The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 11, 1893, Image 4
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M
OR. TALMAGE delivers a DISCOURSE j
Of REMINISCENCE. *
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It In Appropriate So??en?e? to Conte*^
plate tbe JPa?oraiua <rf o?r'Ltv?? la ? f
Spiilt of Gratitude to Cod for
H'? &ie?elD??.
Brooklyn, Aag. 6. ? Rev Dr Tal
raage has chosen as the topic for to-*
day a panorama of reminiscences ap
propriate to the season,^ the text se
lected being Paalm xxxii^/' While
I was moaing the fire burned. ,
Here ? David, the- psalmist, with
*wthe forefinger of his right hand against
his temple, the door shut against thfc
world, engaged in contemplation. And
it would be well for as to take the
mttae posture often, closing the door
against the world, while we sit down
in sweet solitode to contemplate.
In a small istind off the coast I
once ga&ed a Sabbath in delightful
solitude, :&r I had resolved that I
/ would have one day of entire quiet
before I entered upon au to anal work.
I thought to have spent the day in
^ * laying out plans for Christian wo*k,
but instead of that it became a day of
tender reminiscence. I reviewed my
pastorate. I shook hands with an old
departed friend, whom I shall greet
again when the curtains of lite are
lifted. T^The days of my boyhood
came back, and I was 10 yearf os age,
4ed I was 8r and I was 5. There was
but one house on the island, and yet
from Sabbath daybreak, when the bird
? chant woke me, until the evening
melted into the bay, from shore to
shore there were ten thousand mem
ories, and the groves were a hum
with voices that had long ago ceased.
ANTICIPATIONS OF YOUTB.
i Youthjsapt too much to spend all
its time in looking forward. Old age
\ is apt tele much to spend all of its
time in looking backward. People in
midlife and. on the apex look both
ways. - 1^ would be well for us, I
; think, however, to spend more time in
reminiscence. By the constitution of
S." oar nature we spend most of the time
looking forward. And the vast ma
jority of the people live not so much
in taev present as in the future. I
. find that you mean to make -a reputa
tion, you mean to establish yourself,
and the advantages that you expect
' : Ho achieve absorb a great deal of yqpr
tkne. But I see no harm in this jf it
9 ' does not make you discontented #ith
the present or disqualify you for ex
isting doties. *
It is a. useful thing sometimes to
look back and to see the dangers we
have escaped , and to, see the
^ we have suffered, and the trigfls and
^^^ws^deringa of our earthly pilgrimage,
and to sum up our. enjoyments. I
mean today,. so far as God may help
me, to stir up year memory of the
r? so that in the review you may
encouraged and humbled tad
'j - urged to pray* I '
There is a chapel in Florence joth
a fr<isco by Guido. It was covered up
"* with two inches of stucco until our
American and European artists went
there and after long toil removed the
covering and retraced^ the fresco.
And I am aware that the\ memory of
is covered
% up with ten thoasanS obliterations,
and I propose this morning^ so ^ar as
the Lord may help me, I to take
away the covering that the |eld pic
' tare may shine out again, j
I want to bind in one sh&f all your
past advantages, andVi want to
bind in another sHeaf all your
P** adversities. It is a precious
harvest, and I must be cautious how I
-i HOME INFLUENCES. ;
t - ? * * ^ ' a
4mong the greatest advantages of
your past lift was an early home and
its aarroundiags. The bad men of the
day, for the most part, dip their heated
passions out of the boiling spring of
ta unhappy home. Wears not' sur
prised that Byron's heart was a conse
cration of sin when we hear his moth
er was abandoned, and that she made
sport of his infirmity and often called
him "the lame brat" He who has
vicious parents has to fight every inch
of his way if he would maintain his
integrity and fct last reach the home of
the good in heaven. N b
Perhaps your early hbme was in
theeity. It may haye been in the
day? when Canal street, New York,
was far up town. That old house in
the city may have been demolished or
changed 'into stores, an^ it seemed
like sacrilege to you, for there was
more meaning in that plain house, in
that sa^all house, than there is in ar
"'j* gsanite mansion or a tarreted cathe
.? ffral. Looking'" tack this morning,
yoa see it as though it were yesterday
? ihe sitting rooift, where the loved
ones sat by the plain lamplight, the
mother at the evening stand, the
t: brothers and sisters ? perhaps long ago
gathered into the skies ? then plotting
mischief on the Boor or under the
# table; your father, with a firm -voice,
commnpdipg silence that lasted half a
I minut^jj
f ' Ok, those were good days! If y#u
had yonr foot hurt, yoqr mother ai
I - * ways had a soothing salved to beal it.
If yon were wronged in the street,
.your father always ready to pro
tect yojv- The year was one round of
frpHtf and -mirth. Your greatest
I^troohSe was an April shower, more
^ sunshine thaa shoWer. The heart had
'0M not been ransacked by trouble^ nor
had sickness broken in, and no 1 lamb
<, had n warmer sheepfold than the home
' in which yonr
Perhaps you were brought up in the
coonlry. You stand now today in
mmory under the old tree. You
clubbed it for fruit that was not quite
ripe, because you coujd not' wait aiy
jooger. You hear the brook rambling
along the pefcbke. Yoa step again in
to the furrow where jnpor lather in his
shirt sleeves shouted to the lazy oxen.
Yoa frighten the swallows from the
rafters of the barn and take just; "one j
i silence yoqr conscience by
they will not miss it You
drink again oat of the j very
et that the old well fetched1 op.
,, go for the cows at night audi %ii
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them wagging their heads through the
bare. Ofttimes in the dusty and; buiy \
streets yoojriah you were home a&n
on that cool grass, or in the hall oftbe I
fermhouse, through which there Was'
tne breath of new mown hay or the'
blossom of buckwheat. ? \
Yo? may have in your windows now
beautiful plants and flowers brought
from across the sea, but not one ofl
them stirs in your sool so much charm
and memory as the old ivy and the
yellow sunflower that stood sentinel
along the garden walk and the for
getmenots playing hide and seek mid
the long^graas. - The father who used
to come in sunburned from the fields
aEdjjit down on the doorsill and wipe
the sweat from his bi?w may have
gone to hW> everlasting rest. The
mother who used to sit at the door a ^
little bent oyer, cap and spectacles on
her face, mellowing with the vi
cwBrtudes of many years, may have pat
down her gray head on the pillow in
valley, forget that home you
never will
ABE YOU GSATEFUL? t
Have you thanked God for it? I
fHave you rehearsed all these iiblesaed
reminiscences? Oh, thank God ifor a|
CWaa father. Thank God &r a'
^OT^aa motljer. Thank God for an
earlyCbnjtian alter at which you were
kneel Thaok ;God|for an
earqr Christian heme. I bring to mind
e- i ae ?ay came when you set up
your own Jhousehold. j Hie | : ' data
Phased* along in quiet blessedness.
You twain sat at the table morning
and night and talked over your plans
for the future. The most insignificant
affair in your life became the subjeet
of mutual consultation, and advise
ment \ ou were so happy yon felt
you never could be any happier. i *
One day a dark cloud hovered over
your dwelling, and it got darker and
<?rker. But out of thai: ctiM'Uhe
amnmg messenger of God descended
to incarnate an immortal spirit Two
little feet started on an eternal journey,
and yoa were to lead them. A gem
to flash in heaven's coronet- and you
to polish it, eternal ages of fight and
da^nese watching, the Mailing out of
a aewly created being.
\ on rejoiced and you trembled at
the responsibility that in your posses*
mou an immortal treasure was placed,
i ou prayed and rejoiced and wept and
wondered; yoa were earnest in suppjfc
<*?? thirt yoa might lead iMhS&gh
life into the kingdom of God. There
was a tremor in your earnestness ; there
was a double interest aboat that home;
tiere was an additional interest why
yoa should stay there aad be &itUbjL
and when in a few months yoar house
was filled with the music of the child's
laughter joa were struck through
wrth the iact that yon had * stupen
dous mission. . npHj j
0 Have yoa kept thai vow? Bam
yoa neglected any.of these duties? Is
your home as much to you as it used
grajfied?. God help yoa . today in
yoar solemn reminescenee.and let! his
mercy i01 upon roar sool if your kind
ness has- been ill reqaited. Godhave
mercy on the-paienvon the wrinkles
1 laSS".** j? story of a i
s 8m. God have mercy on the !
mother who in addition to her other
pangs ha* . the pang, of a child's
unswty. Oh, .there are many, many
aad sounds in this ssd world, 6<tt the*
aridest sound that is ever heard is the
breaking of a mothers : heart' rjAjnf
er? any here who remember that in
that home they were anfluthful? Are
there those who wandered off from
that early home and left- the mother i
to d^^jth a broken heart?" Oh, *
?ir thSt^minispence today.
KEPEUfT^LNCE. '
I nnd another point in your life
history. ^ 0u found one day you wer?
in ?? wrong road; you could not sleep
**mght There was* just one word
ing house, or through y ggkt office, orj
your shop, or your bedroom, and that
word was "eternity." You said: "I am
not readv for it O God, have mercy"'
The Lord heard. Peace came to yoaf
heart Yoa remember how. your
hand trembled as you took the cup cd
the holy commuitipn. Yoa remember
th$ old minister who consecrated it,
and you remember the church officials
who carried it through, the aisle. You
remember the old people who & the
close of the service took your hand in
their in congratulating sympathy, a*
much aft to say, "Welcome home, you j
lost prodigal," and thoagkthose hands
have & withered away that commun
ion Sabbath is resurrected today; it is
resurrected with ill its prayers and j
songs and tears and sermons and
transfiguration. Have you, kept those
vows? Have you been a backslider?
God help yoa. This day kneel at the
foot of mercy and start again for
heaven. . Start today as you started
then. I rouse your soul by that remi
niscence.
But I must not spend any more of j
my time in going over the advantages
of your life- I just j^t them all in
one great rbind them up
in yoar'tuemorf with ope load bar
song, such as leapers : nng.
Praise the Lord, ye-Alood bought
mortals on earth! -Praise the Lord, ye
crowned spirits of heaven!
But some of you have not always had
a smooth life. Some of yoa are now
in the shadows. Others had their
troubles years ago ? you are a' mere
wi&ck of what yoa once were. I
must gather up the sorrows of your
pa* life, but how shall I*do it? You
say that is impossible, a? you have had
so many troubles ifnd adversities.
Then I will just ta&rtw6, the fiirst
trouble and the last trouble.
As when yea are watttmg along the
street and there has been music in the
distance you unconsciously find your
selves keeping step to the music, so
when you started life your
very life was a, mfsical
timebeat The air was foil of jo? and
hilarity. With the bright clear oar
yeu made the boat skip. You went
on, and life grew brighter, until, after
awhile, suddenly a voice from heaven
said, JJIkltr and you halted. You
grew palie. Yon confronted your first
sorrow. You had no idea that the
flush on yoar child's cheek was an un
healthy nuqji. You said it cannot be
anything serious. Death in slippered
ieet walked rouad shout, the crad^ |
Yoa did not hegr the fread , but after
awhile the truth flashed on yoa.
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You walked the floor. Oh, if you
cou d, with your strong, stoat hand,
have wrenched the child from the de
stroyer. # ?
You went to your room, and you
save
my
sai<L j "God,
Ged-^save
my ' child!
childr ! The
world seemed goiog out in da/kneas.
You Mid, UI cannot bear it, 1 cannot
You felt as if you could not
bear it"
put the lashes over the bright; eyes,
never to see them again sparkle.
Oh, if you could have taken that little
one in your armsand with it leaped ,
in to the grave, how gladly you would5]
have done it?
your property
you
Oh, il
go,
go,
land
you
your
and
could let
houses
t_ your
storehouse 'go, how gladly you would
have allowed them to depart if you
cou:!d only have kept that one treas
ure! ' ! ! :1-;P ? i: 1
? ? .. i t H|. :
LIGHT IK DARKNESS.
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Jfclt one day there arose from the
heavens a chill blast that .swept i over
the bedroom, and ibstamly all the
light went out, and there wasdarknesB
? ihick^jnarky, impenetrable, shud
dering darkness. But God did not
leave you there. Mercy spoke.
As you were about to put that cup to
your fipis God said, "Let it pass,'f and
forthwith, as by the hand i>f aegels,
another cup was put into your Hands.
It was the cup at' God's consolation.
And as you have sometimes
bead of a wounded soldier and
wine into his lips, so God puts
arm under your head, and i
right hand he pours into your
wine of his comfort and his
tion, and you jooked into the empty
cradle and looked alt your
heart, and you looked at the
chastisement, and you said, 4^1
Father, for it aeemeth
sight"
Ah, it is your first trouble,
did you get over it? God ??
you. You hsfitebeen a better
since. Yon have been a 1)_
man ever since. In the jar
closing gate of the sepulcheryou
the clanging of the opening
j heaven, and you felt an ir
drawing;; heavenward, j ;You
been purer and holier ot heart
tiie last time put its
'mi ' ? . ' 1 : k i . I
your neck and said:
arms
"Good
around
night,
inrheavsn;' w
mama. Meed , me
isorrow,
u. ' t ?.
was
PjY
down to your
was it? Per
The child'
on the stair or the tick of the
stand disturbs vou.
Counted th% figures in
the flowers in the wall
weary
the
days
carpe*
paper
Irl ? ~L "i 'rr i r"i ?
the weariness and exhaustion!
the burning^ pangs! Would Goj&
were morning, would God it fere
iug^t,1^ere your freqaent cry. |Bht
you aiie better perhaps even ^ell.
'Have you thanked God that today
you
Oh,
Ob,
ft
can come
yon are
Jb praise and
helptfcnd to ask
Bless tin
diseases and redeemeth
from destruction.
~ ' psyoar last so
embarrassment.
some of you. jon jour
? man or occupation, on
pare!, oi^a commodious
evferyfiring you pot your 4and
seems twtiurn to gold. But totare ?
others of you who are like the t lipjon
which Paul sailed Where two sei b met,
and you are broken Bythe viol nee of
the waves. By an junadviaed ii dotse
ment, or by a conjunction of w?^re
eeen events, or by tire or storm, orSa
have been flung*
?wb^re you once Jis-;
pensed great charities now you have
nard work to make; the iwo ends meet
oigottiento thank God
^fryourda^rs ofjjfrtMperity. and that
ifaiougb your trials some of you hajve
made investments which will continue
after the Ja& bank of this world lias
exploded and the ailvrf and gold are
molten in fires of a* burning world?
Have yon, amid allyour losses and
discouragements, forgot that there was
bread on your table this mdtrning, and
that there shall be a shelter for your
bead froth the storm, and there is air
lor your lungs, and blood for ' your
heart, and light for your eye, aud a
glad and gjorious and triumphant re
ligion for your soul?
: BEREAVEMENT.
f- It- i ? !
out in the fresh lair;
.. j in jipia1 place i to
God's name and to Mag
to implore Giod's
, ; . Goifsi foigiveness?
Bless the Lord who healeth all Jpur
our lives
sshddbood;
al heart 'i
Perhaps your list* trouble was a
at That heart which in
was your jrefuge, the parent
. heart, and which has been a source
tftheqmckeet sympathy ever sinee,
has suddenly become silent forever.
And now sometimes; whenever in sud
den annoyance and without delibera-.
tion you - a^r? "I will go and tell
mother," ihe thought flashes on you,
1*1 have no mother j"* Or the iatber,
with voice less tender, but at heart ate
earnest saod loving? watchful of all
your wayBy exultant over your success
without saying much, although the
old^ people do talk it over by tbenj
selves ? ia> liken away forever.
; Or there was ytoir companion in
liie^ sharer of your j4js and sorrows,
taken, leaving the bnrt an old ruin,
where the 411 winds bpow over a wide
wildernesa of desolation, the sands of
th^ desert driving i across the place
tbeK garden
mourns for
of.Machpelah.
wf ich once bloomed
of. God. . |And
Sarah ai^lhe . ? |H
Going along yonr path in life sudden
ly right before y?u was an open grave.
People looked down.and they saw
it waff only a. few feet deep antra few
feet wide, but to you It was a chasm
down which went all yonr hopes and
all yiour expectations.
Bat cheer up in the name of the
;:tfeM?rter: i
Lord
arnp?
better
Lord Jesus Christ,
is not going to forsake yon. Did i
r 1 take that chSld out of your
Why, he is going to shelter it
tha$ yori could. He is going"
to array itjn a white -robe aod give it
a palm btaneh and have h all ready
to ereet "you: at your coming home.
b?t>ken heart that Jesus
the> importunate cry
Jesust compassionates. Blessed
weeping eye from which the soft
hand o? Jesus wipes away the tear.
Some years ago I was sailing down
the St John river, which is the Rhinej
and the Hudson commingled in ob4
scene of beapty and grandeur, and
greet
Blessed the
heals.
that
the
wKpMli
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while I was on tbe decl
a gentlemafr jxHiited out to
places of interest, and be.
this is interval land, and it is I
land, in all tbe provinces of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia."
- "What," said I, "do jiu mean by
interval land?" '?'Welt," be said, "this
laud is submerged tor a part of tj^e
year. Spring freshets come down,
and all these plains are overflowed
with the water, and the water leavps
a rich deposit, and when the waters
are gooertbe.barvest^priiigs up, and
there is the grandest harvest that was
/ever reaped" And I instantly thought,
"It is not the heights of the church
and it is not the heights of this world
t^at are the scene* of the greatest
prosperity, but tbe soul over which
the floods of sorrow have gone, the
soul over which the freshets of tribu
lation have torn their" way, that yields
the greatest fruits of righteousness,
and the largest harvest for time, apd
the richest harvest for eternity." Bless
God thsft?your soul is interval laud. 1
TIlB FINAL REMIN3BCNNCK.
But these reminiscences reach only
to thiff morning. There is one more
point of tremendous reminiscence, and
that is last hour of life, wbeu we have
to over all our past existence.
Whir* moment that will be! I pTaoe
Napoleon's dying reminiscence on ?t.
Helena beside Mri-' Judsop's dyihg
reminiscence in -the harbor of St.
Helena,, the , same i island, 20yeare
liter. Napoleon's dying reminiscence
was one of delirium as he exclaimed,
"Head of the army!" Mrs. Judson's
reminiscence, as she icsme borne from
her missionary toll and her liJe of ^lf
sacrifice for God, jn the cabin
of tbe ship in the harbor of St Helena,
was, "I always did love ibe Lord
Jesus Christ" And theu the historian
says she foil into a sound Bleep for an
hour and woke amid the songs of
l.Mgek ~r &
I place tbe dying reminiscence of
igustts Caessf against the dving
niniscence of the Apostle raul,
dying reminiscence of Augustas
" was, addressing his attendants,
? I played my part well; on the
stage W lifef1 and they answered in
the affirmative, and he said, ''Why*
then, don't you applaud me?" The
dying reminiscence of Paul the
Apostle was: "I haije fought * good
fight. I have finished my course. 1!
have kept the faith. Henceforth there
is laid op for me a crown of righteous
ness which tbe Jityrd, tbe righteous
Judge, will give me in that day, and
not to me only, but to alP them that;
love bis tq>pearing." 1 I.
Augustus Caesar died amid pomp!
["?and great surroundings. Paul utter
ed his dying reminiscence looking up
through, tbe roof df'si dungeon. God
grant tha^ our dying pillow may be
the closing oif a useful life and tbe
openingof a glorious eternity.
SHOT AND KILLED IN THE PULP^f.
A North Carolina PreiclLr Meats His End
Thus In California.
Gastohia, Aug. 1 4 ? Distressing
tidings have just reached hereof 'the
tragic death in California ef Kev. E.
P. Jones, pastor of tbe Gastcmia Bap
tist (^hurch. A member of ins con
gregation, visiting in the ,, mountains,
Writes that on Friday :a telegram went
to Mrs. Jones at Boone bearing "|he
shocking intelligence that her husband
was shot and killed inl bis pulpit |in
Dixon, ?kL, last Sunday. No
pellicular* are known. ,;j
Mr. Jones was called to tbe pastorate
of the Gastonia church last spring.
Having a trip to California in vie^, be
came by Gastonia, preaching twice ' on
Sunday, May I4^ccepted tbe call quid
on Monday resumed, bis journey, in
tending on his return in September to
l:. ax? - -i . if f* .. .
move his family here from their
Watauga home and euter actively up
fcn tbe work of bis new field. '
i This totally unexpected report of a
tragedy so utterly inexplicable: fells
like a thunderbolt upon his congrega
tion here and friends everywhere, and
[. would, dot of sheer reluctance of be
lief, be discredited hut for its direct
ness and apparent reliability. *
The letters Mr Jones wrote htune
both to tbe papers and to bis friends
deplored the gambling, drinkiug,
racing, Sabbath desecration and oiher
popular forms of sin witnessed by faim
on every .hand; but while the* indi
cated that be was not enamored of
high life in California, still be seemed
to enjoy especially preaching the Gos
pel as he knew iL *
But he was a man oi force, of great
natural tenderness, of fervent spirit
ualmindedness, and not a man of vio
lent or intemperate Bpeech. Over
most men and many preachers he pos
sessed one advantage? he had re
ligion. As a servant of the Jtfeet
High be was fearless. If be felt God
calling him to rebuke ppen sin and
warn the perpetrators of it, be obeyed
tbe call with the loyalty of ^heaven
born seal.
If it is true that Bev JL F- Jones
was -shot and killed in bis pulpif, he
was slain while doing bis* duty, not
Itashty but in tbe fear ojf God an<j the
love of man. ? Charlotte Observer.
THE SILVER SITUATION.
Shortage In tKe Treasury Purchase*. A
Discussion tn Congress Probable,
W abhi n?3T0K, July 31.? Fo# the
first . time since the passage of the
Sherman law tbe Treasury this iqonth
tailed to buy the foil quota^of 4 ?00,
000 ounces of silver. The total pur
chase for tbe month was 2,384,000
ounces, leaving a shortage of 2,1 16,000
ounces. TbB amount purchased today
was 216,000 ounces, at tbe counter
figures of .7030 perjwince.
The Populist members of Congress
from Colorado, peace and Bell, wjye
at tbe Treasury to^y, and bad ^-'in
terview with Secretary Carlisle and
ActingDirector Freston. They were
in MrT'^reston's room at the tim$ be
rejected all offers and made the coun
ter offer of . .7030 dents _ an ounce.
Both of them were much concerned
about what they claimed was an effort
of tbe Treasury Department to "bear"
the price of silver in the markets of
the world. a*,
The silver men indicate a purpose
to precipitate a silver discussion on the
first working day of the extra -session
of Congress j a resolution of inquiry
as to whether or not the Secrets
Treasory has tot* xceeded bisaul
m refusing to purchase 4,/
ounces of silver in July, as prol
by the SheriE|}a law.
4 TERRIBLE CASUALTY.
A .PLEASANT pARTY TURNSD. INTO
oUe of sorrow.
o . '
A. Tacht Goes Down in tbe Dark With
Twehty-nine on Hoard ? Ban into an
?! Old Pier ? Kight of
Drowned Were Women. -
| | Tkoy, N. Y.,^i&)g. 4. ? About 9
o'clock last mgi^fa pleasure party
while going to a distance at the lower
end1 of Lake George met with a terri
ble ' casualty The steam yacht
Rachel, which is owned by D. W.
Sherman, proprietor ofthe Pgal Rock
^Pft&te, Lake George, waa conveying
tweity-niue people up tbe lake.
Tbe little vessel was turned toward
the Due Hundred Mile Island House,
and was gliding toward tbe landing
when the passengers were thrown for
murd by a sodden shock. In the
darl tbe vesspl had run ifyon a sunk
en pier, and before assistance arrived
from tbe shore it sank with all on
hoafld. It was only a few moments
?fter *be shock when tbe yac&t m
reened to one side and went down in
eighteen feet of water.
.When all in sight had reached the
shore, it was learned that nine persons,
all women except a youth of 19, had
su> k to watery gijavfo After strenu
ous efforts tbe bodteawere brought to
tbe surface. "
Those wh<\lost their lives reside in
Troy, Brooklyn, Hobokeu and War
ren burg. The keeper of the One
Hundred Mile Is'and House was act
ing pilot when tbe boat struck.
The following is a correct list of the
drowned: Mi* Hattie Hall, Brook
lyn; Bertha Benedict*. Montclair, N.
J.; Miss Edith Haftiing, Hoboken;
Miss H. M. Burton, Jersey City; J.
H. Mitchell, F. C. Mitchell, Lizzie
Corley, Clara Black, Burlingtou; biz
vA Clark, Bridgeport.
ALGEHfNE PIRATtb.
? Strang* Oomm?nltjr-How a Trafrfw
Wlto Bobbed.
A CUrious experience in th<^far Pa
Piflc waters was related the other da*
by, am old traveler, says the San Fran
cisco Examiner. v ;
"In July 1 left Manilla, where 1 had
united some butfness with pleasure,
a-id took a 1st of rpearls, shells, rose
wood, abwca/or iUnQlj hemp, and
osher things with nie> he said, ,*to the
}Bland of Solorf, Borneo. I had pqnsid
wabJi cash With me, too^aqd 1 figured
on Itebelng a highly profitable as well
aa enjoyable trip.
"Ndw, you may not know it, but this
island, which is ruled by a sultan, has J
| for its population the most curious peo
ple toj be found anywhere. They are
pfthej Mongolian race and are known
by the general term Algerine .pirates.
Most of them are 'married to Japanese
women and they form one of the odd
est communities in race study.
"Well, J landed and during njy stay of
four dnys busied myself in noting the
queer costumes of the people and mean
time added to my stock of pearls and
eurio&ofvjwioua kfmis. J made some
good bargains and was flattering my
self on the profits of a trip originally
Jntenqed more for pleasure than any
thing pise.
"Finally it came time to leave. The
steamer, which already had * lot of
chattering Mongolians aboard, pulled
up to the dock without casting off
i lines, and aa there were but' two or
three Europeans to come aboard they'
were expected to get on as the ship
pame Bp. Ordinarily there would have
been no trouble, but in this case the
vessel : lurched. J made a struggle to
get on, but d?d not succeed.
i "I made another attempt, and just
then a: native came up and put both his
hands under my arms and gave me a
fhova. I had caught hold and was just
climbing on when I felt a hand under
my poat. It was the hand of the pirate
native, and he took from the rear pock
et of m^Vousers my long pocketbook.
It oontained drafts, tickets and cash,
and I hadn't a cent left.
] "<4Tho minute he did it the agile pirate
?wung himself on the upper deck and
was lost in the crowd. They all looked
alike, and when I rushed Ground and
finally { told the captain we got
Where they were I eouM^hoV find my
nan. They all looked lust like so many |
Chinamen in Chinatown. 1
"Then the captain stopped the ship.
I went and got^a search warrant, but
by that time the pocketboOk had been
secreted and I could not get a trace of
? In alj * l??t between eleven and
twelve thousand dollars, but only thir
ty-five hundred dollarsvof it was in
pash and the drafts, on tfhich I stopped
payment* I have finally just received.
The last one cams to me only a few
?ays ago through the.captain, to whom
toe pirate afterward sent it
TjThis is the queerest of all my ex
periences, and had not the captain
boarded me and taken me to Yoko
hama without pay till I could get more,
money of friends I would have been in
a bad fit indeed."
Vj I f
WHAT EVERY MAN IS WORTH.
The Cb^tnlcal Compound* of an Average
Voter Are Valued at ?18,300.
An interesting exhibit at the na
tional museum shows the physical in'
gradients which go to make up the
average man, weighing 164 pounds,
Sa^s the American Analyist x\ large
^ k??ds the 96 pounds of water
which fcj s body contains. U other
receptacles are $ pounds of white of
W, a little less than 10 pounds of pure
glue?without which it would be im
possible to keep body and soul io
gether-48* pounds of fat, 8% pounds
of phosphate of lime, 1 pound of car
bonate of lime, 8 ounces of sugar and
ZTrM ?T8 ?* fluorlde oi calcium,
a m^?L? ^hate 01 "^fimesia and
v? ^Sry table Divided
up into his primary chemical elements
the same man is found to contain 97
pounds of oxygen enough to take up,
er ordinary atmospheric pressure
.he space of a roo^ io feet long, io
,feet wide .and .10 feet high. His
5)lds 15 pounds of hydrogen,
hich, under the same conditions,
would occupy somewhat more than
"two such rooms as that described. To
Be must be added 8 pounds and 13
punces of nitrogen. The carbon
Jn the corpus of the individual referred
to is represented by Vfoot cube of
poat It ought to 1^6 a diamond of the
?^es^e, because the stone is pure
Parbon but the National museum has
SOt such, a one ii* its possession. A
row fif bottles ponUIn the other ele
ments goiqg to make up the man.
inca are b ounces of chlorine, 8V
ounces of fluorine, 8 ounces of phos
phorus, 8)tf oupces-of brimstone, 2W
ounces of Bo&tain, W ounces of pota? L
sium, l-io of an ounce of iron, 2 ounce*' ?
of magnesium and 3 pounds and#
ounces of calcium. Calcium, at pres
ent market rates, is worth $300 an
otmoe, so, that tte amount of it con
tained in one otynary human body
baa a money value of *18,800. Few of
oar fellow citizens realize that they are
^"-^irr nnmli llfcjnsli ill)
4 a
6
? TAKEN ON THE SPOT.
_
Ho* * Persistent Camera Mm ttot t Fl*
_ tare mi the Wrack.
"I ^*as in a wreck nfcar Rossville,
lad., about a month ago," said ex-J no
tice Sch wab to a Cincinnati Times-Star
man. "We were on the way to Chicago,
and were inidely awakened just before
daylight sby a grand crash. We found
our coach hanging o^er a chasm formed
break in the bridge over Middle
.fork river. The ? engine, tender and^
baggage car and the trucks of our car"
were down in th'e river. The ends of
our coach restea on cither side of the
ragged gap in th^bridge. A wrecking
crew got there at daylight, pulled us
put of our predicatnent, and started tc
clear. Then there was fun.
"A photographer got there with the
first rays of the morning sun, and pre
pared to take pictures for some illus
trated journal. He got his instrument
set up, focussed and all ready, and was
?bout to let'er go, when the foreman
of the wrecking crew deliberately held
a shovel before the lens and spoiled
the exposure. ,.Tfie photographer, an
old lmnd, fully acquainted with the
policy of the railroad companies to
prevent the photographing of wrecks,
(if possible, tried it ag^in. HcLgot back
a trifle on . higher ground, typt when all
was ready again he found a line of
men holding rubber coats on poles,
obscuring the view of the wreck. Hi*
third attempt met with a movement
the ralR-oaders to smash his camera,^
and he hastily retreated with it to a
neighboring fence.
"All this time a middle-aged, de
termined-looking farmer leaned over
his fence, within fifty yards of the <
broken bridge, an interested spectator
of the proceedings. To him the pho
tographer jrirent and asked the privilege
of taking the picture from his land,
promising a copy to him of the picture
made. That was agreeable to the
farmer and the camera was soon in po
sition again, but again the rubber
coats went up and stopped the busi
ness. Then the farmer determined to
have a picture if it cost a farm. Send
ing his m&n to the barn, he directed
him to hitch up a wagon, and, after
fastening a high step ladder into it, he
drove down to the fence corner, took
the photographer aboard and in a few
minutes the latter had secured several
good exposures of the entire wreck.
The coats could not be raised high
enough that time, but the whole
wrecking ??ew made for the wagon,
determined to wreck that camera.
But the farmer, with a few words,
gathered a dozen or so of stout farm
hands about him, and, armed with
elubs, they~got aboard the wagon, sur
rounded the photographer and camera,
and, standing off the wrecking crew,
drove off thie $eld safe and in triumph.'*
I an intemperate ;rqw.- '
%% Ge*S J>runk Frequently Acts Like
J a Human Taped
liav? a crow at home that dearly
loves whisky and has a constant desire
to bowl up when not already satisfied
in that direction," said Mbxwell Con
state tine tp a St. Louis Oldbe- Democrat
manl **lt all started with my son, a
harem-scarum rascal, who cooked
wheat grains in whisky and fed the
bird with them. This went on & long
timerrithout my knowledge until the
bird, became infatuated With wheat
prepared iq that manner. I noticed
that the boy and the bird became great
friends, so much th^t the latter
would acknowledge thanks and desire
for more of wh^t I thought to be ordi
nary wheat grains by the most un
melodions caw that a crow was poo
?essed of. 1 thought to make friends^
with the bird by presenting it with a
few grains of wheat, but after taking
one or two it invariably turned away
in apparent disgust I couldn't under
stand it at alL My son, after judi
ciously cultivating the bird's appetite
for whisky wheat, mixed w&isky in its
drinking water, which was not ill re
ceived. It was not lon? until he had
that crow Slipping pure" whisky and
getting hilariously loaded. Then 1
discovered the trick one day and I set
tled u A long account with that youth.
ButthRrow is not satisfied without
whisky. After drinking a little it will
stagger about and feebly flap its
wings, meanwhile giving vent to a
squawk that is a cross between a bag
pipe and a squeaky door hinge. It will
then endeavor to balance itself on a
perch with the most ridiculous results.
The recovery always brings a sullen
iunjor to the bird, and for an entire
day it will mope in some dark corner
and take on a most vicious temper.
When in this latter frame of mind it is
quite dangerous to offer any consola
tion to the bird, for it iB ill received
ftnd apparently does no good."
< TALKING MONKEYS.
They Have Xot Learned English Yet, Bet
Talk with Garner.
A chimpanzee who can say "Good
day, stranger," in the Maori tongue, a
gorilla who speaks a little Fijian, and
an ourang outang who has mastered a <
(forcible German expletive, are de
clared by Prof. Garner, the famous sU*
dent of the monkey race, to be now^ iq
his possession.
It is to be hoped, says the Lady'i
pictorial, that the worthy professor,
whose very interesting book on "The
Speech of Monkeys" attracted so much
attention last year, will bring his pets
home with him when their vocabulary
has grown somewhat in order to givo
us an opportunity a^Mstening to their
edifying conversation.
On the professor's principle there
seems no reason why they should not
be taught to speak English as well as
anj' other language, so wo may yet
enjoy the novel sensation of l>eing
greeted with an oral welcome from
behind the bars of a cage in the well
known "house" in the zoological gar
dens.
Prof. Garner claims, moreover, to
have mastered almost the whole of the
peculiar language which the monkeys
speak amgng themselves. Perhaps ho
will be^able to treat uq, one of these
days, to a translated report of a debate
in a Simian parliament so that we may
have an opportunity of comparing it
with human eloquence.
The Moral ElTbct.
Some months ago the Marion was off i
the Chinese coast taking coal. A high
Chinese mandarin called on board and
was received bj- Commander 11 ,
who offered him cigars, champagne,
etc. In leaving the ship, the man
darin, while on the deck, gave a look
around. "Ah, commander, I see you
have still got the old guns?" "Yes," re- i
plied the other; "still got them."
"They are verj' big," said the Chinese,
smiling. "Yes very big." "]jn fact
-they look much bigger than the new
guns." "Ye% rather," said the com- \
mander, who did not like the talk at ?
all. "Oh, I see? I see," said -the man
darin, in a very sarcastic way; "you '
have got them for the moral effect!"
The Fecuud Fly.
A fly will lay four times during the
summer, about eighty eggs each time,
and careful calculations have demon
strated that the descendants of a
single insect may from June 1 to the
end ef September exceed two million.
Were it not fpr bats, insect-eating
birds and the innumerable microscopic ,
parasites with which the fly is particu
larly afflicted there would be no wcrae
peat in the world than the fly
for Infants ?M CNM**
THikTY y*T>' otwmw r- ?
million* ?f pei^as, ?***??? | g
Jt to naqifiiti owably th? W it i WMify ffc * hfclti j j
the world hw erer kn?wn. It 1? harml? <? |
glrw them Iwahk. It will ? re their lire* . la ^ Mttthiy|
.o? wM-t ?? .i^J.t.1. jJfc ami frrmgUMdtl r-**
? okild'm modicUe.
I | ?' . F
CuterU d? troy Worm.
C? tori* alley F>TT<rt?iJ' j *
Ca?torl> pmeit? tmiWi Sop Cmr4? % ^ j
CutorU onmJUrrtoi nd Wiail GcMm, /
C? rditm Twttiit |fwl1w? ' ?v
Owjgfa wm Coi?tip*ttaji>a<l FUtulsmey. Vj
Cetocto the efcct. of garlnmic mold gms 9* p*mm
C?torim dmmm ?ot ouatefamoi plifawiopleiB, or e<horM?r^?tlciHn
Cmm torU iirimflitw the food, r?yiUtw tho ot? ? h j
firing healthy t?d ? timl ?!? ; >.
C? torla fa pmi ?? b pn-aiw ltttf m #mly. jt l> lit ? M <?>
IW tallow egyoaotoeell jo?*k|thi?? th? pi? ?r p
a? itoodwaadlwwC(lwwr wry p?rp? >"
8? tt>tywftb'l'MNHM?i? 1 ^ \
The fke-?imllo Slf *31 VZfSSSS?"^ &?? (
d??et?ro of ^4 ^/jfflCUcik Wt t HS2<
. Children ?ry for Pitcher^ Castorla.
SILVER STATE LUTES.
'*v
They G?t TVgilher an?l Orgaiiixe for Work.
Chicago, Ai?gust 3. ? The general
committee 'gTected by the silver oft*
ventiop met today At the Palmer
House! aud effected a permanent
organization hy electing G#n. A- J.
Warner, <?f Ohio as pr&iifent and
George P. Washburn of Boston, as
general secretary. (V>1. A. 4). Fiske,
^ O>lorado and H. E. Taubeneck, of
Illinois, were made honorary members
ot the committee.
: A committee on- ways and means
was elected, consisting of A. J. War
ner of Ohio, Hon. llennts Sheedy of
C dorado, C. B. ' Mathews of Ndw
York, W. A. Clark of Montana, F. E.
Allen of Utah, I. I *. Johnson of
Virgiuia and George V. Bryan of
Idaho.
The following committee on propa
ganda was appoiuied: Hon. J. S.
Doughty- Texan, Col. A. C. Fiske
of Colorado, Ignatius Donnelly of
Minuesota, I.iE. Dean of New York,
E. D. Kiark of Ohio and 'Governor'.'
It. F. Kofb of Alabama.
AddresseH were delivered by Con
pressman Bryan of Nebraska and
other silver advocate, ?ud it w^s de
cided that the general committee to
gether with the mmilwra of the aub
committee, should me^t in Wa*hing
tou next Tuesday. Thev will prohab
ly Remain there until the ch*e of the
special session of Congress.
Gold for America.
Southampton, Aug. 3.? The Nor
mannia, which sails hence to-morrow
for New York, will take ?1)00,000 in
gold for American agents.
RIpans Tabules.
Ripans Tabules nre com
pounded from a prescription
widely used ,by the best medi
cal authorities and :ire pre
sented in a form' that is be
coming the fashion every
where.
Ripans Tabules act jrently
but promptly upon the liver,
stomach and intestines; cure
dyspepsia, habitual const jga- I
tion, offensive breath and head
ache. One tubule t.iken at thev
first symptom of indigestion,
biliousness, dizziness, distress
after eating, or depression of
spirits, will surely and quickly
remove the whole dilliculty. j
Ripans Tabules may be od
tained of near^t druggist.
Ripans Tabules
are easy to take,
quick to act, and
save many a doc
tor's bill.
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