The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 14, 1888 Page: 2 of 8
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"DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED."
The young man fell (load!
A friend bad pointed a revolver at
him.
"He didn't know it was loaded!"
We often hear it stated that a man
ia not roftponsibln for what he does not
know. The law presupposes knowl-
edge and therefore convicts the man
Who excuses crimo by ignorancc!
"If 1 had only known" has often
been an unfortunate man's apology for
aomo evil unknowingly wrought, buL
in a matter of general interest—as for
instance that laudanum is a poison,
that naphtha is a deadly explosive, that
blood heavily charged with a winter's
accumulation of the waste of the sys-
tem,—it is one's duty to know the
fact and tho consequences thereof.
Our good old grandmothers knew for
instance, that tho opening of spr ng
was the most perilous period of the
year.
Whv?
Because then tho blood stream is
sluggish and chilled by tho cold weath-
er, and if not thinned a good deal arid
made to flow <ju ckly and healthfully
through the arteries and veins, it is
impossible to have good vigor the rest
of tho year. Hence, without ex-
ception, what is now known ns War-
ner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla, was plen-
tifully made and religiously given to
every member of tho family regularly
through March, April, May and June.
It is a matter of record that this pru-
dential, preventive and rcstorativo
custom saved many a lit of sickness,
prolonged life and happiness to a vig-
orous old ago, and did away with heavy
medical expenditures.
Mrs. Maggie Kcrchwal, Lexington,
Ky,. used Warner's Loi; Cabin Sarsa-
parilla "for nervous siclt headache of
which I had boon a sufl'orer for years.
It has been a great benefit to me."
Capt. Hugh IIark ins, 1114 S. 15th St ,
Philadelphia, I'a., says "it purified iny
blood and removed tho blotches from
my skin." Mrs. A area Sm th, Topton,
Berks Co., I'a.,says she "was entirely
cured of a skin disease of tho worst
kind," by Log Cabin Sarsapar lla. Bad
kins indicates a very bad condition of
the blood.
If you would livo and lie well, go to
your druggist to-day and get Warner's
Log Cabin Sarsaparillu and take no
other,—there's nothing liko it or as
good,—and completely renovato your
impaired system with this simple, old*
fashioned preparation of roots and
herbs.
Warner who makes tho famous Safe
Cure, puts it up, and thai is a guaran-
tee of .excellence all oyer the known
world. Take it yourself and givo it to
tho othor members of the family, in-
cluding the children. You will bo as-
tonished at its health-giving and life-
prolongin"; powers. Wo say this
editorially with perfect conlideuce,
because we have hoard good things of
it everywhere, and its name is u guar-
antee that it is first class iu every par-
ticular.
Atl l'liitlUlunnii AVlio lins U««U n Tubo
for Six Yoara.
A case in which tho operation of
tracheotomy proved strikingly success-
ful has just come under our notice. It
is that of u mail, formerly a soldier, who
had the incision into his windpipe made
six years ngo, and'who wears tho tra-
cheotomy tube at tho present moment.
Ho was a private in the Koyttl Engi-
neers and took part in tho Egyptian
campaign of 1881, being present at Tol-
al-kebir. While iu Egypt ho drank
some bad water, and this induced a
blood-poisoning, which ultimately took
tho form of deep-soated abscesses iu
tho nock. He returned from Egypt,
arriving in this country some time in
October, 1P82, and at once bccaino a
patient at the lioyal Military Hospital,
Southampton. Tho man describes the
operation as being only a little painful.
The previous ditlicully in breathing had
boon so great that if the incision into
the windpipe had caused much pain
thatpaiu was overwhelmed by the great
relief which followed the operation. He
remained iu the hospital for some
mouths, but finally left quite cured.
lie 11 ml* bid little discomfort or iu-
convenience in wearing tho tracheotomy
tube. Ho cannot speak without lirst
putting his linger to his neck to close
the or lice of the lube. The reason for
this is obvious. Voice is caused by the
vibei'ation of the vocal cords in the
larynx, and to set them vibrating a
current of air from tho lungs is requir-
ed. The incision of tracheotomy being
made in the windpipe below the larnvx,
enough nir to vdirnte the vocal chords
cannot lie obta ned until the orilico is
closed. The closing is in most trach-
eotomy tubes ell'ected by an automatic
valve, but the soldier now in question
will have none of them. Ho woro the
automatic valve for a short time it Is
true, hut when he was coming down
Kogcnt Street one day it tlow oil' and
was lost, nud ho has done well with-
out it since. He can nlso talk by put-
ting his head down, iu which case the
orilico is closcd by his chin instead of
l y his finger. Ho possesses a duplicate
tube for use in case of accident.
A brief doscriptiou of the tube may
bo found interesting. it is made of
silver, that being the metal least like-
ly to be acted upon by any fluids to be
found in tiie windpipe or by the con-
densed aqueous vapor of the breath.
It is in reality no moro than tho name
implies—that is, a tube, it is bent in-
to the form of a quadrant, and the out-
er portion has a shield which presses
against the llesh of the neck. To tho
shield are attacked tapes, which pass
around the neck and are tied. These
serve to keep the tube securely in posi-
tion. The Instrument is further supplied
with a smaller inner tudo and guide.
Tho former can easily bo removed and
replaced for tho purpose of cleaning,
which however, is not noecossary moro
than once a day, unless tho weather bo
very foggy. But the inner tube is not
an essential, and the soldier of wtiom
wo write never wears it. lie remove*
the tube Itself, the tissues around it
having become so hardened that for a
short time they answer all tho purpos-
es of tho tracheotomy tube itself. Tho
person who is compelled to use a trach-
eotomy tube generally wears a high
collar, and all that is soon is a small
hole.—J'all Mall Gazette.
CURSING AND SWEARING.
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Dr. Tulmn({c'ii IllHCoume on
Jlnblt of 1'rofanlty.
Brooki.v.s, April 8.—One of tlie hymns
itinir at tlio Tabcinacltt tliia morning, begins
with the word*:
*'Ho let our llpn Iiml.llvea exprcus
TJio Holy O' n|nsl we profess."
After re ailing appropriate pan atr«i> of Scrip-
ture, tlie Kov. T. l)o Witt TaliiiaK'-, I). I) ,
prcacliej on tlie habit of cursing ami swear-
ing. Ills text was froin tho Hook of Job,
Chap. !i, v. T, S and 0: "Ho went .Satan forth
from tin; presence of tliel-.ord. and smote Job
witli sore bolls from the Bole of his foot unto
tils crown. Ami lie look lilm a potsherd to
dcrapo himself withal; and lie Bat down
among the ashes. Then said ids wife unto
him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity)
! Curse God, and die."
A story oriental and marvelous. Job was
the richest man in all the East, tie had
camels and oxen and asses and sbuep, ami,
what would inivo made him rich without any-
thing els;, seven sons ami three daughters.
It was the habit of these children to gather
together for family reunion, One day, Job ia
thinking of his children as gathered together
at a banquet at the cider brother's house.
While the old man Is seated at Ills tent
door, lie sees some one running, evidently
from ills manner brinjfi'iK bad news. What Is
tile matter now! "Oh," says tlie messenger,
"a foraging party of Sabcans have fallen up-
on the oxen and the asses, and destroyed
them, and butchered alt tlie servants cxccpt
myself." Stand aside. Another messenger
running. What Is the matter now? "Oh,"
says tlie man, ' tho lightning has struck
tlio sheep and the shepherds, and all
tlie shepherds are destroyed cxccpt myself."
Htuud aside. Another messenger running.
What is the matter now/ "Oh," ho says,
' the Chaldeans have captured tlio camels,
and sluin all the camel-drivers except myself."
Stand aside. Another messenger running.
What is the matter now) "Oh," ho says, "a
hurricane struck tlie four corners of tho tent
where your children were assembled at tho
banquet, and they are all dead."
liut the chapter of culainlty lias not cniicii.
Joti was smitten with elephantiasis, or black
leprosy. Tumors from head to foot—forehead
ridged with tubercles—eyelashes fall out-
nostrils excoriated—voice destroyed—Intoler-
able exhalations from tlie entire body, until
with none to dress bis sores, he sits down in
the ashes with nothing but pieces of broken
pottery to use III the surgery of bis wounds.
A i this moment, when lie needed nil encour-
agement, ull consolation, his wife comes In,
In a fret ami a rage, and says: "This Is in-
tolerable. Our property gone, our children
slain, and now you covered Up with this
loathsome and disgusting disease. Why
don't you swear! Curse God, and diet"
Ah, Job know right well that swearing
would not cure one of the tumors of his agon-
ized bodv, would not bring Imclc one of ills de-
stroyed camels, would not restore one of Ills
dead children. He knew that profanity
would only make the pain more unbearable,
anil tlie poverty more distressing, and tlie
bereavement more excruciating. But judg-
ing from tho profanity abroad In our (lav,
you might come to tho conclusion that there
was some groat advantage to be reaped from
profanity.
Klaephciny is all abroad. You hear it In
every direction. The drayman swearing at
his cart, the sewing girl imprecating tho tan-
gled skein, the accouutaut cursing
the long line of troublesome iigurcs.
Swearing at the store, swearing in tho loft,
swearing in the cellar, swearing on the street,
swearing iu tlie factory. Children swear.
Men swear. Women swear! Swearing from
the rough calling on the Almighty Iu the low
restaurant, clear up to the reckless "OLord t"
of a glittering drawing-room; and the ono is
as much blasphemy as the other.
There are times when we must cry out to
tlie I.ord by reason of our physical agony or
our mental distress, and that is only throwing
out our weak hand to tlie strong arm of a
father. It was no profanity when James A.
Garlield, shot in the Washington depot, cried
out: "My God, what does this mean I" There
Is no profanity iu calling out upon God in the
day of trouble, in tho day of darkness, iu the
dtiy of physical anguish, iu the day of bc-
rciivcmcnt; but 1 am speaking now of the
triviality ami of the recklessness with which
the name of God is sometimes managed. The
whole laud Is cursed Willi It.
A gentleman coining from the far west sat
In the car day after (lay behind two persons
who were indulging In protanlty, and he
made up Ids mind that lie would make a rec-
ord of their profanities, and at ttie end of
two days several sheets of paper were covered
Willi there Imprecations, and ut the dose of
tlie journey he handed the manuscript to ono
of the persons In front of him. "Is It possi-
ble," said the man, "that we have uttered so
many profanities the last few days!" "It is,"
replied the gentleman. "Then," said tlie
man who had taken the manuscript, "1 will
never swear again."
liut it is a comparatively unimport-
ant tiling if a man makes record of
our Improprieties of speech. The more
memorable consideration is t hat every im-
proper word, every oath Uttered, lias a record
in tlio book of (bid's remembrance, ami that
the day will come when all our crimes of
spccch, if unrepcuted of, will bo our con-
demnation. I shall not to-day deal iu abstmc-
tlons. I bate abstractions. 1 am going to
have a plain talk with you, my brother, about
a habit thai you admit to tie wrong.
The liiiblt grows In tlie community in the
tho fact that young people think
It iii.niiv to swear. Utile children, hardly
able to' walk straight on the street, yet
have enough distinctness of utterance to let
you know that they lire damning their own
souls, or damning the souls of others. It Is
au awful llilug the lirst time the little feet
are lifted to have them set down on the burn-
lug pavement of hell I
Between sivteen and twenty years of age,
there Is npt to come a time when a young
man is as uiiieli ashamed of not being able to
swear gracefully as he Is of the dizziness of
tils lirst cigar. He has ids hat, his boot, and
his coat of tlie right pattern, and now, if lie
can only swear without awkwardness, and as
well as his comrades, tic believes lie is in tho
fashion, There are young men who walk in
an atmosphere of Imprecation—oaths on their
lips, under their tongues, nesting in their
shock of hair. They abstain from It in th«
elegant drawing-room, but the street and the
club-house ring with their profanities. They
have no regard for God, although they have
great rcspcct for the ladlest My \uuug
brother, there Is no manliness In that. The
most uiigcutlemuuly thing u man can do Is to
sivear.
Fathers foster this great crime. There are
parents who ire cautious not to
swear in tho presence of their chlld-
dren; in a moment of sudden anger, they
look around lo see If the children are
present when tiicv indulge In this habit.
Do you not know, O, father, that your child
Is aware of tlie fact that vou swear I He has
overheard you in tlio next room, or someone
has informed liltn of your habit, lie is prac-
ticing now. hi ten years lie will swear as
well as you do. Do not, O father, be under
the delusion that you mav sweat and your
sou not know it. ft Is an awful tiling to sturt
the habit in a family—-the father to tie pro-
fane, and then to have the echo of tils exam-
ple come bin k from other generations; so that
generations after generations curse the i.ord.
The crime Is also fostered by master mech-
anics, boss carpenters, those who are at the
head of men In hat factories, and In dock-
yards, and at the head of great business cs-
tabl shutouts. When mil uo down to look at
the work of tlie scaffolding, and you lind It is
not dune right, what do yousnyl It Is not
pravlni, Is It) The employer swears—his em-
ploie Is tempted to swear. Tlie man says:
"1 don't know why mv employer, worth
$50,11111) or $1011.001), should have any luxury 1
should be denied simply because I am poor
and dependent on a day's wages, haven't I
as much light to swear as lie lias w ith Ills
iarge Income." Ktnploycrs swear, and that
makes so many employes swear?
The habit also comes Iroiu Inlirmity of tem-
per. There are a good many people who,
when they are at peace, have righteousness of
ppeecb, but when angered they blaze with 1 ni-
precatlou. Perhaps all the rest of the veat
they talk in right language, but now the)
lH) r out the fury of u whole \eur In one rec
hut parugruph of live minutes. I know of u
man who excused himself for tho habit, mat-
ing: "I only swear once In u great while. J
must do that just to clear myself out.
The habit comes also from tlie profuse its, ol
bywords. Tho transition from a byword
which may bo perfectly harmless to linim-cn-
Hon aud profuuity, is not a very large tmuci
tlon. It is "iny stars!" and "mercv on un-!
anil "good gracious!" and "bv Geortre!" an !
"bvjovo!" and you go on with thai a 1 i111 -
while, und thou \oU ftwe.tr. The an word",
perfectly harmless in themselves, are next
door to imjirecattou und blusplictuy. A pro-
fuse use of bywords ubvays ends in profanity.
The habit is creeping up Into the highest
styles of society. Women have no patience
with Hut and unvarnished profanity, Thov
will order a man out of the parlor indulging
Iu blasphemy, and yet you ycill r.ometimi . Had
them with fairy fan to tho lip, and nil lei
chandeliers which bring no blush to their I
cheek, taking on their lips the holiest oi 1
names in utter triviality.
Why, my friends, the English language is I
comprehensive and capable of expressing "11 !
shapes of feeling and every degree of energy. !
Are you happy, Noah Webster will give on
ton thousand words with which to expre-s
your cxliiieratlou. Are you righteously indig-
nant, there are whole armories in tho vocabu-
lary, righteous vocabulary—yvliole iirmtes of
denunciation, aud scorn, aud sarcasm, and
irony, and caricature, and wrath. Vou ex- j
press yourself against some meanness, or |
hypocrisy, in all the oaths that ever smoked |
up from the pit, und 1 will come right on ut ter
you anil give you a thousand fold moro em-
phasis of denunciation to the same meanness,
and the same hypocrisy in words across which
no slime has ever trailed, and into which the
fires of hell have never shot their forked
tongues—tho pure, the Innocent, God-honored
Anglo-Saxon in which Milton sang and John
Dtiuvmi dreamed, anil Sbakspore dramatized.
There Is no oxcuae for profanity when we
have such a magnificent lauguaire—such a
flow of good words, potent words, mighty
words, words just to suit every crisis and
every case. Whatever be tho cause of it, pro-
fanity is on tho increase, ami if you do not
know It, it ia because your cars have been
hardened by the din of Imprecations so thai
you are not stirred and moved as you ought
to be by profanities In these cities which are
enough to bring it hurrlcuuc of tiro like that
Willed consumed Sodom.
Do you knoiv that this trivial use of Goil's
name'results In perjury! Do you know that
peoplo who take tho name of God on their
lips In recklessness and thoughtlessness are
fostering the crime of perjury? Make the
name of Clod a foot ball In tho community,
ami it lias no power when In court-room and
in legislative assembly it Is employed in
solemn ud juration! See the way sometimes
they administer the oath: "S'help you God
—kiss tho book!" Smuggling, which is al-
ways a violation of tho oath, becomes In some
circles a grand joke. You sav to a man:
"IIow is It possible for you to sell those goods
so very cheap} X can't understand it." "Ah!"
ho replies, with a twinkle of the eye, "the
Custom House tariff of these goods isn't as
much as It might lie. ' An oath docs not
mean us much as it would were the name of
God iu reverence aud In solemnity. Why is it
that so often jurors render unaccountable
verdicts, and judges givo unaccountable
charges, and useless railroad schemes pass In
our State capitals, and tliero are most unjust
changes made In tariffs—tariil lifted from one
thing aud put upon another!
What Is au oath) Anything solemn!
Anything that calls upon the Almlglitv!
Anything that marks au event iu a man's
history! Oh, nol It Is kissing tho book I There
Is no hubit, I tell you plainly—and I talk to
hundreds and thousands of men to-day who
will thank mo for my utterance—I tell yon,
my brother—I talk to you not professionally
but just as one brother talks to uuothcr on
some verv important theme—I tell you there
is no habit that bo dopletes a man's nature us
the habit of profunlty. You might as well
try to raise vineyards and orchards on the
shies of belching Strotnboll us to raise any-
thing good on a benrt from which there
pours out tho scoria of profunlty. You may
swear yourself down; you cannot swear your-
self up. When the Mohammedan ilnds a
piece of paper lie connot read, lie puts It as-
side verv cautiously for four tho name of God
may tie on it. That Is ono extreme. We go
to the other. Now what is the cure of this
habit! It is a mighty habit Men have
struggled for years to get over it. There
are men in this house of God VyhowvuM give
hulf their fortune to get rid of it. An aged
man who was in the delirium of u fever. Ho
had for many years lived a most upright life
and was honored in all the community; but
when he came Into tho delirium of this fever
he was full of imperfection und profuuity,and
they could not understand it. After hccumc
to his right reuson ho explained It. He said:
"When 1 was a young man I was very pro-
fane. I co nqucred Hie habit, but 1 had to
struggle all through lifo. You haven't for
fortv years heard me say an improper word,
but it has been an awful struggle. The tiger
Is chained, but lie is alive yet."
If you would get, rid of {this habit, I want
you, iny friends, to dwell upon the uselcss-
hess of It. Did a volley of oaths ever start a
heavy load? Did they ever exusplrate mean-
ness from a customer) Did they ever
collect a bad debt! Did tliev ever cure a
toothache! Did they ever stop the twinge
of the rheumatism! Did they ever help you
forward one step in the right direction! Come
now, tell me, ye who have had tlie most ex-
perience In this habit, how much have you
made out of it! Five thousand dollars in all
vour life! No. One thousandt No. One
hundred! Nr. Ono dollar) No. One cent)
No. It the habit be so utterly useless, away
with it.
Hut you say: "I haw struggled to over-
come the habit a long while, and I have not
been successful." You struggled in your own
strength, my brother. If ever a man wants
God, it Is ill such a crisis of Ills history. God
alone by Ills gruce can emanclpute you from
that trouble. Call upon lluu day and night
that vou may be delivered from this crliuc.
Remember also In the cure of this habit that
it trt-ouses God's indignation. The Bible reit-
erates from chapter to chapter, and verse
after verse, the fact that It Is accursed for
tills life und thut it makes a man miserable
for eternity. Tliero is not a sin in all the
catalogue that is so often peremptorily and
suddenly punished iu tills world as the sin of
profanity. There is not a citv or a village but
can give an Illustration of a man struck down
at the moment of imprecation. A couple of
vears ogs, briefly referring to this In a sermon,
1 gave some instances in which God had
struck swearers dead at tlie moment of their
profunlty. That sermon brought to mo from
many parts of tills land nud other lands
statements of similar cases of Instantaneous
visitation from God upon blasphemers. My
oplnion is that such cases occur somewhere
every day, but for various reason# they are
not reported.
In Scotland a club assembled ovcrv
week for purposes of wickedness, and
there wag a competition as to which
jjauld uso tho most horrid oath, and
the man who succeeded was to be president
of the club. Tbo compotlton wont on A
man uttvred an oath which confounded al! his
comrades, and he was made president of tlio
club, ills tongue,began to swell, and It pro-
truded from the mouth, and ho could not
draw It In, and he died, and tho physician
said: "This Is the strangest tiling we ever
saw; we never saw any account lii the books
tike unto it; wo can't understand It." I un-
stand It. lie cursed God and died.
At Cutsklll, N. Y., a croup of men stood In
a blacksmith shop during a violent thunder
storm. There came a crush of thunder und
some of the men trembled. One man said:
"Whv, I don't see what yoti are afraid of. 1
am not afrahl to go out In front of the shop
and defy tlio Almighty. lam not afraid of
lightning." And lie laid a wager on the sub-
ject, and he went out, and shook Ills tist at
the heavens, crying: "Strike, If you dare!"
and Instantly, he fell under a holt. What de-
stroyed lilmf Any mystery about it! Oh, no.
He cursed God and died.
Oh, my broiher, God will not allow this sin
to go unpunished. Tliero are styles of writ-
ing with manifold sheets, so that ii mau writ-
ing on one lent'writes clear through ten, fif-
teen or twenty sheets, and so every profanity
we titter goes' right down through the leaves
of tlie book of God's remembrance. It Is no
exceptional sin. Do you suppose you could
count the profanities "of last week—the pro-
fanities of office, store, shop, factory! They
cursed God, they cursed Ilis word, they curs-
ed His only begotten Son.
One morning, on Kutton Street, as l w as
passing along, I heard u uiun swear bv tlie
name of Jesus. My htiir lifted. My blood
ran cold. My breath caught. My foot
halted. Do you uot suppose that
God s aggravated! Do vou not suppose that
God knows about it! Dionysius used to have
u cuvu in which Ids culprits were Incarcera-
ted, and he listened at the top of that cave,
and ho could hear every groan, ho could bear
ev. rv sigh, and lie could hear every whisper
of tle se who were imprisoned Ho was a
tyrant. Go t is not a I > runt: but he bends
over this world nud lie hears everything—
ev.-ry vole" oi praise—every voice of Impreca-
tion He hears It ull. The oaths sictu to die
on the uir, but they have eternal echo. They
come buck from the aires to conic.
J.isteii! I. steal 'All blasphemers shall
have their plucc iu the lake which burnetii
with lire anil brimstone, which Is the second
deutli." And If, according to the theory of
some, a mun commits in the next world the
sins which be committed iu this world—if
unpurdoned, uurogeuerated—think of u man's
going on cui'Blng iu flie name of Goil to ull
eternity!
The habit grows. You start with a small
oath, you will come to tho large oath. I saw
u man die with an oath betwccu his teeth.
Vo'tuire only gradually came to his tremen-
dous Imprecation; liut the habit grew on him
until iu the last moment, supposing Christ
stood at the bed, he exclaimed: "Crush that
wretch! Crush that wietch!" Oh, my broth-
er, you begin to swear and there is nothing
impossible for vou In the wrong direction.
Who is this God whoso name you ure using
In swearing? Who is lie! Is lie a tvruiit!
Has He pursued vou ull your life long! Hus
11c starved you, frozen you, tyrannized over
you! No. Ho has loved you, lie hus shel-
tered you, llo watched you lust night, Ho
will wutcli you to-night. He wonts to love
you, wunts to help you, wauts
to save you, wants to comfort you.
He was your father's God and
your mother's God. Ho has housed them
froin the blast, and lie wauts to shelter you.
Will you spit Iu Ills face by imprecation!
Will you ever trliust Him back by au oath.
Who Is this Jesus whose name 1 heard in
tho imprecation) Has Ho pursued you ull your
life long! What vile thing has he done to you
that you should so dishonor Ilis name! Why,
He, was the Lnmb whoso blond simmered iu
the iires of sacrifice for you. He Is tbo broth-
er that took oir His crown that you might put
it on. lie has pursued you all your life long
with mercy. He wants you to love Him,w ants
you to serve Him. He comes with streaming
eyes and broken heart and blistered feet to
save you. On the craft of our {doomed human-
ity He pushed out into the sea to take you oil
the wreck.
Where is the hand that will over bo lifted
In imprecation again! Let that hand, now
blood tipped, bo lifted that I may see it. Not
one. Where is the voice that will over bo
uttered in dishonoring the iiumo of Christ.
Not one. Oh, I a in glad to know thut ull
these voices of tlie community, and these
crimes of our city will bo gone. Society is
going to bo bettered. Tlio world by tho pow-
er of Christ's Gospel Is going to bo suved, and
this crime, this iniquity, uuii ull the other in-
iquities will vanish before the rising of the
Sun of Righteousness upon the nation.
There was one day in New England memor-
able for storm and darkness I lutrdIr ever saw
such an evening. The clouds which had been
gathering all day unllmbcred their batteries.
The Ilousatonlc which flows quietly, save as
tho puddles of plensurc purtles rattle the oar
locks, wus lashed into foam, anil the waves
hardly knew where to lay themselves.
Oh I what a time It was! The bills jarred
under the rumbling of God's chariots. Blind-
ing sheets of rain drove the cattle to the burs,
or beat against the window pi.ne as though to
dash it in. The grain Holds threw their
crowns of gold at tho feet of tho storm king.
When night came in it was a double night.
Its mantle was torn with tho lightnings, und
Into Its locks woro twisted the leaves of un-
rooted oaks and shreds of canvas torn from
tho masts of the beached shipping. Tl was
such a night us makes you thank God for
shelter, and open the door to let in tho spaniel
howling outside with terror.
We went to sleep under the full blast of
heaven's great orchestra, tho forests with up-
lifted voices, In chorus that filled tho moun-
tains, praising the Lord. We woke not until
the fingers of the sunnv morn touched our
eyelids. Wo looked out the window and the
Ilousatonlc slept as quiet as an infant's
dream. Plllariuof clouds set against the sky
looked like tiiW castles of the blest built for
heavenly hlerarchs ou the beach of the azure
sea. Ail the trees sparkled as though there
had been some groat grief In heaven, and
each leaf bad been God-appointed tocatchan
angel's tear. It seemed as if our father had
looked upon tho earth, His wayward child,
and stooped to her tear-wct cheek and kissed
it. So will tho darkness ot sin und crime
leave our world before the dawn of the morn-
ing. The light shall gild the citv spire und
strike tho forests of Maine und the masts of
Mobile, and all between. And one end rest-
ing on the Atlantic coast and the other on the
Pacific beach, God will spring a grout rainbow
arch of peace, in token of everlasting cove-
nant that the world shall never more see a
deluge of crime.
"But." says some one, "preaching against
the evils or society will accomplish nothing.
Do you not sou thnt the evils go right on?" I
answer, we tire not ut all discouraged.
It seemed Insignificant for Moses to stretch
his hand over the Red Sea. What power
could that have over the waters! But the
East wind blew all night; the waters gather-
ed Into two glltlcrliig palisades on either
side. The billows reared us God's hand pulled
back upon their crystal bits. Wheel into line,
O Israel! March! March! Pour is crash un-
der the feet. Tlie shout of hosts mounting
the bench answers the shout of hosts mid-sea;
until, as tho last line of the Isrtclilcs have
gained tho beach, the shields clang, ami the
cymbals clap; and as the waters whelm the
pursuing foe, the swift-lingered winds on the
white keys of the foam play the grand march
of l8ricl delivered, and the nwful illrge of
Egyptian overthrow. So we go forth; and
stretch out the band of prayer nud Christian
effort over these dark, boiling waters of crime
and sin. "Aim! Aha!" say the deriding
world. But wait. The winds of dlvlno help
will begin to blow; tho wuy will clear for the
grout tinny of Christian philanthropists; tlie
glittering treasures of the world's lienetlcence
will lino the path of out- foot; and to the other
shore wo will he greeted with tho clash of all
heuvens cvmbals; while those who resist and
deride and pursue us will fall under the son,
and there will bo nothing left of them but
here and there, cast high and dry upon Mio
bench, tho splintered wheel of the chariot,
and thrust out from the surf, the breathless
nostril of a riderless cliargcr.
Commodore Vnuderliilt's Cook.
One of tho Vnndorbllts is said to
liuvo imported, with due regard lo lite
contract labor law. a chef, to whom he
is to pay 810,000 a year, more or loss.
His grandfather didn't pay SlO.OOO a
year either more or less, to his cook.
A well-known physician called on
tho commodore ono day some years
before his death and found him at
breakfast. His family was out of town.
Tho visit was ended, and the physician
rose to go.
"How tlo you get along with your
fam lv awa\ ho asked the maker of
the millions.
••Oh. well enough," replied the com-
modore. "I've got an old woman who
keeps house for me. I give her a dol-
lar every morning and that lasts us
very well through the day. — Acw l'orb
bun.
Side-Trucked.
He—"Do yo know Miss Mablo, I
have discovered why my brain is so
active?"
She—"No. Mr. Miutiswit. What is
your tlieor ?"
••It's licciiusu 1 so often start n train
ot thought."
"Ail, yes! Tlie Limited."—TUl Hits.
MI3CELLANEOU3
Koollys Is pronounced Rnowles.
Norwich Is pronounced Norridge.
Salisbury Is pronounced Sawlsbry.
Chohnoadeley is pronounced Chumley.
Cirencestcr is pronounced Blsslstor.
Coekburn is pronounced Coburn.
Colquboun Is pronounce! Cohoou.
Derby Is pronounced Darby.
Grosvcnor is pronounced Grovcnor.
Ilawardon is pronounced Harden.
Holburn Is pronounccd Hobun.
Majorlbanks is pronounccd Marclibanks.
Marylebone is pronounced Marrabun.
Fort Bend has one hundred civil,and
iftv criminal cases on district court
locket.
Two counterfeiters were caught
ihov ing tlie riueer" in Calvert.
The excursion over tho Fort Worth
md Denver Railroad wus simply im-
ncnse. .
Marshall has had a terrific storm of
wind aud rain, but having shipped 60,-
)00 bales of cotton, are able to stand it.
Sherman's water supply will cost
(00,000 for pipes to carry it from Iron
J re Creek.
Tho Millikeu case has been con-
tinued to next court at Granbury.
The Democratic Convention will bo
held at Forth Worth.
Humbug.
Barnum said "The American people like to
he humbugged." This may be true In the
ilno of entertainment, but not where life Is
at stake. A man with consumption, or any
lingering disease, looking Death In the face
and seeking to evade his awful pratp, does
not like to be trilled with. So with confidence
we place before our readers Natuic's great
remedy, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis-
covery, a sure relief for that long train of
diseases resulting from impure blood, such as
Consumption, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Liver
Complaint, Kidney Disorder, Dyspepsia, Sick
Head ache, Scrofula and General Debility.
Time-tried and thoroughly tested, It stands
without an equal. Any druggist.
Mayor Conner, of Dallas, has writ
ten a letter in reply to queries of tli
New York Press in which he says tha
Dallas is prosperous, and consequently
satisfied with Cleveland.
Five children were poisoned at Hous-
ton, and tho parents are both in jail
under suspicion.
Two important land suits in Hills-
boro have been decided in favor of the
plaintiffs.
Piano has had heavy rains.
Many Rockdale citizens are aspiring
to the position of "city dads," also an
Alliance store has been opened.
Abergavenny is pronounced Abergenny.
"Not Bulk, But Business!"
•Ib the way a Western man put it In express-
ing to a friend his complete satisfaction in
'the use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
;PeHets. So small and yet so effectual, they
bid fair to supplant entirely the old-style pill.
lAn evcr-readv remedy lor Sick and Bilious
Headache, Biliousness, Constipation and ail
'blood disorders. Mild in action, wonderful in
'.effect! Put up in vials, convenient to carry.
Their use attended with no discomfort I These
sterling merits accounts for their great popu-
larity.
Governor Ross expects from offers
made by responsible bankers that the
'indemnity money will be paid into the
State Treasury without cost of ex-
change.
Attorney General Hogg has gouged
the Galveston saloonkeepers for $20,-
000 taxes. He will at once pull tho
screws down on Houston, San Antonio,
Dallas, Waco aud Fort Worth.
She scolds and frets,
She's full of pets.
She's rarely kind and tender;
The thorn of life
Is a fretful wife—
1 wonder wliut will mend her?
Try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Ten
to one, your wife is cross and fretful because
she is sick and suffering, and cannot
control l.er nervousness when things
go wrong. Muke a healthy woman
of lier, and the chances are that vou
will mnko a cheerful and pleasant one. "Fa-
vorite Prescription" is tho only remedy for
woman's peculiar ailments, sold by druegtsts,
under a positive guarantee Irom the manu-
facturers, that it will give satisfaction in
every case, or money will be refunded. See
guarantee on bottle wrapper. Large bottles,
$1. Six for $5.
(jiilvcfrtow Citv Council tnomorializos
fhe legislature to carry out tho will of
the people hy establishing the Medical
University.
Galveston and Hempstead are busy
preparing foi' the Inter-State drill.
Abilene aud Gordon are backing their
judgment ou immigration with the
cash.
• McClelland grand jury have found
100 indictments, seventy-four of which
are felonies.
Natural gas at Gordon burns beauti-
fully- , .
Tho Young Mens' Christian Associa-
tion, of Corsicana, are moving for a
building.
A n:ad dog at Bruceville attacked
and severely bit Miss Cassandra
Macauley, and Mr. Martin Robertson,
who nobly rushed to her rescue.
John P. Butler, policeman, was
killed at Houston, by Henry Hagan, a
switchman.
A man who lias practiced medicine for 40
years ought to know suit from sugar; read
what lie says:
Tolbpo, O., Jan. 10, 1887.
Messrs. F. J. Cheney it Co.—Gentlemen:-—
1 have been in the general practice of medi-
cine lor most 40 years, and would say that in
•11 my | ractice and experience have nev-
er seen a preparation that 1 could presci ■ ' ,
with as much confidence of success a* I c <
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by J i
Have prescribed it a great many times ana JU
effect is wonderful, and would say in concltlri
ilon that 1 have yet to find a case of GatarrH
that it would not cure, if they would take Kt
according to directions.
Yours truly,
L. L. GORSUCH. M. D.,
Cilice, 215Summit St.
We will give $100 for any case of Cutarrh
that cannot he cured with Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Taken Internally.
F.J. CHENEY &CO., Props., Toledo, a
rag-Sold by all druggists, <5 cts. _
Bexar County Commissioners dccline
to join San Antonio city in the erec-
tion of a joint courthouse and city hall
iu spite of an agreement to do so.
Canadian, Texas, is on an era of im-
provement.
The Waco Farm wire fence was cut.
A heavy hailstorm is reported around
Lancaster. The hail Was of the regula-
tion lion cgi,' calibre and produced a
famine in window glass.
Laredo lias had a visit from burglars.
v \
«i
I If
Waller county llopublicans are hunt*
ng "blood on the Democratic moon."
Taliafcro is pronounced Tolllvcr.
Bulwer is pronounccd Bulier.
St. Lcger is pronounced Selliogcr.
Thames is pronounced Terns.
Brougham is pronounced Broom.
Womyss is pronounced Wecms.
C'oughn, Sore Throat, etc.
"Brown's Bronchial Troches," a
Sufferers from
ehou'il trv "Brov
simple hut sure remedy.
Price 25 cts.
Sold only in boxes.
The Corsicana primary has cheered
Mills and pronounced it "undemocrat-
ic" to do otherwise.
Charles Burnett was given twenty
years in tlio penitentiary for the killing
of A. Barnes, at Goldthwaito, in 1880.
Beauchamp Is pronounced Beccham.
Bollngbroke is pronounced BuUlngbrook.
An Essential Provision.
Father, it is as essential to provide youi
children against croup as against hunger.
Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and
Mullein will cure croup, coughs and colds,
Terrell proposes a new compress.
Catarrh Cured.
A clergyman, after years of suffering from_
tbat loathsome disease, catarrh, and vainly
trying every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which completely cured and saved
ilm from death. Any sufferer from thla
dreadful disease aendlflg a self-addressed
stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence,
202 East 9th St., New York, will receive tha
recine free of ehargw.
If afflicted with Sore Eves, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggist sell It. 25o
Itching Piles.
Symptomf—Moisture; intense Itching and
stinging, moat at night; worse bv scratching.
If allowed to continue tumors form which
often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore.
Swayne's Ointment stops the itching and
bleeding, heals ulceration, and in many
cases removes the tumors, it la equally
efficacious in curlug all Skin Diseases. Dr.
Swayne <Sc Son, Proprietors, Philadelphia.
Swayne's Ointment can bo obtained ol drug-
gists. Sent by mall for 50 ccnts.
Consumption Surely Cared.
To the Editors-
Please inform your readers that I have a
BDsltlve remedy for the above named disease,
y its timely use thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. I shall bo
glnd to send two bottles of my remedy Fitea
to any of vour readers who have consumption
if tlicy will send me their Express and P. O.
"T?
address. Respectfully,
T.A.SLOCUM.
V., 181 Pearl St., Now York.
IltRNS and Scalds are Instantly rendered
painless and Invariably cured without a scar,
by tho uso of Curboliaalve, the groat skin
remodv. 25 and 6ft cents, at druggists or bj
mail. ' Colo & Co., Black Iiiver Falls, Wis.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
■ i j t. ai. at Ppiimh
Sold by all drnmHti. H «l*forW. Prcptrfd only
by C. r HOOP £ CO., Apothecarlci. Lowell, Mam.
IOO Doses One Dollar
100 Doses
This ts not
a catch line KT ||
only but Is I I C7
original and
true only of Hood's Sar-
saparllla, which Is the ■ ^ I I 51 V
very best spring modi- I I d I
cine and blood purifier.
Now, reader, prove it. Take a bottlo home and men- /
ttro its contents. You will find it to. hold one hun- \
dred teaspoonfuls. Now read the directions, and you
will find that the average dose for persona of differ
ent ages Is less than a teaspoonrul. Thus the evl*
dence of the peculiar strength and economy of
Hood*s Sarsaparilla Is conclusive and unanswerable*
"Feeling languid and dizzy, having no appetite
and no ambition to work, 1 took Hood'a Sarsapa-
rilla with the best result*. As a health Invfgor
ator and for general debility I think It superior to
anything else." A. A. Hiker, JJtlca, N. Y,
"My wife and myself were both generally rnn
down. Hood's Sarsaparilla brought ua out of that
tired feeling, and made us feel like young peoplo
again. It has done morn for us than all other medi-
cines together." Richard Hawkuubst, Amity*
ville, Long Island. N. Y.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, fl; six for Prepared only
by C. L HOOD de CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mast.
IOO Doses One Dollar
ar m and h am me r
The Greatest tooyeotter of the ftgo—the bllz-
zaril— Yonken (iazetlt.
To ITttuiekeeper*and
Farmer*.— It Is impor-
tant that the floda yon
mse should be White and
Pure same es all similar
subst.inees nsed for
food. To insure ob-
taining only tho • 'Arm A
Hammer'' brand bods,
bay If in "pound or
ha'f pound" cartoons,
which bear our name
and trade-mark, an In-
ferior poods nre some-
times substituted forthe
"Arm k Hammer'' br.ind
when bought in bulk.
Parties using Baking
Powder should remem-
ber that its solo riring
property consibts of bi-
carbonate of soda. On#
teaspoon fulof the "Arm
h Hammer" brand of
Soda mixed with sour
milk equals four tea*
spoonfuls of the best
Baking Powder, saving
twenty times its cost,
boMides being much
healthier* because it
does not contain any
injurious substances,
such as alum, terra alba
etc., of which many Bak-
ing Powders aro mado.
Dairymen and Farmers
shoti Ul use oul y tho "Arm
& Hammer" brand for
cleaning and keeping
Milk Pans Sweet and
Clean
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One of tbo bright spots !a existence ia spot
casll.— Afia Uatui Xcios.
BRAND SODA
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