The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, January 03, 1895, Image 1
TIRI-WEIKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JANURY .3, 1895. AIISHE D 1849
Even Napoleon said: "War Is the
business of barbarians." ;.'
Pullman wants a fair count So does
his daughter-a blonde count preferred.
Anaconda has lost the Montana cap
tal strugle. Her rival fights like Hel.
ena contest of this sort
The Government hasdscive'ed that
.t has issued 200,000,000 worthless post
age stamps. Such business should be
stamped out
It Is an effective commentary On
Brooklyn whisky that the police carried
a stark dead man to the station as be
ing drunk.
If the woman just arrested in New
York for swindling milliners Is sharp
she will arrange to bt tried before a
jury consisting wholly of married men.
If Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt looks
ike some of the pictures of her recently
printed in the papers we believe a di
- r Is w cheap at $3,000.
A 16-year-old girl has been sentenceid
lo the Ohio penitentiary for horse-steal
lng, it being her seventh offense. That
sort of a record Is rapid enough for
chicago.
Judging fromi the pictures that somb
,f the papers are printing of Johann
Straussthe "Waltz King," he looks as
if he mightdhave just waltzed out of r
lnnaticasylum.
"Gen." Sander . the -m-onwet,
Leader, is in jail in Colo-ado for steal
Ing a locomotive last June. He should
have stolen the rest of the railroad;
then they would have sent him to Con
gress.
A jury in Judge Brentano's court, a,
Chicago, engaged in the trial of a bur
glary case found the defendant not
guilty, although, it is said, the evidenc.e
of guilt was conclusive. The Judge
was greatly incensed at the verdict, but
under the law he could do nothing else
than accept it and order It to be record
ed.- Howcver, he punished the jurors
who were responsible for what he re
garded as a plain miscarriage of justice
by fining each of them the amount of
his pay and discharging the entire pan
el from further service In his court.
While Judge Brentano, may have
stretched. his authority a little; if he
follows the precedent he has estab
lished there will be few verdicts of ac
quittal in criminal cases tried before
him. Let the jurors once understand
that they get no pay unless they return
a verdict of conviction and the prison
er, whether guilty or innocent, will
hs'-dly be permitted to escape..
Young Lochinvar may have been ah
:ight in his day, but he would not
amount to much now. He was too the
atrical in his love affair. They do.such
things idre quietly and In better taste
In these days. A Ithode Island man
ran away with another man's bride a
fewv days ago, but he did not make any
such fuss about It as Lochinvar did.
He did not ask the bride to kiss any
goblets and he did not yank her
onto a horse, well knowing that at best
that would be an ungra eful proceed
ing. That Is not the way with modern
Lochinvars, such as Willie Wilcox, of
Rhode Island, proved himself to be.
Willie simply put on evening dress and
went to the \vedding of Miss Mollie
Baker to Addison R. Smith. When he
got an opportunity he whispered to the
yride to nieet him back of the old tan
/nery or some other equally convenient
"place, and then strolled away. There
was no fuss, nothing theatrical about
it. Everything was done quietly and
* in order. She slipped out of the back
door, met Willie and they went away
together. . Later they sent a note to the
groom wishing him health and pros
perity and tella~g him not to worry
about his bride. Siuch is young Lochin
var up to date.
* There Is a shocking suiggestion of
oarbarism in the infercuces to be
drawn from Gov. Flower's assent to
the proposition that at the next elec
trical execution in New York an effort
- shall be made to resus'ltate the victim.
When the State. of New YorL, agaInst
the best ,counsel of conservative ob
servers and of ma.ny electricians,. de
cided to adopt electricity in the falfill
ment of the deati penalty. It was cfu
tended that until the eicacy of the
- means for putting It into practice was
known beyond perariventure the exper
Iment should be postponed. The bung
ling manner in which the first execu
tions under the new law were accom
plished showed at the time to what ex
tent the advice deserved credence. Now,
GJeorge Westinghouse, Nicola Tesla and
other emInent electricians having come
forward with strong assertions that
* the condition produced by the shocks
of the electric chair is not death, an at
tempt Is to be made to bring the next
criminal "executed" back to life. It is
not probable that any life wIll be found
in a man who has been subjected to
such a shock, although there is some
reason to doubt whether the operation
is painless, as It has been alleged to be.
But In the Idea that the culprit may be
revived there is a ghastly suggestion
as to the fate of the criminals already
executed. No doubt the test should be
maade. But the mere fact that there is
reason for making It ieflects upon the
State of New York as having ventured
pon a peculiarly dangerous experi
\pent without th solute assurance
.hat the ent would succeed.
e consists in the wasting of
"HOW DID YOU REST. LAS"
NIGHT?"
'Row d'd yoa rest, last night?"
I've beaid my gran'pa,' say
Them worda a thiousand tinies-that's right
Jes them wi r.:s thataway:
As punctchul-like as morning dast
To ever heave in sight
Gran'pap 'ud allus hat to aet
*How did you rest, last night?"
Us young-uns used to grin,
At b.eakfa t, on th- '-ly.
And mock the wobble of :- i chin
And eyebrows belt so hi;;h
And kind: -How t1d yOn ie.t. last night i
A e'd mumble and lt onI
Our voioes trembled. and our sight
Was dim and hearin' gone.
* w * * S
Bad as I used tot e,
A1 I'm a-wantin' is
As puore and oa'm a sleep for me
And sweet a sleep as his !
And so I pray, on .jedgnuent Day
To wak e, and with 1: a light
See his face dawn, and hoar him say
-How did you rest, last right?"
-James Vhitcomb ?dley. in "Armaziudy.
T"E WOOD DOVE.
General court-marshal had beei
ordered convened at Fort Marcy. I
had convened. Private Tboma
Wilkinsof company D, -th infantry
had been tried for being off dut
without leave, the papers had bee1
signed and sent to Wl
L.be. afltetrD u(ii5f and Col. Johi
Brierly, who had acted as judge ad
vocate. and'Maj. Thompson, the sur
neon who bad appeared as witoes
against Wilkins, were striding alons
he board wait toward the Colonel'
uarters when I met them and wa
invited in to have a glass of some
thing hot.
After the something hot had beet
eclared excellent by all the person
interested, the talk naturally was o
the court-martial.
"By the way, Colonel," said Ma;
Thompson, "If you will pardon ml
saying so, I thought you were ver,
lenient toward Wilkins in your ex
amination.
"'Yes," said the Colonel, "I gener
ally am in such cases. You know,'
he said, turning to me, "Wilkins lef
his quarters to go and see his sweet
eart. He is engaged to the girl.'
'-But it was a clear case of neglec
of duty," remarked Th surgeon.
"1 know It," replied the Colonel
"but-well, I symi athized witi
him."
The Major said nothing more. Th
Colonel rezarded hi glass tor a fe,
moments, tested the punch, an(
then, looking up suddenly, he said
-I'll tell you what 1 will do. I
you men will give me your word o
honor never to reveal to a soul weha
I have to tell unt I I am dead anc
gone I wi.1 give you my reasons fo:
sympath'zing with this man."
We gave him our word of honoi
and we kept our word. The Colone
baa now been dead for many years
the major, I bel eve, is on the re
tired list and living somewhere .ul
In Maine, and so I do not feel that
am wronging any man in writini
down the story told us that wintei
afternoon some ten or lifteen year
%go.
"In the little old churchyard Jus1
outside of the Mexican village of Sat
Felipe in Arizona," the Colonel said
"is a grave off by itself in one cor
ner. On the modest headstone is thL
insript on: 'Sacred to the memor2
of the Wood Dove, received into thi
church as Mercedes Brierly. wife o:
ol John Brierly, U._ S. A., dI&
March 10, 187-, aged 26 years'"
The Colonel was silent for somn
moments, and then, in a grave voice
be continued:
"Mercedes Brierly was my wife.i
km the John Brierly referred to. Sh<
was att A pache Indian, and when yoi
have beard what I did to win hel
band, knowing her heart was mine,
you will understand why I did .nol
put many severe questions to tha1
poor young man to-day
"I first met- the girl who was des
ined to he my wife in the year 1186
when I was stationed on the frontier
The civil war, in which I had woi
my Colonel's commission, was jus1
over, and the A pache and other In
dians were constantly. on the wiar
path. .1 was at that time in comn
mand of the -th cavalry and I had
bout 400 men with me.
"We were encamnped near a little
Iexican village, San something o3
other, in. the northwestern part o
New Mexico. We had had no worn
to do for about a~ month, but th<
air of iby tent was heavy with the
reports brought to me of a large bod;
of Apaches said to be on the war
path and rapidly approaching oul
Reihborhoodi.
"One atternoon-I remember thi
day well-the reports were verified
by the capture of an Apache girl b,
someI of my mecn. The girl was
brol.ght to my tent by her i aptors
They had found her rid ng by her
self n the hills and had only succeed
ed in making her a prisoner after shi
had1 severely wounded one of them.
"I will not attempt to describ<
the beauty of this girl. She was ther
about 19 years of age, of sublimn
igure, with the most wonderfull,
beautiful eyes. 1 will only say tha
I fell in love with her the very mo
lunt I saw her.
"We held the girl a prisoner. Sh
refused to tell us anything about her
self or to betray the whereabouts u
her people. That they were near wi
k-new, however, and daily and night
ly we expected an attack. But fo
one mouth they remained unde
cover. We did Dot go out and 1o01
for them, as it was 'my policy alway:
'o let them fire the first shot.
"That month was in many re
spects the happiest month in my lIfe
Love was new to me. 1 a~dn'1
know it since my days at West Point
. loved the girl withl all my heart
and. what was sweeter, she soor
grew to love me in return.
"One afternoon I told her of m)
love and I asked her to marry me
She toldt me then that she loved me
r me. I left ner and that night the
Apaches atacked us. Their victory
was complete. They found us un
prepared. Our loss was something
. eiul, aid ra lo. vd gne su .
;ur when the morning cLue the girl
was missing. Her people had reca;>
Lured her.
"The morning fourd us in a des
perate mood. The men were mad,
and I was mad. We were all !n thq
humor for a tirst-class massacre, and
I aid my plans accoraingiy. Our
scouts located the enemy, and that
afternoou we penned them in and
had them at our mercy. Our num
bers were about even, but our men
were all old.! old iers, thoroughly dis
ciplined, and so they fell easy vic
'ims to our superiority.
"It was about 5 o'clock, when the
flghting was at its worst. I showed a
ag of truce, and a few moments
ater an Indian of commanding stoat.
ure rode out from the little fort they
had built on the top of the bill and
a advanced to the center of the di
t minutive plain which stretched be
s t.ween where the two armies were
osted. I rude out alone to meet him,
for I could guess that he was the
chief of the tribe.
"We sa
1 offer you peace.' I said to him
en two couditions; first, that you
lay down your arms and surrender;
second, that the girl you stole from
us last night be ieturned to me.'
"'She is my daughter,' said the
Indian haughtily.
&Then there is so much more rea
son why you should surrsnder. for I
Jove her; I would marry her, and I du
Pot wish to be at war with her peo
"'You are good,' replied the In
tian with a sneer, the first and onli
time I have ever seen a sneer on the
face of an Indian. 'You offer me
peace for honor. Go back to your
tents'
"1 felt as though he had kicked
me, and, burning up with wrath, I
returned to my men and the Indian
to his. But there was very little
more work done that day. I deter
inined to wait until the.morning, and
then to charige determinedly upon the
enemy and k.11 every man of them,
to capture my sweetheart, and mariy
her, whether her father liked it or
not. By that time, I considered, it
wouldn'lt make much difference
whether he liked it or not, for dearl
men rarely interfere in matters of
love. I had no fear of their- esca:;
ing us during the night, for we bad
tliem pretty well penned in, and 1
had no fear of. their attacking us
during the night. After sunset I
cal ed my oficers together and gave
them their orders.
" -At 8 o'clock,' I told them, 'wc
will charge u.on them and. finish
them up.'
"The officers left me in my tent tc
my own re. e tions, and a few min
utes later [ heard a slight (heer from
the men. I knew then that they had
heard the order, for all the afternoon
they had been itching for a good
charge. The command had not been
given, for the simple ieason that I
feared in the charge upon the Indians
the girl I loved might be routed out
anid probablyeither killed or wounded
"I sat for a long while thinking
how I mighL capture her, and, seeing
no way clear. I was abouat to turn ar
:lespair when 1 heard a cry for the
-:orporaI cf the guard from one of our
autposts. There was a hurrying of
men and then in a few moments the
corporal came into my tent, saluted.
Iand salI that an Indian girl wished
to speak with me. Mly heart beat
violently and I ordered the man to
show her in.
"But it was not my love-not m3
Wood Dove, as she had told mae her
name was among her people. The
girl who stood before me was small
and wizened, with weak eyes, and in
'ags..
'What do you want?'I asked her.
"'-The Wood Dove could not fly t.
you,' she replied, 'so she sent me.
They are guarding her, but she will
escape from them. She tells me to
say to you that my people will charge
upon you to-morrow- morning, and
that to deceive you all of our wom~en
Iwill be mounted and held in the rear,
as if they were men waiting for their
turn to tight. She tells me to say to
you that she will be mounted on a
black horse, with a star in its fore.
b1 ead. and with two white rorelegs.
She will be in the front ranks when
the charge is made, and at your first
ire will fail from her horse as though
he were wounded. You must then
manage to pick her body up beforeI
our people do so. Her father is the
chief of our people, he was the chief
with whom you spoke to-day, and he
was very angry with her when he
camne back to us. She has pursuied
him that she does not love you, but
hates you, and though she is well
yuarded to-night, it Is because of the
fear of an attack from you. In the
morning she will ride forth' and take
her niace at the head of all the wo
men In the excitement of the
moment she will mix with the men,
and you know what to do then.'
I"The wom;.n left me and returned,
as she had come, to the tents of her
people.
"I was excited naturally over thh
Istory I could not help reali ng. the
I real d anger she would run of hein.
kiled, and 1 was puz led for somue
while as to ,hat I should do. Then
an idea occurredi to me, and, smiling
to nmyself. I went to sleep and rested
peacefully until the morning.
"in the morning 1 cal ed my ofin
eers about me again.
-'1 have learned.' I said, 'that the
enemy intended to charge upon us.
I have decided that it will be best to
wait until they are half way across
the plain and then to sally forth.
The chIef irn command of them is the
famous Deer Head, and my orders are
- tocapurehim alive If possible.
I i sama hinir i, wenia ha
advisable to supply the men with one
round of blank cartridges. When the
enemy is half w,:y a -ross the plain I
will give the order, and at the sound
of the bugle we will sally forth. PF
When within 100 yards of the enemy
the blank cartridges are to be 11 ed.
Taen charge into them ancl take as
many prisoners as posible. Only on se'
round of blan k cartridges is to be sup
plied, and no man is to lire his arm
after that until the bugler repeai
the charge. I inyelf will take thE
center. Capt. Howard will take thc
left and Capt. Watkins the right
Now, gantlemen, to your posts.'
"I chuckled to myself as with as.
Lonishment depected upon their faces
the young gentlemen left me, and
then to complete my plans I sum
moned my bodyguard. In those day.
a Colonel on the frontier had as many
men in bis bodyguard as he wanted.
My men were all go-d. loyal, Lrave
fellows, and I knew that I could de. a
pend upon them.
" 'My men,' I sai V)t them, 'I an
going to lead the center this morn
ing. an; I'm going to put you all im
mediately behind me, in the froii 3i
rani. ? Wai you a1 to iaca a an
closexy, and 1 want you aiso to waie th,
out for a black horse.with white fore Uo
If the rider of that horse falls at the :f
first tire, or the second tire, or at ail, vot
1 want you to be careful and follo Yot
me and get to the Lody before it it hai
picked up by any of the Indians.' haE
"M plans now cruplete. I had f '
but to wait. I bad rot long to wait Dr,
either, for within an hour the war
riors came forth from unler cover,
and behind them came w-hat looked
like a second regiment, bu. what J al
knew to be the w, men. It is not tra
often that the In iians, I should .a3 pat
here, take their women with the: livi
when they go on the warpath. butmu
the Araches, being a wandering tri be, 1hA
generally had no safe place to- leave
them, and so were obliged to ba ham
pered with their presaince. ces
"The Indians advanced and the un
bugle sounded the order to mount. I ne:
rode out to my place and stationed bre
e
my six bodyguardsmen immbediateiy h
behind me in the rank. For some th
while I could not make out the horse lea
I looked for, tut at last I saw it in
the rear guard, and then, as the in. l
lians galloped their horses, I saw it &0
come out from among the women the
tnd .taie a place in the ranks of the Hi
men.
"The enemy came on now toward" tr
as at a brisk gallop, its lines as I
itraightas an arrow, and as I tight- is
ned my waistband I caught sight re
again of the horse with the white in
forelegs. It was in the very middle s
rf the line. My joy 'was almost com- fe
plete. tea
"The enemy was now in the mid. "
Ile of the plain, and !the time had
ome for action. The bugal sounded
nd we were off, slowly and quiLtly
oping over the ground at first. Then ec
is the enemy came nearer, thunder. ten
.ng over the parched earth. Within Wa;
unshot we came and the India's hat
,penea on us. A lew of our men tial
li-opped, but we did not reply. On, th
n we thundered, and then a line of ver
naipid, useless fire burst from our a
ines. ua
"I heard a cry. I saw a figure-. be]
he tigu e of the girl I loved. There a'Y
was a rushing and a growling and a by
r, .undering of hoofs. We were the
ximongr them, cutting to the right foi
ad left. We cut our way through Wh
them. 1 dashed forward to where mu
Lily love lay waiting for me.
"I leaned forward over my horse. rea
mei ed her in one hand and lifted "E
ser, with a strength I knew not I wh
possessed, and placed her on the sad- be
Ie Lehind me. Aly body-guardcsmen ~l
~laed themselves in a circle about
uie, the bugle sounded the charge C
~gain, the signal to comnmence firing, -,u'
ndl then, wheeling, we opened on 3
hem with saber and carbine. -
l'brough theIr lines we went again,
ny guardsmen about me, mowing a
ole for me through the red mnen. 'b
ind the safe in our own territoryti
nce more, I gave my love into the 'fro
iafekeeping of my six faithful fel
ows, and they returned to our, camp pe
with her. e
"Is there anything else that I car
~eil youv You know the result o I ve,
hat battle, and the M1ajor here is
>d enough in the service to remem- ter
.er the commendation of Congress res
jth which I was honored. The the
ght lasted for but a few momentssh
ad then, beaten, half of their num
yer dead. their chief, the great Deer u
dead, kIlled, thre enemy retreated in ,us
lisorder.
"Without much ado my Indian lv
(irn and 1 were married at the little .
ezican church in the villa.e. For
ome short, few years we were veryii
appy, anid then the All tesitroyer
~ook her from me.
"Now that you know how great
isks I took with the lives of my men
or the sake of the woman I loved, do i
ro)U blame me for sympathizing with nai
joor Wilkins? I was fortunate; he mil
was unfortunate-that's the only dif- oni
erence. Aud, poor man, he really ble
id nothing. He did not leave us at as
he ni:ercy of a cruel roe. More than she
ikeiy at the tiume we were comiforta- ma
:ly drinking hot punch and tellinv t-ht
tories. And I'll tell you what I am liia
roing to do,' gentlemen. I am going cat
0 write to Washington to-night and Wi
ive the man a first-rate character cot
nd take the liberty of advising the int
lepartment merely to reprimand him. 1:ik
What do you thin ks" me
The Major and I filled our glasses s ea
nd raising them to our lips exclaim- sal
d. in a voice, as we quaffed thegr
heerful beverage: "Colonel, here'sth
'our very good health'"-Chicago n ar
Cimes. _g
It's the sober and well balanced per
on that is affected more easily by.
iyntism than the avysterical person. a
1IRMONS FOR SUNDAY
EACHED THROUGH VARIOUS
CLEVER PENS.
th I Not a Penalty-Christ Faith ha
e Human Soul-God's Love Changes
C-Lack of Deep, Continuous DevotioU
The Mightiest of all Forces.
HAT is the might,.
, liest of all forces?
l answer that it
is the Christ
faith In a human
soul. It is invin
cibie simply be
cause its put the
Lord Jesus Christ
Into your soul as
an abiding pres
ence and an al
mighty power. I
do not mean
"faith"- as mere
belief in the Bi
or in Christianity. That is only
opinion that may not be more
L.n skin deep. By faith I mean
v that personal loyalty to Jesus
Saviour and L ord which grows out
etered into
;l fart Mt he_ has enteredit
rsoul and abiese r -
can truly say: "I know whom I
e believed;" for the Son of God
actually entered into that man
'arsus as a supernatural force.-n
Cuyler.
God Writes the Music of Our Lives.
od sends a time of forced leisure,
cness, disappointed plans, fruz
ted efforts, and malkes a sudden
se in the choral hymn of our
s, and we lament thatour voices
st be silent, and our part missing
.he music which eier goes up U
ear of the creator.
low does the musician read the
L? See him beat the time with
arying count, and catch up the
t note true and steady, as if no
aking place had cow:; between.
iot without aesign does God write
music of our lives. Be It ours to
rn the tune, and not be dismayed
ihe "rests " They are not to b
red over, not to be omitted, not
lestroy the melody, not to change
keynote. If we look up, God
nself will beat the time for us.
Vith the eye on Him, we shall
ke the next note full and clear.
we say sadly to ourselves: "There
o music in a rest," let us not tor
there is the "making of music"
,t. The making of music is often
ow and painful process In this
. How patiently God works to
ch us! How lang be waited for ut
.earn the lesson!-Ruskin.
On aCading.
lo sit down in a chair with an ob.
is to jump into a thicket of
iptations. A. vacant hour is al
Fs the devil's hour. When time
igs heivy, the winigs of the spirit
> heavily and slow. Then it Is
.t a book is a strong tower, nay a
y church, with angels lurking
[ng the leaves as if they were so
ny niches. * * *Reading
ps to make convesation harmlesa,
making it less petty and censorious,
furnishing us with other topics,
.n our neighbors' faults and'
>es. It Is very hard for a person
D does not like reading to talk
ch in company without sinning.
** Furthermore, a,tat for
ding often hinders our taking the
nig side in practical questions
eh are mooted in the world, but
r upon the church. It does this,
er by the information it has en.
ed us to obtain on the sub ect it.
, or by making our instincts ac
ate and sensitive through our fa
arity with right principles.
cr.
Grow'th in Christian Life.
)ne of the hindrances to growth in
istian lire is lack of deep and car.
uous cdevotlon. This Is either
n the want of a sense of the great
rit world on whose border we live
getually, or it is the result of ex
ive occupation, over-occupation,
ich crowds, all the time, and pre
frai one from ripening In a true
dtiani devotion. There Is an ut
Mlberty granted to everybody in
gect to his mode of devotion, bi't
e is no liberty as to whether he
I or shall not be devout and wor
p from day to day. A lower might
as well attempt to get along in
amer without the dew that faLs
m it as a Christian to attempt to
Swithout daily communion witb
I. An eamg e tha.t cannot fly: a
htngale that cannot slag. a vine
.t cannot b:osom-that is a heart
.t des not pray, and does not love
ray. ____
The Meaning of Death.
Ve are, perhaps, too much in the
;L of thinking of death as the cul
iation of diseases, which regarded
y in itself is an evil, and a terri
evil. But I think rather of death
he first pulse of the new strength
,kina~ itself free from the old
uldy remnants of earth-garmenlts
t it may begin in freedom the new
that grows out of the old. Tile
erpillar~ dies into the buttrmiy.
m knows but disease may be the
2ing of the keener life breakirm
o this, and beginn'nef to destroy,
a ire, the inferior modes of gar
fits of the present? And thus dis
se would be but the slzn of the
aton of fire; of the agony of the
ater life to lift us to itself, out of
.t where n we are failing and sin
g. And so we praise the consum
ire of life,-George Macd..nald
Sweet to Enow.
n time of sorrow it is very sweet
knouw that Goa's love changes not,
la the game in the bfightness and
when the brightness fadesinto gloom.
It Is the same IQ joy and when the
joy turns to grief. It is the same
when blessings are given and when
they are recalled. "The Lord gave
and the Lord bath taken away" -the
same Lord and the same love. it
does not seem so to us; we believe
that while He sh- wers gifts and fa
vors upon us he loves us; but some
times, when the skies grow dark and
he gives sorrow and pain, we feel.that
He does nut love us as before. Yet
It may be that there are even richer
blessings in the things which make
us grieve than in those which give us
gladness. We know at least tut the
same wise, gentle, infinite love se-id
as bot.-Westminister Teacher.
'A Well-Buit Christian.
A well-built Christian is barmomn
jus in his qualities; he does nout kee
the fourth commandment, and yet
sit loosely to some of the other com I
mandments during the week. He is
like those two massive pillars that
were set up in the porch of Solomon'
Temple, called -Fachlm" and "hoaz."
One of these words signirles "lie w .1
establish," and the other word sizni
fies '-in strength." These two to
gether typify the firmness, stablity,
and strength of the man who is buiI
like the tono h
,.. noavr were nut
only solid; they were beautiful: for
all around the capitals of the pillars
was "lily-work." in like manner
strength and beauty are combined in
every weli-developed Christian char
acter.-Thomas L. Cuyler, D. 1.
Think Wel of Others.
,There is a clas; of generous sowu
who make up no verdict upon others
until first they have searched out
good qualities and redeeming traits,
Whose experience is a practil an:
perpetual refutation of the belief
that any one can be totally cievoid of
good. And when once they have
found the least si ark of pure imp*.use.
they look upon It with delight: they
:lothe it with the precious radiance
of their own virtue. They do not
lose sight of it, first or la-t or ever.
It is to them the priceless gem where
.rom the whole soul takes value."
John Learned.
The Thought of God.
For one soul saved by ecolding ano
ault-tinding, ten are saved by sweet
d6-es; for one soul saved by fear of
bell, ten are saved by the tbougnt or
God. A gentie voice and a smiling
face make religion beautiful to the
miserable and sintul, whereas gloomy
looks and a harsh or condescending
manner make religion seem a thing
to be avoided. Do you wish to draw
souls to God? Then let your sou!s
reflect his love. Be gentle, be' pa
tient, Pfactical peop'e may condemdu
you, but only this way you imitate
Jesus.
Notes and Comments.
THE total missionary gifts ot
Christendom for 1896 is estimated at
S14,713,627.
Tae Lutheran Church owns edu
cational-institutions in the United
tates to the value of $4,689,550.
TnE Young Wonmen's Christian
ssocation of Michigan includes
ineteen assoc:iations with a member
ship of 2,000.
THERE are Dow 16.023 chapters of
the Epworth League in the M4etho.
d ist Episcopatl Church. Of this numu
er 2,800 are junior leagues..
THE London iReligious Tract So.
lety, the British Foreign Bih e So
cety, and the American Tract s-o.
ciety have received in the nineteenth
century $140,000,000.
IN Corea the P'rotestant mission
force of foreign wor-kers consists or
twenty-six married men, fourteen
single men, and eighteen sin~rne
ladies, representing the Nethodist
En:scopal, Presbyterian and Anigli
can churches.
R~Ev. B. P. Dtrrm, who has been
assisting Rev. A. T. Lynn in iiok'ing
a series of meetings in Stafford, Va.,
Is 84 3 ears old, and on the day he was
8 he rode 14 miles and preached at
three different places. L e was coa.
veted 59 years ago, and has IJCCa
preaching 54 years.
THE Brittish Go vernment has jusi.
mtenfered with the free exercise of
reigion in India by prohibiting the
practice of book swinging at religious
estivais. By inserting a hook at.!
tached to a -rope in his flesh, and,
then swinging in the air for a 1en
rinutes, the devotee believed thal
be promoted the cause of religion.
THE fol owing notice reu-ently ap
peared in a Western newspaper: "A n
entertainment entitled living pictu: et
copi-d from famous paintings of the
world and a very amusing Frnenca
fac~e will be griven In an enclosed
tent for the benefit of the building
fund of the Fourth .Presbyterlar
Church."I
His Own Fault.
A Chicago gentleman, with a
roublesome memory, had lately been
taking a $25 course of mnemonics
from a professor who has a new and,
according to his own account of the
attcr, a thoroughly eiective sys
temn.
Shortly afterward, says the T.-ib
une, a..eizh bur entruisted a -package
to this genteman's care, which pack
age the gentleman forgot to deliver.
He made a handsome apology. His
ieighaor accepted it in osd part,1
but could not forcear to ask, ir. a
bantering tone.
"Br-t how about that $25 system oi1
mnemonics?"
'Oh, that's all right." was the re
ply. "Tne system isn't to blame. I
only forgot to apply it, that's all."
SOME ROYAL CHILDREN.
they Are the Idols of Their Grana
father, the Emperor of Austria.
Emperor Franz Joseph; of Austria, I
Jevoted to all his grandchildren, bu
especially to the three little ones of ht
youngest daughter, 'the Archduchesi
Marie Valerie, with whom the accom
panying picture was taken last sum
mer at Ischl. On this account It Is nat
E IPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH.
aay a gre? t i _
the son of an Austrian Archduke, can
-ot succeed him.
The Archduchess Marie Valerie, whi
is the youngest child of the Empero4
and Empress of Austria, was born ov
April 22, 18G8, and was married to thi
Archduke Franz Salvator on July SX
ISUO, at Ischl. They have three chai
dren-the Princess Elizabeth, born os
Jan. 27, 18972, at Vienna; Prince Fram
Carl Salvator, on Feb. 17, 1893, and th
baby, who is only a few months old
The Archduchess Marie Valerie leads
an ideally happy life with her husband
and children,.ana Is the greatest corn
ort and help to her father and mothea
I remember, says a writer In the Gen
tiewoman, seeing her the year before
I -Imt
ARCHDUCHESS YARIE VALERIE.
her marriage, when she was staying
with the Empress of Austria at Wies
baden at the Villa Langenbeek, and
thinking what a sweet, gocd expression
she had. In the upper- part of her face
she resembles her mother very much
and she also possesses magnificent hair,
but her mouth prevents her being aW
beautiful as the Empress.
The Beggar Rode.
A Kansas City business man who has
is office in the Amearican Bank Build
ng, walks from his - residence to his~
pace of business every morning as a
onstitutional. Soon after leaving
ome the other morning a beggar ask
ed him for five cents that he might get~
ome breakfast The request was
ranted and he 'quIckly disappeared
round a corner.- The business man
ontinued on his way, rejoicing that
e had--temporarily, at least-relieved
one case of want. Reaching his office
uilding, he was just entering when
ome one touched his sleeve, and, turn
ng, he beheld the beggar whom he
id assisted. The man had evidently
orgotten his late benefactor a.nd vol
ibly repeated his tale.
"But, look here, my man," said the
>usiness man, "I gave you a nickel on
)ak street not half an hour ago."
"Is that s'o?" replied the beggar,
ith an air of surprise.
"Yes, that's so. Why didn't you get
ome breahfast with that?"
"Well, you see, boss, it's this wayi
had to use dat nick fer car fare to -
et down town to th' cafe where I
akes me meals."
To Clinch the Endowment.
There is a weekly auction of line,
oods in,Belfast 'at which nothing is
eer sold. About two hundred years
r, there were two hails for selling
inen in Belfast, the White Linen Hall
:td the Brown Linen Hall. In the for
uer alil bleached linen was sold, while
he latter was exclusively reserved for
he sale of brown or unbleached goods.
early a century ago a linen manufact
.rer in Belfast endowed the latter In
stitution. and the deed of endowment
ontained a clause to the eft'ect that a
arket should be held in the hall every
Friday. Linen, however, began to be
isposed of In other ways and the halls
were no longer useful. The White
inen Hall was made into public of
fices, but thie Brown Linen Hall still re
:ains to fulfill its original functions.
Every Friday rmorning Mr. McNicholl,
an old man, opens the doors, takes his
tand in the middle of the hail and puts
single boe of ubleached linen up
o auction. It is always the' same old
:an and the same old bale. Nobody
ver comes to buy It because few pee- -
1e are aware of this remarkable cus
om.
3fay Grow 1t Here..
Americans import from Japan aboul
0.00.000~ .pounds of tea a-year and
5,000000 pounds from China. If the
tea market eventually becomes mtici f
disturbed, there will be an increage.o
interest in the tea-growingexpeiments
i n ratiC~ln n Florida ~ -