McCraney, living near here, has found . a most wonderful stone. While u, I plowing on a sandbar in the Etowah m( , river, he saw something shining jr< ' with the most brilliant of lights just ^i to one sido of him. Ho stopped his yt] I plow and went to pick it up. It-was ju , a cloar white stone, tho size of an ftn , egg, reflecting in one way all the col- ?e , ors of tho rainbow. Turning it over . the colors took on tho character of a W] f spirit lovel, following each other up jn through the centro of the rock till all 01] were gatherod in one end. Mr. Mc[ Craney has been offered $1,000 for it , but refused it. He will take it to ! Atlanta to have it tested. It may be (]n a diamond. It emits a perfectly fir wlnto light in tho dark. oi< m m ou What CongrcsH Hah I>ono. ^ The present Congress caunot bo 0jcharged with not having done any- Hft| thing. It has done much. Much Cll that will have to bo undone, and ^j1( much that the pooplo will have cause pjj Iii??t' ill,i>}8 'l<n'l"'''1 t(l '1'' 11,1 " rSSHW^RdSTvTrs and1 the' wisdom of 100 years of statesman, ship. It has done too much. The |)0 people should give it an etornal rest, nn if they are ever again permitted to go y ] to the polls and vote.?Cincinnati Enquirer. . tet ?During a marriage ceremony cently in a church at Christiansourg, Va.. a goat deliberately walked n. fa< and interrupted tho ceremony by giv- inj ing the groom a grand send-off wiVte. Wf his head. Tho brido fled to tho pulpit fioi for safety. Wc WOMEN LAID BRUIN OUTivc PiK'it ?f Two MoIuh lUver Matrons? Itolh Unhurt; /anceboiio, Mo., July 17.?There is 11 a little of the old time pioneer rit to be found among the women the present day who live in the irsely settled regions in this sccn. It has cropped out no more plainly ui in a thrilling incident at Molus ver, a provincial town, a few nights ice, in which two women were the roines. Roderick MeDonald, who os in ono of the remote parts of tho .tlement, was absent from home, ,ving his wife and sister as the solo fenders of his household, and most ities, were suddenly attracted Uy a llowing MMng the cattle yi the rnyartT. Tmoy listened fftr'a mo nt and were convinced that tho iscs were those of teiror among the imals. Without the slightest hesitation e women armed themselves with e only weapons at hand, an axe and pitchfork, and sallied forth to meet e foe. and a most formidable on went tlioy found. Only a few steps had been taken fore they saw an enormous black ar, who stood aggressively awaitg them. At either side of hiui lay i ox, which had fallen under his avy blows, while the rest of the ttlc were huddled closely in one ruer of the yard, hollowing pitcousin their fright. The women lost > time. .. . . Mrs. McDonald, excited at the gilt of tho dead animals, rushed at e bear with a pitchfork and thrust deep iuto his neck. A roar of ingled anger and pain followed, and itlia sweep of his paw he struck the fupon from her hands and sent it ttling on the other side of the Lid. The other woman had not been idli the meantime, and as the bcai ade this movement she struck at m with an axe, disabling one of lib rolegs, Mrs. McDonald ran for lici tchfork, recovered it, and the twe ucky women then went at brum with immer and tongs. ^Mrs^Md|^^al<i 3lxo battle was abort and sharp ja the bear was dead in a few mo pnta. Ho was vera large and old 'he women had their elothei. badl )rn, but beyond a few scratches an le fright, suffered no injury. HIS DYING CONFESSION. ick niiwe's-StntemCiit About . Ktlllnjr Hi Wife And I>aujfl?t?r. The written confession of Did awes, the notorious wife niul chih urderer, will never bo published ii >ok form, as was expected. Th< llowing details, which are containct tho confession, clear up some o: io mysteries of the crime, aiul art >w made public for the first time. Hawes states in tho confessior lat he did not contemplate the inur jrs until Friday night before tliej ere committed on Saturday .night was then his wife refused to loavt ie citj% as she had promised to do id the 'plan of putting her out oi ic way for good was quickly decided 1. Detectives have hunted in vain foi to conveyance Hawes was supposed i have used to remove her body tc ie lake, and his confession clears uj at part of the mystery. His wife id children were induced to drink luor until both were intoxicated, id then, under some pretext, they ore taken to the lake and murdered i the banks, and their bodies were rown in. They were not killed at the house, it has always been supposed. Ht -ni ;-T? < j o i/nv mgiu nuniiui. x1 umiuu .orynnt, jo was convicted as his accomplice, sisted him from beginning to end, d when the bloody work was finish I, they swore a terrible oath nevei betray each othor's secret. The confesfion admits that Fanny yant told tho truth in her tostiony that Hawcs took little May jm her house 011 Monday night, ay would have been murdered 011 iturda v night, but they could not duce h jr to drink the liquor, and i >lan had to be adopted to t rid of her. In concluding the confession Hawos rote that he fully deserved tke late store for him, and he wanted no 10 else to die for his crime. A Dangerous Trick. Colitmuia, S. C., July 14.?On Sun,y night a party of young negroes iding John Itobinson, a fifteen year I boy, asleopon a bridge near tho tskirts of the city, they determined play a trick on him. A quantity heavy paper was procured and turatod with kerosene oil, and se rely tied around the naked legs of 3 sleeper. A light was then aped. The boy sprang up and the mes ran his legs. ^ He screamed * asrtffttlince, and ft'wKlto man liv; near by, with his hands, tore the irning paper and clothing off. The y is very dangorously injured, d his rescuer had his hands serious homed. ?Two freight cars loaded with sixMi tons of powder exploded at jig's Mills, O., Tuesday afternoon, using the explosion of the cartridge ;tory, which sot fire to thoi rrroundj buildings, about ten of which ire destroyed, and killing six perns and wounding twonty men and imon. DEATH FLEW FAST, SUDOEN AND AWFUL STORM ON A WISCONSIN LAKEA Stnilmer Overtaken anil Cap?l*e?l?Men, Women ami Children Thrown StrujcjcUnic j Into Ilnglng Water?Awful Scene* of the Tempest ? Rescuing I'artle* at Work. Lake City, Minn., July 1G.?Sunday night just before dark a disastrous cyclone bore down upon this community, and in a few minutes nearly two hundred people were killed. What appeared to be an ordinary electric storm was noticed coming from tho west, but in half an hour the whole heavens were convortod rifio wind struck the village, driving every one in doors. Trees wore uprooted, buildings wrecked and much damage done in the short time tho storm lasted. In a few moments news was abroad that an excursion boat with over two hundred people on it was capsized in the middle of Lake Peppin. The boat was tho steamer "Zawing," which came dowu from the Lake Diamond Bluff, a small place about seventeen miles n/xidli r\f lwn*n r\n mi nvonvciAii in 4 lw? : encampment of the First Regiment of National Guards, which is being held a mile below the city. i The steamer started back on the homeward trip about eight o'elock and although there were signs of an approaching storm it was not considered in any way serious and no danger was anticipated. The boat was crowded to its fullest capacity, about 150 men, women and children from Red Wing and Diamond Bluff being 011 board and about lifty people on a barge which was at tached , to the side of the steamer. When about opposite Lake City the bout , began to feel the effects of the storm but the officers kept 011 their way. . The storm increased as the boat con. tinued up the lake and 111 fifteen luinl utes was at its height. Nearing Cen. tral Point, about two miles above . Lake City the steamer was at the , } mercy of the waves which w?rc wash- ** ing over thp boat, and all was can- ,, * p fusion. The boat momentarily fan 1 on a bar and the barge wa^eufcTObse : and the steamer again se!t adrift into ' the like. 1 A bitirijjef 'jumped overboaifLint} swam ashorev A^tb* barge ' floated again int6'-defp water those k on -th^.borgv say the stoamor as it { -hehdee#ly out/into the rtTistthr^ 11 Iwn'iMwiffrni n?mipi ni?pi .aid y being'.' tossed about on xfegtHf d waters were hoxri$*a. ? _ > steamer capsized and its corgdoTlSO^ peoplo tbrowa into the ioke. "r The barge remained *here until - .. they were drifted near shore. '*tn ? M swam ashore. There wei.. Hof ladies who were brought to the ? beach by strqttg and ready swimmers. I As soon us the srfboim struck the j boat Captain Weathem gave instruc3 tions to run the boat mto the Wisj eonsin shore, but it was too late, f The waves were too strong to permit , the working of the rudder. After the barge was cut away it was carried to t the middle of the lake and boats were lowered by the crew and the r more cool headed passengers were devoted to preparations for the worst. A dozen or more secured the few life preservers that were to bo found [ and jumped into the water, preferring ^ to take their ehances. In five minutes more the waves began to wash . into the bout and fill the lower decks j while hailstones as large as hen's j eggs came down upon the heads of t the people, while n huge wave struck , the craft on the side at the same ! moment that a terrific blast of wind, more horribly forcible than the ! others, came up and carried the boat [ over. All of the people 011 board, 150 or more, wore thrown into the water, some being caught underneath and , others thrown into the water. The boat turned bottom upwards, and only about twenty-live oeople were observed lloating 011 ,?e surface. These caught hold of the upturned . bottom, those first securing a position assisting others. I11 fifteen miur utes more twenty-five or thirty who had obtained safety 011 tlio boat could observe no others. After the crew and passengors had made a thorough search in the immediate vicinity of the boat they bej gau a more extensive search. Afterward, however, as a Hash of lightning lighted the surface of the lake,by the . brilliant light the dress of a drown' ing 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 anil in a half hour lights wero observed Hitting about on tho shore near where the steamer had been drifted before help could reach it. Tho poor creatures who remained to tell tho horrors of the night were again compelled to suffer further horrors of the elements. A hail storm burst with no word of warning, and as they wero just boginning to hope that thoy would be taken off by the citizensof Lake City, thfc boht again turned over, this time on its sido and all of the twenty-five passongers were hurled into the water and ilrownod beforo they could be brought to the boat by those who succeeded in remainincr nfloaf end holding on the ship's side. It Requires a Head. A.: "Preaching don't require much head work." B.: "That's what I thought until I read in a paper the other day that a colored preacher had conquered a stubborn mule by butting him."