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r: A SERliO>T FUR SUN DA?
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
' "ANCELS* VISITS."
. The Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman Draws
a Beautiful Letunn From tho Psalm
Written in Memory of the Wilderness
IVa'iderini*?Anccls at Guardians.
New York City.?The following beau
tiful and uplifting sermon is by the Rev.
Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, the best known
evangelist in the country and one of the
most popular pulpit orators of New York.
It is entitled "Angels' Visits," and was
preached from the text, '"lie shall give Ilis
angels charge over thee to keep thee in all
thy ways." Psalm 91: 11.
The writer oI this Psalm is undoubtedly
Moses. We shall appreciate its strength
and beauty all the more when we realize
that.it was written in the memory of the
wilderness wanderings. In these verses
we find that Moses speaks of victory in
every sort of trial. Things hidden and
seen are to be overcome and influences
most insidious as well as.trials that are
most abundant and powerful would be as
nothing jbecause of the fact that the Lord
is the leader of them all. and the very angels
of heaven are their bodyguards. It is
* general Psalm, evidently for every one,
as indicated by the words, 'Tie that dwelleth
in the secret places of the most High."
Verse 1. It is a Psalm of sweetness because
the secret place is suggested where
we may meet God. and not onlv tell IIim
our secrets, but listen to Him as He
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with them that fear Him." It is a Psalm
of light as indicated by the mention of
shadows, for shadows ever accompany the
. light afed likewise a place of comfort, for
toe thouaht of the feathers would suggest
the building of a bird's nest, all thp
thoms of which arc corered with birds'
' feathers, end Moses would mean in this
way as to the comfortable position of the
child of God. It is a Psalm in which God
subjects His faithfulness to His own, for
in the 14tb and the 16th verses there are
six "I wills" mentioned.
"I will deliver him."
"I will set him on high."
"I will answer him." *
"I will be with him."
"I will deliver him and honor him."
"I will satisfy him."
All these blessings as indicated bv the
11th Psahn are for us if we stay in the secret
place of the Most High and not without.
To preach privileges without saying
to whom they belong is like putting a letter
in the post box on which no direction
has been written. Men have always believed
in angels, and the Bible confirms
this belief. Their ministry is quite distinct
from that of the Holy Spirit of God
?nd yet quite as real. They are not to be
confused with our beloved dead, for our
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big of -Teem the writer to the Hebrews
ieaj-s, "Who being the brightness of His
glory, and the express image of His per,
?oa. and upholding all things by the word
of His power, when He had by Himself
purged our sins, sat down on the right
nand of the Majesty on high; being made
* no much better than the angels, as He
hath by inheritance obtained a more ex.
t .cellent name than they." Hebrews 1: 3-4.
And that we are to have the same as
Christ has received is indicated in the
prayer of Jesus, "Father. I will that thev
also whom Thou hast given Me be with
Me where I am; that they may behold
My glory, which Thou hast given Me, for
Thou lovedat Me before the foundation of
the world." John 17: 24.
The Holy Spirit in.all dispensations has
been the interpreter of the word of God.
but angels have had a more material work
to perforin.
WBen Joshua was in trouble an angel
appeared unto him as the captain
of the hosts: when Peter was in pri'
son an angel threw back the bolt of the
prison door and talked with him. The
best illustration ^ of the ministry of the
two is in the life of our Lord. He was
V?? th? Rnirif tanoht hv the Snirit.
filled with the Spirit, but was fed by anIIdefended
by angels, strengthened by
angels. The law wa3 spoken bv angels, so
the word of God declares. "Who have received
the law by the disposition of angels.
and have not kept it." Acts 7: 53.
For if the word spoken by angels was
steadfast, and even* transgression and disobedience
received 9 just recompense of
reward." Hebrews 2: 2. While the Gos
pel was-spoken by the Spirit, "Forasnrjfh
as ve are manifestly declared to be the
IPistle of Christ ministered by u*. written
mot with Mf, hut \vith the Spirit of the
living God: not in tables of stone, but in
fleshy tables of the heart.", 2d Corinithiapr
5: 3.
?"?nge:s are actual beings. They ale with
Abraham, they took Lot by the hand, they
refused to be worshiped and they accepted
hospitality. They are a company rather
than a race*; they do not marry, neither
do they die; they are of two orders, good
and evil, but they were not always so.
Once they were all holy; then some sinned
and kept not th?ir first estate. The others
are distinguished^ from tfcs company in
the fact that they are cauea the elect-au,
gels. The emplovment of angels is twofold.
heavenly and earthly.
First, they minister as priests in the
temple in the city of God. Isaiah beheld
uch a vision, Isaiah 6: 1-8. "In the vear
that King LTrziah died I saw also the Lord
ittinir upon a throne, high and lifted up,
and His train filled the. temple. Above it
tood the seraphim; each one had six
wings; with twain he covered his fade, and
with twain he covered his feet, and with
twain he did flr. And one cried unto anfkher,
and said. Holy, holy, holy is the
_ Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of
His glory. And the posts of the door
moved, at the voice of him that cried, and
the house was filled with smoke. Then
aid I. Woe is me! for I am undone; because
I am a man of unclean lfps, and 1
dwell in the midst of a people of unclean
mine eyei nave seen me ivirig.
the Lord of hosts. Then flew one of tne
seraphim unto me. having a lire coal in
tie hand, which he had taken with the
tongs from off the altar: and he laid it
upon ray mouth, and said. Lo. this hath
touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is
taken away, and thy sin purged. Also 1
bear the voice of the Lord saying. Whom
shall I send, and who will go for us?
Then said I. Here am I; send^me."
Thev are interested in creation. In the
erv beginning they have their nart in the
anthem of praise. Job 3S: 7. "When the
morning stars sang* together and all the
sons of God shouted for joy?" While in
all that has to do with the control of nature
they r,re an active agenrv. Psalm
JOS: 20, "Bless the Lord, ye His angels,
that excel in strength, that do His commandments,
hearkening unto the voice of
His word." Their office is seven fold.
First, they guide. When Philip was at
work in Samaria they sent him into the
^>flesert. Acts 8 : 26-29. "And the angel of
i the Lord spake unto Philip savin*. Arise
L and go toward .the south unto thc-way
S that goeth down from .Terusaleflg unto
Gas*. which is desert. And lm arose and
I wenf. and. behold, a man of Kthionin. ar
ft. eunuch of grca* authority under Gadare.
K Oyeen of the Ethiopian.-. who had the
I & charge af all her treasure, and had come
I t*? Jer nsa'w for to worship. was retuniing
and sitting ?n his chariot read Ksaias.
' *he prophet. Then the Spirit said unto
!> )! ' . Go near ar.d join thyself to this
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r. s^ond. the help. They fed Elijah when
; he was>tee ing and they ministered to our
I Lord in "Hi* weakness. Matthew 4: 11.
I "Thro the devil loavcth him, and behold,
fct -tof'v- 3W and ministered unto him."
. Third, they defend. When Daniel was
K; in ']> i'ou's den they were his comfort.
coacertricg little children it is said,
"Take heed that ye despise not one of
these little ones, for I sav unto you, That
in heaven their angels do always behold
the face of My Father which is in heaven."
Matthew 18: 10. That is not the angels of
the children behoid the face of the bather,
but the angels that guard the children behold
His face, as if to know His will concerning
them.
Fourth, they watch over the church.
P^ul must have had this in mind when he
said, "For I think that God hath set forth
us the apostles last as it were appointed
to death; for we are made a spectacle unto
the world, and to angels and to men." 1
Corinthians 4: 9.
Fifth, they have charge of the dead, as
is indicated in the story of Stephen and
the death and resurrection of Lazarus, also
in the fact that our Lord was in the tomb
and two angels were guarding llim.
Sixth, they shall accompany Christ at
His second coming. Prophets, evangelists.
apostles all declare this truth.
Seventh, they shall he the executors of
judgment. Matthew 13: 41-42. "The Son
i of Man shall send forth His angels, and
j they shall gather out of His kindom all |
things that offend, and them which do ini- I
quity and shall cast them into a furnace
j of lire: there shall be wailing and gnashing
of teeth."
It is mv purpose to show something concerning
angels' visits in days that are past
that I may make application of the truth
to the present time.
i.
Their visit to Abraham. Genesis IP:
1-2. "And the Lord appeared unto him in
the plains of Mamre, and he sat in the
tent door in the heat of the day. and he
lifted up his eyes and looked, and 3o, three
men stood by him; and when he saw them
he ran to meet them from the tent door,
and bowed himself toward the ground."
We have here the thought of communion
of which the Christian Church is so much
in need in these days. It is not so much
service that is demanded now as fellowship
with Him and waiting upon Him by
means of which we mav know His will. I
like to picture this visit of angels. Abraham
at his tent door during the heat of
the day, when suddenly the angels appeared.
There were three of them, the
angel of the Covenant being their leader.
I stood on the very spot where it is said,
according to tradition, the tent of Abraham
stood and the place seemed holy
ground. I doubt not the tent was ever
more beautiful to Abraham and Sarah, for
as a matter of fact homes are transfigured
and lives made beautiful just in proportion
that Christ, the Angel of the Covenant,
fills us, and He still comes to us today,
and in His coming He is the same
yesterday, to-day and forever. He entered
the home of Zaccheus and gave him a new
song, and salvation came to his entire
household. He filled the heart of Peter so
that when Paul was converted he came
down just to visit him that he might know
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the couch where He rested, possibly the
room where He slept, and I have no question
at all but Peter and Paul journeyed
together visiting the scenes that were
made sacred by His gracious presence. He
walked with the two on their way to Emmaus
and illumined the Scriptures and
also made their hearts burn. We may
have angels' visits in these days in unexpected
ways.
I like the story of the German boy who
sat a place at the table for Christ, and
suddenly there was a knock at the door.
When the child opened the door he found
there a peasant poorly clad; bade him
take the seat, feeling that since Jesus could
not come He had sent this man in His
place.
Whatever may be the dispensational
interpretation of the 28th chapter of
Matthew, the 35th to the 40th verses
are at least most striking in this connection.
"For I was an hungered and ye gave
Me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave Me
drink, I was a stranger, and ye took Me
in; naked and ye clothed Me; I was sick
and ye visited Me: I was in prison and ye
came unto Me. Then shall the righteous
answer Him saying, Lord, when saw we
Thee an hungered and fed Thee? or thirsty
and gave Thee drink? When saw we
Thee a stranger and toqjc Thee in? or
naked and clothed Thee? Or, when saw
we Thee sick or in prison and came unto
Thee? And the King shall answer and
say unto them, Verily, I say unto you. Inasmuch
as ye have done it unto one.of the
least of these. My brethren, ye have done
it unto Me." As a matter of fact we
never give a cup of cold water, we never
say a kind word, we never lift another's
burden for the glory of Christ that we do
not do these things tmto Him.
Their visit to Lot. Genesis 19: 1-3.
"And there came two angels to Sodom at
even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom;
and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them.
6nu he bowed himself with his face toward
the ground; and he said, Behold, now, my
lords, turn "in, I pray you, into your servant's
house and tarry all night, and wash
your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and
go on your ways. And# they said. Nay,
out we will abide in the street all night
And he pressed Upon them greatly, and
they turned in unto him and entered into
his house, and he made them a feast, and
did bake unleavened bread, and t^ey did
eat." Will you notice the difference between
the huinber of angels in the first pic,
urc and the second; three in the first, two
In tliJ Second.
Lot is a tvpe of & worldly Christian.
a man who had a good start and
made a miserable failure. With such a
man the Angel of the Covenant can have
little fellowship, while for his spul he may
have a great longing. Note the steps in
Lore downfall. He pitched his tent toward
Sodom. They moved into Sodonn
Then Sodom gained possession of him;
then he los^ his influence Tvlth his own
household. his lellow-cittlens and with the
aag^lS of neavCa, He is like the man who
came into a service after he had been wandering
from Christ for thirteen - ycafoT
Once he had been faUhful and {rue,
brought face to face again with Christ he
renewed his vows and then started out to
win his children, but returned at the close
of the day after he had been in their beautiful
homes to say that they had every one
of them lapsed into infidelity, and he was
powerless to move them. There may be
such a wanderer here who Is saying, is
there any hope. In answer I give yod {he
picture of Jacob and the angels guarding
him when he vwas a supplanter and a cheat.
Genesis 32: 1-2. "And Jacob went on his
way, and the angels of God met him.
And when Jacob saw them he said, This is
God's host, and he called the name of that
place Mahanaim," and of Peter concerning
whom the angels said as they gave the
Master's invitation for the disciples to
meet Him, "He told His disciples and
Peter."
Theee angels went into Sodom and
that is the way to work, not to sit
with folded hands in the pew and expect
the unsaved to come to us; they hastened
Lot, for they were dead in earnest. The
church needs a baptism of enthusiasm.
They laid hold upon the hand of Lot.
Preaching is not enough; there must be
nersonal contact with those who are lost.
III.
The angel of strength. Matthew 4: 11.
"Then the devil leaveth him. and, behold,
angels came and ministered unto him."
There is no reason why we should fail in
these coming days granted the fact that
the ficsh is weak, the tempter strong, outappetite
awful, but still I Corinthians the
10th chapter and the 13th verse is true.
"There hath no temptation taken you,
hut such as is common to man, but God is
faithful, who will not suffer you to he
tempted above that ye are able, but will
with the temptation also make a way to
escape that ye may be able to bear it.
In traveling through the country yesterday
a friend called my attention to the
fact that the leaves which have been upon
the scrub oak all through the winter
month# ^re now falling Away. The
wind of the winter did not make them
fall nor the weight of the snow could not
make them break away from the branches,
v,nt nnw tVipv were falhntr because the new
life of the spring in the tree is pushing
them off. This is the secret of victory
over sin with the new life within, and
while we may he hedged about with difli- I
cu'.ties Satan can never put a roof over
us. There is always a vision straight up
into the skies. Do not look at your faitn
or your feelings. hut away to the promises
of God. especially such a one as my text.
"He shall give His angels charge over thee
to keep thee in all thy ways." Has He
ever failed, are the planets overdue, do
the seasons ever forget to come, has He
ever failed to k.rep ITis word with any one,
is there any reason why He should begin
with you? God is faithful and will not
forsake us.
IV.
The angel of comfort. Genesis 21: 14-21.
"And Abraham rose up early in the morning.
and took bread and a bott'.c of water,
and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her
shoulder, and the child, and sent her away.
A"d she departed and wandered in the
wilderness of Keersheha. And the water
was spent in the bottle. And she cast the
child under one of the shrubs. And she
went arid sat down over against him a
good way off. as it were a how shot: for
she said. Let me not see the death of the
child. And she sat over against him and
lift up her voice and wept. And God heard,
the voice of the lad: and the angel of God
tr> Hnear out of heaven, and said
unto her. What aileth thee, Hagar? fear
not; for God hath heard the voice of the
lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and
hold him ift thine hand: for I will make
him a great nation. And God opened her
eyes, and she saw a well of water; and
she went and filled the bottle with water
and gave the lad drink. And God was
with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in
the wilderness and became an archer. And
he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and
h's mother tool: him a wife out of the land
of Egypt." This is a sad story of Hagar
and her child, but there is many a mother
whose heart is just as heavv. It may be
because of sickness, possibly because of
trial, undoubtedly because of the sin of
some one. The 19th verse is most striking.
The angels showed Hagar a well of water.
The Bible is a well, for all who are oppressed,
prayer is a well for all who are
cast down, the church is such a well.
st?op down and drink this morning and
go away refreshed.
V.
The angels in the tomb. John 20: 11-12.
"But Mary stood without at the sepulchre
weeping: and as she wept she stooped
down, and looked into the sepulchre and
seeth two angels in white sitting, the one
at the head and the other at the feet
where the body of Jesus had lain."
One of the most popular legends of Brittany
was that relating to an imaginary
town called Is. which is supposed to have
been swallowed uo by the sea at some unknown
time. There are several places
along the coast which are pointed out as
the site of this imaginary city, and the
fishermen have many strange tales to tell
of it. According to them the tops of the
spires of the churches mav be seen in the
hollow of the waves when the sea is
rough, while during a calm the music of
tlynr bells ring out the hymn appropriate
to_the day.
There are many hearts to-day submerged
by grief and despair and trouble un from
which there is rising a great cry. To meet
this longing the angels visit us.
A Highland regiment in India a number
of years ago was foe some unknown
reason found to be actually
dying rapidly. Their food was the best
and the water was perfect, but one day a
Scotch piper began to play a Scotch air
and instantly the whole command was enlivened.
They were simply homesick for
old Scotland, and the most of us are homesick
for those days when we were free
from trial, and best of all the better days
when we shall see Christ as He is, but alar,
between us and that fair city lies the
grave, and we shudder and draw back,
hut I bring a word of cheer this morninj
in the fact that if the Lord should tarry
and we should go into the tomb all the
wjjile we rest there angels will guard us,
for in every tomb from Christ's down to
the present time if a child of God rest
there the angels of heaven keep guard.
Our Caret.
"Casting all your cares upon Him."
What a vast amount of encouragement we
have in that little word "all." Not only
the great trials and heart-breaking sorrows
that come to us but seldom, but the little
worries, the petty vexations and anxieties
that come to as daily as we go about our
duties. For. after all, you and I know that
it is the little worries that cause us the
most trouble. We find them on every
hand. They come upon us in every department
of service. How glad, then, we
should be to remember that we are encouraged
by the Master to cast them all?not
some of them?but all upon Him. Here,
then, is the great time-tried remedy for
the world's worry. We hear much these
days about "don't worry clubs," but here
is something far better, even a gracious invitation
from our Lord to bring everything
that vexes ug to Him. But having
c?.?t our cares upon Him tve *boe]d leave
them Ihere. This is as important as the
casting. Many good Christian people go
through life burdened with cares that they
have tried to cast upon Him, but having
failed to leave them there are still struggling
under t?e load. He has promised to
bear our nuraens. How much better than
to take Him at His word7 and when life'^
trials, no matter how small, assail us, take
them to Him in every truth, and having
dbn? So, leare them, there. It is only wheu
infa h?V>,t nf ditilr tirtnrW
course with Hiw^Lnf Vi discover the true
meaning of $uch promises as tnete. Thus
gnly afe we able to live rejoicingly no mattef
what our condition in life may be.?
Presbyterian Journal.
Salvation.
Salvation, as a growth, is no cheap and
fleetiDg result. It has dignity and endurance,
and they who make it theirs, to any
good degree, are the men and women of
Various and sterling growth, upon whom
the temple of civilization rests, with all its
riches of use and beauty, as on strong columns.
Salvation, as the putting forth of
our complex life into higher and better
growths, is a gradual achievement, and
cannot he consummated even in this sphere
of our existence. For whose nature, enriched
as it may be, has culminated in all
the perfections of life? The great year of
eternity is still a year of growth. Ever the
way opens and tne ardor rises- We may
find indifference low down, but never far
up; for ever wisdom and virtue and love
and piety know thoir own value, and find
in themselves the sufficient motive of progress.?Universalist
Leader.
Man's Faith!
What we inherit, strictly speaking, may
be said to hx our trial, but not our fate.
Every man is to be put to the proof somehow,
and to a certain extent his naturil
ancestry determines the mode of it; it depends
on them, so to speak, whether his
temptation is to be anger, intemperance,
greed, duplicity or whatever else. But it
does not aepend upon them what the issue
of this trial is to be. It depends on the
man himself, and above all his faith in
God.?Professor James Denney.
Quakers on Intemperance.
The Western yearly meeting of Friends in
session at Plainfieid, Ind., adopted an
amendment to the church discipline in
which it recommends to the subordinate
meetings that they do not appoint to any
official position in the church any member
who is a member of any secret organization,
or who habitually uses or sella tobacco
or intoxicating liquor as a beverage.
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Social Advantages.
Good roads indicate the civilization
of a people,
ttillesnio: Tiio roads of a country
are accurate tnd contain tests of rlie
degree* of its civilization. Their construction
is one of the indications of the
emergence of the people from a savage
state, and their improvement keeps
pace with the advances of the nation.
In numbers, wealth, industry, and science.
all of which is at once an element
and an evidence.
Macaulay, History of England. Vol.
I: It was by the highways that both
travelers and goods generally passed '<
from* i lace to place, and those highways
appear to have been far worse
than might have been expected from
the degree of wealth and civilization
which the nation had then attained.
Report of New Jersey Public Roads
Commissioner: The building of good 1
roads is the next step forward in
human development.
Ella F. Mosby: A population remains
sparse and scattered where there are i
no roads, and there, too, are found
those pathetic households of the old
and the helpless. The young men, aye,
and often young women, are gone to
the towns, gone West, gone anywhere
where there is a chance far them. If
they had raised good crops, fine fruits,
how transport them to market? If
they had good horses, the hard wear
and tear of the roads used them up.
If they were ingenious or thrifty, there
were no neighbors to give a word or
two of wholesome praise, to keep up
a friendly competition, to trade and
barter ideaa with; there was wornout
thinking in old grooves as well as
wornout harness. And in the short
winter days and long winter nights the
bouse was drearily isolated from other
houses by long stretches of muddy and
rough ways, and the sight of a human
face at the door was startling. It has
been said that the Salem madness of
witch murder was greatly due to the
slow and infrequent communication between
the towns of old days. There
was time for unhealthy brooding.
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Permit ISaster Intercourse.
Good roads better the Social condition
of rural populations by permitting
easier intercourse one with another.
Professor N. S. Shaler. Harvard University:
On the character of these
trays ultimately depends the ease "with
which a people secure neighborly communication,
as well as advantageous
delations to the outer world. It is
doubtful whether u sound democracy,
depending as It does on close and constant
interaction of the local life, can
well be maintained in a country where
the roadways put a heavy tax cm
human intercourse,
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Movement la Nicaragua.
The President of Nicaragua has
created a fund for the construction and
repairing of public roads, which is to
be raised by a direct personal tax ou
all male citieecs ever eighteen years of
'Age, and on foreigners living in the
country, with the exception of those in
military service, students and decrepit
old men of over sixty years of age, as
also subjects of charity. For the purpose
of this tax, the men are divided
into nve Classes. Tib , aay laoorers, who
shall not pv In money, but shall give
two days' Tabor each year; clerks and
artisans workiug in establishments not
belonging to themselves, one peso (40.3
cents); those working in their own establishments,
two pesos (80.6 cents) annually;
traveling agents and persons
owning city property, Ave pesos ($2,015)
annually; planters and farmers owning
their own lands, ten pesos ($4.03)
arnually. Great satisfaction is felt on
account of the improvements to be
made in the roads and public highways,
which heretofore, without any
especial fund, were always in a bad
condition.
Indisputable.
On the banks of a rivulet near Strabane
is a stone \7ith this singular inscription,
which was no doubt intended
for the information of strangers traveling
by the road: "Take notice, that
when this stone is out of sight it is
not safe to ford the river." This recalls
the famous Anger post which is
said to have been erected by order of
a surveyor of roads in Kent: "This is
a bridle-path to Faversham, If you
can't read this, yon bad better keep the
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CRAZED INVENTOR'SCRIME
Young Man Kills His Mother and
Sister at Homestead, Pa.
Injured Two Other Sinter* and Tried to
Kill Two Brother#, But \V?* Oveipowered?U#ed
au Axe.
Pittsburg, Pa.?While laboring under
mental aberration, the result of ilie
strain of perfecting an appliance for
patents on an air brake, which are
pending in Washington. Charles Cawlev.
a seventeen-vear-olil bov of Home
stead, killed his mother and one sister
while they slept and injured four other
children, who. however, are expected
to recover. He also tried to kill his
two older brothers, but was detected,
overpowered and turned over to the
police. The weapon used was an axe.
The dead are: Mrs. Hanna Cawley.
aged about forty years: Belle Cawley,
aged twelve, who slept with her mother.
The Cawley family live in a neat sixroom
house. At night all the members
retired about 10 o'clock. Mrs. Cawley
and Belle occupied one bed, while the
others. Joseph. Adeline. Raymond and
Agnes, occupied other beds and cribs
In the same room. Charles, the murderer:
his brothers. James, aged twenty.
and Harry, aged fourteen, occupied
11 room adjoining their mother's.
Some time about 3 o'clock in the
morning Charles quietly arose, and,
dressing himself, but not putting on his
shoes, crept down to the cellar and secured
an axe. Coming up stairs he
went into his mother's room, where the
victims were sleeping, and attacked
each in turn
Believing that lie had dispatched
them all he started for his brother's
room, hut James, the eldest, had been
awakened, and as Charles enterd be
seized a heavy rocking chair and after
a tierce struggle overpowered him. On
the way to the station the murderer
fought ferociously.
After he was lodged in jail the nlurderr
failed to recognize his brother
James, and when questioned about the
tragedy talked Incoherently. Later in
the day the murderer denied emphatically
that he committed the deed. He
told a fairly connected story. He said
he was awakened at an early hour by
sounds on the first floor and went down
stairs to investigate. Returning up
stairs he found his sister lying across
the bed covered with blood, aud fled to
give the alarm.
For two years lie has been working
on a device for a combined air and
power brake. It is said to be a wonderful
invention, and men who have
St. I'aui 1'ioneer iress: xue ?ur?i
difficulty about rural life is not the distance
that separates one habitation
from another?it is the fact that this
distance to be traversed is a barrier
during certain seasons of the year almost
as impossible as a mountain
range or a swollen torrent. Farmers,
as a rule, are well supplied with vehicles
and horses. They are not wedded
to i. life of solitude, but love cheer
and sociability even better than other
folks.
Dr. Sebaeffer. ex-President Iowa
State University: Good roads would
enliven social life in the country and
arrest the regrettable tendency of
many people to push to the city. Make
the life bright on the farm, and you
will send fewer farmers and farmers'
wives to the insane asylum.
Report of Commissioner of Public
Roads. New Jersey: Road improvement
by which people can enjoy rapid
aud smooth communication,'promises
to be the problem that will settle many
of the evils of our congested cities.
seen it marvei at me raecnanicai anility
of the inventor, in view of his
years. He was of a kindly disposition,
and was said to have been very fond of
his mother and brothers nnd sisters.
KILLED IN A SHEET DUEL
ritchfcd Rattto in An Ark Ansa* Town
Leads to Call For MUltla.
Eldorado, Ark.?This village was the
scene of a desperate battle between
parties to a feud. When the fight was
ended four men were dead and half
a dozen others wounded.
As the' result of a quarrel begun
some weeks ago over Robert Mulllns's
refusal to permit his young woman
assistant to receive her fiance at Mullins's
photograph gallery, Mullins was
killed by Constable H. L. Deering.
The killing caused much excitement
and two factions sprang up, one side
justifying the killing, the other condemning
it. The controversy grew
into a bitter feud and there were
threats of killing on both sides.
The two factions met in the streets.
Both sides were armed to the teeth,
and indiscriminate shooting immediately
began. The battle lasted but a
few minutes, hut was most desperate.
Each man fired till he was killed or his
ammunition gone.
When the smoke of battle cleared
Tom and Walter I'arnell, brothers;
Constable Deering and City Marshal
Guy Tucker were dead. Mat Parnell
and City Physician Hilton were dangerously
wounded.
In compliance with the request from
the Sheriff of Union County. Governor
Davis ordered the company of the
State Guard at Eldorado on duty to
suppress trouble and preserve the
peace.
CETS FIVE YEARS FOR BIGAMY.
A MlMonr! ^n$T>r tjad MartieJ Vnderar,
Atsamfd >>2if,
Emporia, Kan.?Dames Pendleton,
Mayor of Gentry. Mo., convicted of
bigamy. was sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary.
Pemiieton, under the assumed name
of Coda S. Morris, married Miss Grace
Obley. of Emporia, a few months ago,
and later, under the name of John
Cox. buried a Coffiu containing ice at
Orlando. Oklahoma, and circulated the
j-eport that Coda P. Morris had been
killed in a runaway. Pendleton has a
family at Gentry. , :
Killed Sweetheart and Hlmaelf.
Miss Alice Fisher, a young woman
employed in the Government Printing
Office at Washington, was shot and Instantly
killed by William Dougherty,
an employe of the same office. Dougherty
then shot and killed himself. Jealousy
was the motive.
Town of Perth Honor* Carnegie."
Andrew Carnegie, in receiving me
freedom of Perth. Scotland, dilated on
the horrors of "civilized war." and
praised the work of the Czar In creating
the permanent Hague Arbitration
Tribunal.
Rhode Island Favors Roosevelt.
Rhode Island Republicans have norn
inated Charles D. Kimball for a second
term as Governor. They declared
for President Roosevelt's nomination
in 1904.
School Teacher Ran Amnclt.
A school teacher named Towes ran
amuck at Altoona Village. Manitoba,
and shot six persons. H. I. Ebert and
.T. Rempel, school trustees, and two of
Rcinpcl's daughters will die. Towes
committed suicide after the crime.
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