The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 86, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1897 Page: 3 of 4
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CATCHING A MJUGLAR
N
O." aald Betsey
Jane "nothing
shell Induce me to
change nijr mind
mem. I've v
warning and I
hall Kick to t!
No girl mrin at
respects herself
could put tip with
tbe sort ul treat-
uunt ai I gel at
No. (4. Tht way cold meat niem la
weighed afore It goee off Uia labia to
niaka aura aa ther ain't anything
cribbed off It befor It cornea back for
filn o'clock supper with a Welsh rab-
bit and a pickle! And aa for me mrm.
I'm expected to llva off bread ami
cheese and aalt pork. And the old Rent
ta meaiurea all ronl by the aculllcful
and aaya I'll bring him to the poor-
bouse If I don't leave off waiting the
klndlltigwood-and Mlna Zlcurlah ahe
count the very lumpi of sugar and the
apples In the stre-thamhr. Why.
mem. there couldn't a bUrk beetle
grow fat In that house let alone a
respectable aired r.ioue and no money
couldn't hire ma to auy. after my
month la up."
And catching up the tin cup which
contained a crura worth of yeaet. llet-
sey Jane hurried home murh relieved
by tills free expression of her mind
to Mra. Jones the baker's wife. With
fell tha spied which ihe rau'.d make
however Mln Zerulah llardacrabble
aa lying In wait for ber behind tha
bark parlor door when ahe came In.
'lletary Jane." aald ahe arverely
"you've been giealplng with aome
y ung man."
"I v been for tbe yeait. Miss." aald
Iletsey Jane panting with tha ipeed
aha had made.
"I don't believe a word you aay" aald
Mlaa Herds rabble brusquely at
which Iletsey Jan only tossed her head
and made no reply.
"(io and make aome toast for tea"
added Ulna Zrrulah "and put my fa-
ther'! allppera and dreulng-gown
warming agalnit he eomre In; and If
your young man la prowling about
the premise he'll be aorry for It. fur
I'm going through the baaenient with a
candle to make aura (hit all la right. "
"It ain't nothing to me ma'am how
much you go through It with a candle"
aald lietaey Jane atung beyond her
control.
"Don't dare tt be Inaolcnt. girl-
aald Miaa Hardecrahble.
"No mem I won't" sail Tdetsry
Jane In a Ion which might be Inter-
preted ai meaning: "I'll be at Insolent
aa I please and you can't help your-
rlf." Mlaa llardacrabble nearly annihilated
ber retainer with a glance aa ahe light-
ed tha candle and art firth on her
nightly round of investigation.
"I alaaya go at duik." aald Mlaa
llardacrabble. "beoauaa that 'a tha moat
dangerous time fur thlevea and burg-
tare; and after that tha door are all
locked and Betsey Jane has to coma to
lNIr..SCltIIUHLE APPEARANCE
me for the key If ahe aanta to go out-
aide of the doorstep."
Through the back kitchen peeping
under the tuba In the laundry acroaa
tha atnne-paved hall toward tha vault-
Ilka cellar walked Mlsa llardacrabble
modern type of t-ady Macbeth In the
alrep-walklng trene.
"Ha!" aald Mlaa llardacrabble. with a
tragic start "tha coal-cellar door ajar!
What doea thla mean?"
Opening It tha least possible section
of a crack Mlaa HarJacrabble dropped
tha candle on tha cat and uttered an
eldritch scream. Hut In tha height of
her panic aha etlll bad presence of
Bilhd enough to bolt and double bolt
tha cellar door on tha outside.
"Run for tha police lletaey Janef
aald Mlaa HarJacrabble firing upstairs.
"1'v got blmr
"Got who mem?" aald Detaey Jane
who waa on her kneea before tha
kitchen fire vainly trying l brown
el Ire of bread before Ita handful of
smoldering coal. ( "La!" aald Ilettey
Jine to bersrir "toast knows atlngy
people aa well aa anybody. And It
won't never brown for 'em?')
"Your young man!" aald Mlsa Hard
sctabbl. "In the coal cellar! Hut be
aafe now tint II the Justiciary cornea."
"It ain't nothin' of the aort!" contra-
dieted Tleiey Jane. "I ain't got no
young man! And If I had. he atn't
ekulkln' In your coal cellar. Mla llard-
acrabble no more be ain't! It'a the
cat."
Hut Tabhy herself. rubbing np
gainst her. with a good deal of melted
tallow still adhering to h r fur evrved
a a mute contradiction to thla last
assertion.
"Cm for the police." a.ild Mlaa llard-
acrabble her voice rising a aemltone
higher "or I aball Inetantly dicharge
you without yor mnnth'a wages!"
Thua adjured tlrtsey Jana grum-
bllngly took down tha aleevea which
were rolled up above a pair of plump
and mottled arma removed her checked
apron and reached down ber bat from
the pen behind the kitchen door.
"Hurry. hy don't youT' aald Mlaa
llardacrabble.
"I am a-burrylng. gln't IT retorted
llrteey Jana.
Put at thla moment a rumbling
otind like tha throea of n miniature
arthquake atnick on both their eara.
"Ilea knocked down tha whole half
ton of coair tcreamed Betacy Jane.
"Ile'a banging t tha door to get
out!' ahrleked Mlaa llardacrabble.
Away went Petey Jan after tha po-
llco while ber mtstreaa locked herself
In and considered whether therw waa
anough rau lavender and alerlan In
irr : : Y.l
tha house to justify her going Into hya-
rica. And then tha Dolka arrived.
and aha hadn't tlma to Indulge ber ner-
vouineaa.
"Coma out of here rou vllllnr
growled Policeman 20.000.02.
let ma out!" roared a volca from
tha Inside.
"Yea I'll let you out." aald Police-
man 20000.02. "Oh. ou hoarr-headed
old alnner. Juat coma along with me!"
low dare you!" ahouted tha cap-
tive. "If you've any queatlon to ax. you'd
better keep u to ax Ilia Honor In
Court" aald Policeman 21.000 02. and
be dragged the culprit out and clapped
or a pair of handcuffs before Betsey
Jane and ber mistress could believe
that the desperate villain waa really
In custody.
"A-breakln Into peaceable cltlaena"
coalholea and frlghtenln' the ladles! I
wonder you ain't ashnmed of yourself."
aid Policeman 200oo.o: with an extra
Jrrk to tha necktie of the brigand. "I
aay come alot g. why don't you? Now
ludlea don't be erared! The gang'a all
broke up!"
AI thla Juncture the fluttered doves
of thla rote ventured to peep over th
banisters of the basement atalrcamf
Mlsa Hardirrabble uttered a shriek
which aa policeman 20.000.02 aald
"ran throiiRh Mm like a carving knife."
"It'a pa!" said Mlsa llardvrubble.
"It'a mnater!" aald Jletsey Jane.
"Brute of a policeman!" cried Mls
Hurdwrabble. "release r.iy parent!"
Ain't be a burglar?" demanded
Policeman 200oo.02 in great perplexi
ty.
No mora than yourself" aa'.d old
Mr. llardacrabble. who. with hla mouth
and eyea filled with coal-dust and bli
face resembling that of a negro min-
strel ready for the atage presented a
most Indescribable appearance!
"learrat par exclaimed Mlsa Hard
scrabble flinging herself upon him.
"Don't be a fool 2rulahl" waa bit
tenderly parental response.
"But bow came you there?" demand
ed the policeman naturally reluctant
to let go of the burglar whom be bad
capture.! with so much eclat. "This
'era hole pro. feting haa got a kind ol
a Queer look to my mind "
"I don't know that It'a anybody'e
butlnrss." said old Mr. llardacrabble.
aimjliig ve!.e mrntly "but I went
down on my way from tha ofTU-e to
mrasure out the coal In scuttles and
make sure there hadn't any of It been
spirited away. I didn't speak to any-
body lraue I didn't want anybody
to know; but that atupld aervantglrl "
"It was me. pa." aald M.sa Hard-
acTslible. "looking up the bouse."
"No matter who it was" aald Mr.
Hardscrabblr angrily. "H-twero you
two foola I got locked In before I
could make you hear. And now the
whole matter Is explained. You needn't
wait poltcen.an. Co about your busi-
ness girl. Zenilah If you're quite
through staring perbapa you'll lay me
out a clan shirt"
The pollrenian slunk away. Detaey
Jane dearendeil Into the kitchen gig-
gling under her breath and Mlaa
Zrrulah disappeared Into tha linen
clcset. while old Mr. llardacrabble.
rubbing bla abraded Jolnta aat before
the parlor fire muttering la himself;
"Such fo.i!s aa people are!" New
York Ledger.
A QUEER HORSE.
Ilea a oel l ike Thai t Haffsla's
lli.l.
Ion Ir. the livery stable of William
Simpson on Central avenue. Is aa
sange a looking horse as man has
er e'en si)s tbe Ibx-hretrr I'nlon
It fir outrival the famous fake
"woolly horw" thnt an ol.l-lime shop-
man palmed ff on an unupeetlng
public several )rara ago. In that thla
new equine w under Is very real ran
tnt a mile considerably under three
minutes and tiear the closest Inspection
of the doubting and Inquisitive The
tiorse Is the property of the little 13-year-old
eon of Mr. Simpson and
while not exactly a beautiful beast to
lin.k upon certainly haa a unique style
all Ita own. Instiad of the usual a leek
hide and flowing mane and tall of the
ordinary nag. thla equine paradox baa
a coat of tight curling hair and no
mane or tall worth mentioning In a
borse-sale advertisement unless the
buyer waa to be a ahowman of oddl-
tlea. Tbe mare la well built and aound
In every particular "hind docile and
easy to handle by woman or child." aa
Ihe advertisement would aay. She tl
i yeara old. stands fifteen hands high
and welgha about l.OoO pounds and be-
haves like any other being of ber race.
Hut ber bay-colored coat la for all tbt
world like a buffalo robe In tha curly
klnklneaa of Ita hair and where the
hair haa become worn off on the bead
by the bridle or halters and cm the
shoulder where burra have been pulled
out. It becomes very much In appear-
ance like an old moth-eaten buffalo
robe that baa Just been pulled out ot
some neglected duaty closet for use In
tha Brat alelgh-rlde of the aeaaon
The mare can boast no mane or fore-
lock and ber stump of a tall la only
sparsely covered with short hairs
When ahe ehrda her coat according tc
the regular horsey custom the tall It
aa bare aa a rat's. This oddity In horse-
flcih comrs of good stock having beer
aired by St. Arnard. her mother balni
a bay mare of good Hambletonlan line-
age. She was bought up In Ontario b)
Mr. Simpson simply as an Investment
A year or eo ago ahe was clipped by a
f..rmer owner and traveled a nille In
I 35 on the Ice driven by a boy. In
trotting ahe curia her tall up like a
pug dog ao would hardly bo an addi-
tion to any stable f stylloh cob or
coach horses.
Marvard tnlleae's lottery.
The New York Tribune aaya aa late
aa ISO Harvard college waa raising
money by a lottery. It offered 2rtot0
tickets for sale at 15 each with prtiea
ranging from $15000 down to $. "In
the above avhemc" awld the prospectus
"the Just expertatlona of the public
and tbe Interest of the university have
been conaulteil. It ks worthy the at-
tention ot adventureo-a that the high-
eel prise la nearly double tn value to
any that baa been drawn In thla com
mon wealth for many year past though
the usual price of ticket fa pre-
enred."
Th opal la th only gem that can
not be counterfeited. lu di'.lcaia
UaU defy reproduction.
TALM AGE'S SERMON.
A SHATTERED FAITH LAST
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
froaa Ike Testi "Aed nesae Are llrakea
rieree from the hlp" Aria. Chap-
ter XLVII Vers 44 Bating the
Wreeked urn Life's Teaseesteeas
EVER off Goodwin
Banda or tha Bker-
rlea or Cape Hat-
teraa waa a ablp In
worse predicament
m
tha Medl-
fcfJ'Kjt tsrriDfisl
It51)lr ablp on which
burrl-
graln
hlcb two
fT"Al)
hundred and aev-fLty-aiX
paaeengera
were driven on the
VI ... A
cos it of Malta lira miles from the me-
tropolis of that Island called Cltta
Verchla. After a two-wcrka' teropeat
when the ablp waa entirely disabled
and captain and crew bad become corn-
ple'ely demoralised an old missionary
touk command of tha vessel. Ha waa
small crooked-barked and eore-eyel.
according to tradition. It waa Paul
the only unacared man aboard. He
waa no moo afraid of a Kuroclydon
tosalng the Mediterranean aea now up
to the gates of heaven and now ainklnr !
It to the gates ot bell than be waa
afraid of a kitten playing with a string.
He ordered them all down to take their
rations. Brat asking for them a bleee-
Ing. Then b Insured all their Uvea.
telling theiu thiy would be rescued
and. ao far from losing their beads
they w iuld B(t ie to much of their
hair aa you could cut off with one click
of the scissors; nay. not n thread of
It. whether It were gray with age or
golden wl-h youth. "Thrra ahall not
a balr fall from tbe bead of any of
you."
Knowing that tbey can never get to
tba desired prl. they make tba aea
on the fourteu h night black with
overthrown ca -ga ao that when tha
ahlp atrlkea It will not atrikt ao heavily.
At daybreak they aaw a creek and In
their exigency readved to make for
It. And ao they cut the cablea. took
In the two piddles they had on thoae
old boats and hoisted the mainsail
ao that they might come with such
force aa to be dnven blarh up on the
beach by aome fortunate billow. There
ah gcew-turabllng toward the rorke.
now prow foremost now stern fore-
most now roillne. over tn (he star.
board now over to the Isrboard now
wave daahea rlrar over the deck and
It aeema aa If the olj craft baa gone
forever. But op ahe cornea again.
Paul a arma around maat. he erlea:
"All Is well. Gd haa given me all thoae
that sail with me." Craah! went the
prow with aurh force that It broke off
tha maat. Crash! went the timber
till the aeaa rushed through from aide
to aide of the teasel. She parte amid-
ahlpi and Into a thousand fragmenta
the vrasel goe and Into the wavea
two hundred and aeventy-ali Immortals
ar precipitated. Bom of them bad
been brought up on the seashore and
nsj iearne.1 to swim and with their
chin Just above th waves and by th
atrotea or bo'b arma and propulsion
of both feet they put out for the beach
and reach It. But alas for thoae others'
They bav never learned t0 awlm. or
they wer wounJed by the falling of
the mast or the nervous shock waa too
great for them. And othera baj been
weakened by long ms sickness.
Oh. what will t-eroaie of them
"Take tha: ple--e of a rudder." aa) a
I aui to one. Tae that fragment of
a spar." aays Paul to another. "Take
that Imape of Castor and Pollui "
"Take tha'
Tlnnk from the lifeboat "
-laae anything and beaj for the
beach." What a atruggle for life in
the breakers! Oh the merciless waters
how they sweep over the heada of men!
women aid children! Hold on there'
Almost ashore; keep up your roiirace.
ltememt-r wnat raul told you. Then-
the receding wave on the beach Iravra
In the aand a whole famllv. There
crawls up out of the surf tlie centurion.
There another plank comes In. with
a life clinging fat to It. There an-
other piece of the ahattered vessel
with Ita freightage of an Immortal aoul!
Thry muat by thla time all be aaved.
Yea; thrr cornea In last of all ..e h.
tad been overaelng the rest the old
missionary who wrings the water
frotn hla gray beard and eric out-
Thank God. all ar here!"
I bellev tn both th lls.'delber and
Westminster Catechlaaua and I wish
you all did; but you may bellev in
nothing my contain except th on
Idea that Christ ram to aav tinner
and that you ar on of them and you
ar Inatantly reacue.1. If you can com
In on tb grauj olJ ahlp I would rather
hav you get aboard but If y0u can
only find a ptecw of wood aa long aa th
human body or a pleo aa wide aa th
coup re J humai arma. and either of
them 1 plc of th croaa coo
on that plec. Ten of thouaanda of
peopl ar today kept out of th king-
dom ot God because they cannot bo
iler everything.
I am talking with a man thoughtful
about ht soul who has lately traveled
through New England nd passed tb
light at AndJver. He sava to ma- "I
annot bellev that In thla life th de-
tlnv 1 Irrevocallv flte.t t iMnw I.
will be another opportunity of re-
pentance after death." I aay to him:
My brother what haa that to do with
you? Oont you realise that the man
who walta for another chance after
death when be baa a good chance be-
fore death Iv a stark find? Had not
you better take the plank that la
thrown to you now and head for ehore
rather than wait for a plank that may
by Invisible ?unds be thrown to you
after you ar dead? Po aa you please.
but aa tor myself with pardon for all
my sins offervl me now and all th
Joys of time and eternity offered me
now I Inatantly take them rather than
run th risk of such other chance aa
wise men think they can peel oft or
twist out ot a Scrlptur patsag that
baa for all tha Christian renturlea been
Interpreted another way." Y'ou aay:
"I do not Ilk Princeton theology or
New Haven theology or Andover
theology." 1 do not ask you on board
either of these great men-of-wwr their
portholes filled with tb great (lege-
guna of ecclesiastical battle. Hut I do
ask you to take the on plank of the
Ooapel that you do bellev In and atrtk
out for th pearl-trun botch ot
heaven.
wav om other man: 1 would at-1 blind rj- an-J la! J; "I rwliy do not
tend ro rcllcloo If X u qulla orolae th tlgnal" ( my hearer pat
.b eilon ?d re!
vu v-Mawb ui-KVal auw taU jy.
Those things used to bother ma. but
I have no morn perplexity about them;
for I aay to myself: "If I lore Christ
and live a good honest useful Ufa
I am elected to be aaved; and If I do
not lova Christ and llva bad life I
will bo damned and all tha tha theo-
logical aemlnarlea of the universe can-
not make It an different" I flounder-
ed along wh'lo In tha aea of aln and
doubt and It wta aa rough aa tha Medi-
terranean on tha fourteenth night
when they threw the grain overboard
but I aaw there waa mercy for a aln-
ner and that pla'.k I took and I bava
been warming m.'j-elf by tba bright lira
on tha ehore are .since.
While I am talking to another man
about bla soul be tella ma: "I do not
become Christian because I do not
believe there la any hell at all." Ah!
don't yu? Do all tha people of all
beliefs and no belief at all of good
morala and bad morale go atralght to
a happy heaven? I)o the boly and the
debauched have the aama destination?
At midnight. In hallway the owner
of a bouae and burglar meet; tbey
both Ore and both ara wounded but
the burglar dlea In five minutes and
the owner of tba bouse Uvea a week
after; will the burglar be at the gate
of heaven wilting when the house-
owner cornea In? Will tha debauchee
n1 h libertine- go right In among
the families of heaven? I wonder If
Herod is playing on the banka ot the
river of life with the children he mas-
aacred: I wonder If Charle Gulteau
and John Wllke Booth are up there
ahootlng at a mark. I do not now con-
trovert It. although I must aay that for
such a miserable heaven I hav no ad-
miration. But tba Bible doea not aay;
"Believe In perdition and be aaved."
Because all are aaved. according to your
theory that ought not to keep you from
loving and aervlng Christ. Do not re-
fuse to coma aahore because all tha
othera according to your theory ar
going to get ashore. You may have a
different theory about chemistry about
astronomy about the atmoapher
from that which othera adopt but you
are not. therefore hindered from ac-
tion. Because your theory of light la
different from othera do not refuse to
open your eye. Because your theory
ot air la different you do not refus
to breathe. Tecaus your theory about
the atellar system la different you do
not refus to acknowledge the north
atar. Why abould the fart that your
theological theories are different hin
der you from acting upon what you
know? If yoj have not a whole ahlp
fastened In th theological drydocks
to bring you to wharfage you have
at least a plank. "Sum on broken
piece of th ahlp."
"But I don t bellev In rerlvala!"
Tbm go to your room and all alone
with your door locked give your heart
to God and Join aome church where th
thermometer never get higher than
fifty In the ahade
"But I do not bellev In baptlam!"
Com In without It and aettl that mat.
ter aiterwara. uui tner ar ao
many Inconsistent Christians!" Then
com In and show them by a good ex
ample how pru feasors ahould act "But
j I don't bellev In th Old Testament!
Then come In on th New. "But
don't Ilk th uk of Romana." Then
com In on Matthew or Luke. Refus
ing to come to Christ whom you admit
to be the SavUir ot the l.t because
you cannot admit other things you ar
Ilk a man out there In that aledlter
ranean tempeat. and tossed In the Me-
Ilia breakers refusing to com assure
n rn mend the pieces ot tSe I
! broken ablp. I bear blm aay: "I won't
l on of llf P'auks until 1
i kno 1" nt ' ta ahlp they
belong. hen I can get th windlass
In th right place and th sails set
and that keel-piece wher It belongs
and that floor-Umber right and thrs
rope untangled I will go ashore. 1 am
an old aatlur. and know all about ahlp
' 'or '"r'r nd M ' can get
th vessel afloat In good thap I will
com In." A man drifting by on a
piece of wood overheara blm and aays:
"You will drowa before you get Uint
ship reconstructed. Better do a I am
doing. I know nothing about ships
and never aaw one bef or I cam oa
board thla and I cannot awlm a stroke
hut I am going ashore on thla ahlvered
limber." Tb man In th offing while
trying to mend bla ahlp goea down
Th man who trusted to th plank la
saved. O my brother let your atnaah-
ed up ayatem ot theology go to th bot-
tom while you come In on splintered
spar! "Bom on broken piece ot th
ahlp."
You may get all your dlfOrultle art-
tied aa Cartbaldi. th magnetic Italian
got hla garden mad. When th war
between Austria and Sardinia broke
out be waa living at Caprera a very
rough and uncultivated taland home.
But ha went foth with hla sword to
achlev th liberation of Naplea and
Sicily and g nln million people
free government under Victor Em-
manuel. Garibaldi after being ab-
sent two yeara from Caprera returned
and when h approached It. h found
that hi bom had by Victor Em-
nnu. M urprla. been Edenlxed.
Trllnmsl ahrubbery had taken th
pUc of hornT tblcket. garden tha
1 P!tl" of barrenneaa. and th old rook-
r n nl'"h h onc TJ Ui Ua
; y to a pictured mansion. And I tell
you If you w ill come and enlist under
the banner of our Victor Emmanuel
and follow him through thick and thin
and light bla uattle. and endure hi
sacrlflcea you will find after awhile
thai he baa changed your heart from
a Jungle ot thorny scepticisms Into a
carden all abioom with luxuriant Joy
that you have never dreamt of. From
a tangled Caprera ot sadness Into a
pjr-dlse of God.
1 do not know how your theological
i.vtem weal to piece. It may b that
your parent started you with only
one plank aid you bellev Uttl or
nothing. Or they may bav been too
rigid and aever In reltgloua discipline
and cracked you over th bead with
a psalm book. It may b that aom
partner In business who waa a member
of an evangelical church played on you
a trick that disgusted you with re-
ligion. It may be that you bav Asso-
ciates who hav talked against Chrl-
ttnnlty In your presence until you ar
"all at aea" and jrou dwell mor on
thing that you do not bellev than on
thing you do believe. You ar In on
respect Ilk Uird Nelson when a sig-
nal waa lifted that he wished to die-
regard and h put bh sew class to bit
thla fleld-glaa of th Gospel no longer
to your blind eye and aay I cannot
aea but put It to your Ocber y. tb
eye of faith and you will see Cbrlat
and h la all you need to are.
If you can believe nothing I you
certainly bellev In vlcwrlou Buffer-
ing for you a It almost every day tn
aom abap. Th steamahlp Knicker-
bocker of th Cromwell lln. running
between New Orleans and Nw York
waa In great atorma. and th captain
and crew aaw th sehoonsr Mary D.
Craomer. of Philadelphia In distress.
Th weather cold th wavsa mountain
high th flrjt officer ot th attain-
ahlp and four men put out In lift-
boat to save tha crew of th schooner I
and reached th vessel and towed It
out of danger th wind shifting ao that '
th achooner waa aaved. But th five
men of th steamship coming back
their boat capslted yet righted again
and cam on th tailor coated with
Ice. Tb boat capalxed again and thr
time upaet and waa righted and a
lln thrown tb poor fellow but their
banda wer froxen ao tbey could not
graap It and a great wav rolled over
them and they eDt down never to
rise ajaln till th sea give up Its
dead. Appreciate that heroism and
aelf-aarrlflc of th brave fellow all
who can. and can w not appreclat
th Chrlat who put out Into a mor
biting cold and Into a mor overwhelm-
ing urge to bring ua out ot Infinite
peril Into everlaatlng aafety? Th
wav of human hate rolled over blm
from on aid ami tb wav of hellish
fury rolled ov.rr him on tb other aide.
Oh. th thlcknet of the night and th
tnunder of he tempt Into which
Christ plunged for our rescue!
e e e
Ton admit you ar all broken up. on
dcad of your Uf gone by. two da-
cade threw decade four decade a
half-century perhap thrwe-quarter
of a century goo. Th hour hand and
th minute hand of your clock of lit
ar almost parallel and toon It will
be twelv and your day ended clear
discouraged ar you? I admit It la a
aad thing to give all our Uvea that
ar worth anything to aln and th
devil and thon at last mak God a
present of a flrwt-rat corps. But th
past you cannot recover. Oet on board
that old ahlp you never will. Hav
you only on mora year left on mor
month on mor week on mor day
one mor hour com In on that. Per
hap If you get to heaven God may let
you go out on aom great mlaaloo to
aom other world where you ran noma-
what atona tor your lack of aervlc In
thla.
From many a deathbed I hav teen
the handa thrown op In deploratlon
something Ilk tola: "My llf haa been
wasted. I bal food mental faculties
and fin toclsj position and great op-
portunity but through worldllneaa and
neglect all ha gone to watt aav the
few remaining hours. I now accept of
Chrlat and ahall enter heaven through
his mercy; but a I a alaa! that when I
might bav entered th haven of eter-
nal ret with a full cargo and been
greeted by th waving band of a mul
titude in who ealvatlot I had born
a bleated part. I must contra I now
enter th hartor of heaven oa brokta
piece of the ahlp."
IN LENBACH'S STUDIO.
It Is rilled with Mar. Iteaallfal aad
HUt.etrel Thlate.
Por year he worked In an unpre-
trntloua back building on the alte
where he haa now erected the mag-
nificent house of which his brother
well known In bis special branch waa
architect aaya the Century. The atu-
dlo la divided Into three spacious rooms
and occupies the whole of the second
story. The ceilings ire richly deco-
rated with medallions and bas-reliefs
In dalk Woods puked out with gold;
the walla also dark In tone are hung
with valuable tapr-strle and copies of
well-known picture during hla Wan-
derjahre. with ber and thr an au-
thenticate work of an old master. A
unceasing and discriminating collector
Lenbach baa filled bla house and stu-
dio with objecta of esthetic and his-
toric Interest. There are marble stat-
ure and frleiea of ancient Greece and
Home busts and bas-reliefs dating
from th renaissance rrudflxe and
reltquarlea breathing the mystical af-
fiatua of th middle age prlcelewa and
historic brocades rug and hanging
from th east everything from tb
beautiful (hell grotto adjoining th
tudio. with It elaborate moaaica to
a rar bit of brocade from aome up-
preseed monaatery giving evidence of
the unerring last of th master. Th
whole building ts Illuminated by a
complete ayatem of electric light on-
abling him to paint a h often doe
nr.ill far Into th night II I In con-
tequene a Ul riser. breakfaaUng at
10 and rarely going to hla work before
U o'clock.
The raevaalae-a Qaltla
Th current opinion that a porcw-
pin throw tu quill at aa nmy la
not upported by facta aaya tha
Portland Oregonlan: Th (pine ot
th porcupine ar very loosely attach-
ed to tb body and ar very aharp
aa sharp as a needle. At almost th
slightest touch they penetrate th no
ot a dog or th clothing or flesh of a
peraon touching th porcupln. and
stick there coming away from th ani
mal without any pull being reoulred.
Th facility In catching hold with on
end and letting go with tb other ha
sometime caused people to think that
the apltica had Wen thrown at them
The ou'er end of the aplnee. for aom
aiKtance down la covered with am. u
barb. These barbs cause a spine one
impelled in a living animal to keep
working farther In with every tuov.
niem oi tne muscle.
Thearr Ahmii Oalala.
It I claimed that th tree from tha
bark of which qulnln It obtained fur
nishes no quinine except tn malarial re-
glona. It tb tre I planted la a ma-
larial district It wft produce qulnln;
If It I planted la a non-malarial dla-'
trlct It will not produce qulnln. It la.
therefor mrerred that qulnln it a
malarial poison drawn from tha toll
and ttored up la the bark of thlt tree.
There's a Kslniaa Tra.l Haw.
In a New York civil Justice's court
the other day a wltnew testified to th
existence of aa American bologna
sausage trust.
Th devil ha aa Iron collar
vrry man who thinks mor ot
saloon than he Jc-i of V.t tecia.
oa
th
ALL ABOUT LINCOLN.
EXTRACTS FROM PAPERS BY
WOULD-Bt POLICEMEN.
ass laasale tb fatallta-ewee Caw-
talaed la the Ueade ' Mew Wks
Waal la Carry Uaadeeirs wad Clabe
te Mew lark.
OR aom of tho
who see no ua In
written clvll-r-vlc
examinations
for policemen.
President Roose-
velt had th fol-
lowing extract ta-
ken from essay a on
"Abraham Lin-
coln." written by
unsuccessful appll-
rant for
force:
appointment to th pollc
"Abrehom Llncolm waa preaedent of
th I'nlted Stale be waa a very smart
and enduat man b waa very kind to
all the people who be had controol
over he waa grately thought of by all
the officera that were In o&V while he
waa he waa a very brave man all thrue
the war of ISCi he did nearly all h
took In bla head to do he trust In god a
grate deal be waa at the head ot many
battlea and fought very bravely In all
bat tlea be waa In when he died he waa
regarde by menny OfBacea whom
thought grately of him It picture la
now In menny buildings and grately
thought of be don la duty tn all b un-
dertook to."
He waa ahot while at a theater by
Decota IL Sot'). II had been a
President for a year and six month."
"Abreham Lincoln waa elected for
th second turn but only served a part
of It ben ahot and killed by a man
named Guitar who waa aaterwordt
:tught and Imprisoned."
"He waa a good Presented but ha
waa kill and we did not bov one to
good enc It wtt to bad to hav him
kill If b had to live It would b a good
Presented he waa trying to mak a
food Country for ua when b shot but
for th war w would be slaves to tb
People Regards him tor that to I dont
think I no very much about Lincoln
for I went to work at nine year ot
Sg."
"Abraham Lincoln waa to th beat
if my knowledge th Commander In
Chief of the fighting force of th
Vorth during tb battle for aupremecy
between the North and th South In
he year eighteen hundred and twelve."
"atarted life on a terry boat on the
Mississippi River and from thrr he
went to Lincoln Nebraska to run a Cat
boat and after that h started In th
Dry Goods bualneaa and In thla he
went Bankrupt and after that th peo-
ple thought to much about him that
hey nominated him for United States
Jenator."
"Waa president for oae terra after
th alvll war In which he served aad
gained great distinction."
"II did not die Immediately after he
waa assassinated. He lived until April
14 16S and died at hla bom In Long
Branch It waa he who laaued the proc
lamation that freed the negroe and
that enlisted them to citizen ship He
waa In power during aome ot the prln
rlpal battlea of tbe late Civil War He
a as shot entering a Theater and his
X'snllant It waa aald waa Insane."
"He was the President that freed the
South and let the Porkry go fred and
he waa ahot by Garfield thia la all that
I renber of of preatended Llncolm ao
I will close hoping that I will paxa
"We have aertlnly bsd very flew like
onto Lincoln as far a I ran find out
he waa a tall lathey man a great rail
splitter true to principle true to his
Country true to his god."
Was aiwaaainated by Booth at Chi-
i-ago 1S1."
He was a man ot good moral car-
actor hav you a ropy of Hla life If
so you pi las lend to me for a week
or to."
'11 received bla education reading a
Bible and a apeller."
"tu born la Kentucky 8U Alaly
age hi father moved the family to
Ohio floating down th Mississippi."
I hereby try to pas a mentall ex-
amlnailona for position a patrolman
nd hoping to hear from your request
I hav learn Common education and
willing to learn mor If It I convinent
I think I could fill position to your aat
laf action."
H waa a poor boy aaaiatlng hla
father at work In th year 1SU when
th war broke out Mr. Lincoln was
on ot th first to th front b mad
urh rapid progress that b received
th honor of general ot th Vnlted
Statea Army. Mr. Lincoln bal many
(ngagemeuta In war and wai 'jund to
b victorious especially at tb battl
ot Gettysburg when b swept all be
fore him.
Th moat laughable extract la from
an Irish applicant for a Job on th
tore. II aaya: "Ther be deference of
oplnen abut Lincoln's ancettlrt Sum
aay they rums frura Limerick while
Tim Qulnn aet they cum frum Tlp-
pereary. I belav mrwelf that they
cum from Tyrone
Tww at Arrantaaea Heaaa' (lories.
Th late archbishop of Canterbury
had many good ttorlrs to tell. Two
arw recalled by hi private ecre!ary
Mamlevllle II. Phllllne In some "Per-
aonal Reminiscences." which he con-
trtbutrd to the January number of the
London Sunday I-.ulne. One con-
cerned ArvhMshop Talt' coachman
who waa a very original character. One
day a clergyman who called at the pal-
ace asked him whether be bad atill as
much to do aa ever. The anawer was
aubltme. "There alwaya a goodieh
bit doing sir. but It'a been a trifle
easier alnc we took young Mr. Parry
Into the bualnews!" Th Right Rev
Edward Parry had recently been ap-
pointed blahop suffragan of lajver.
Another of the archblshop'a atorlea al-
to ot a coachman will be new to
many. A gentleman living tn th
neighborhood ot Addlngton finding
that th stablemen wer not In th ha-
bit of attending church (poke to his
coachman about It. "Thry ought to
go" he aald. That' Juat what I say
myself" waa th rejoinder. "I aays to
them: 'Look at cie; I go and what
harm doe It da me? "Exchange
Th coatlieot building of tnc4rn
time la the atute capltol c.f Albany. N
Y. Ovet : uvJ.tWvi has fct'en expeaj.
c ! on IL
if
A COMPLETE FAVOwnr.
Hew roaeersalloaal Term Vfs
4aUhed A "Pr tor or. -
WIL" xclalmed th man with t
fur-trimmed coat according to I
Washington Star "I never m-ci.!
ee It but I'm glad it bappra'd " 1
wts to busy talking to himself '
hurried through th depot t!;at l?
Into a policeman. "I beg yoir r
don." h exclaimed as h observed t '
policeman's offended dignity. "I r-
didn't mean to do it. Thing h-
gon so atrangely with m today C
I am liable) to mak moat any hinJ
a blunder; I really aw."
"What's th matter with 7u?" 1
quired th policeman "You aren't c-
tlng hyaterkal. ar you?
"Certainly not. I waa holding a V.
tie Jubllew a sort of Jollification m
Ing all to myself. You a. mJ"
and th other peopl connect 1 wlf
th dim muaeum which I mana'
hav been domineered over for a lor;;
tlm by th bearded lady. She a pop
ullst and I nver saw anybody so r-ptn-lonated.
8b won't even admit tr.t
McKlnley's elected. Bh Utk ill'"
by tb hour and when anybody tries
to argu with her h lmply open
th flood-gate of her eloquence and
waahea 'em clear out of th debate.
Bh atarud In Juat as soon as we left
New York to mak llf a burden t
everbody In th car. Talk? She caa
articulate faater than Rusaell Eaeo
make money. Wa all gv up trying
to outtalk her long ago. W knew
ther wa nobody that atood
chance. Bo w Juat let ber hav b
own way. Hut ah met her Wtterb
at last and It'a all I ran do to kev
from alngtng for Joy."
"How did the meet Itr Inquired the
policeman who had condescended to
becom lntereted.
"Tb two-headed girl Joined us her
Ihls afternoon. They'r mighty bright
I mean (he's a mighty bright girl.
Th bearded lady atarted In to talk
politics and In a few minutes ahe didn't
know whst was happening to her.
of th two-headed glrl'a beada thr ..
th protectlv tariff at her In entearr
a yard long and th other head gav
her hark-from-th-tomb about thw
gold standard. It ram Ilk a cy
clone and tb bearded lady hasn't had
a word to say for mor than three-
quarters of aa hour."
"The two-beaded girl la qulta a hero
ine then ain't aha?"
"I ahould aay ao Bh was hind o
bashful at first because ah has bn
out of aa engagement and wasn't
dretaed very well. I'm going out now
to look for a millinery store I want
to boy ber a couple ot handsom new
bonnet Juat to tbow her how much
w think of her."
RECENT INVENTIONS.
A recently patented chopping ax haa
Ita head In threw aectlona. tb bUdo.
having a recess cut tn each aid to re-
ceive th end ot th head portion
which la hinged In th head th two
back piece surrounding th handle and
being attached to th blad by tnaaua
ot a screw.
On of th novel uses for electricity
recently patented consist of a pair ot
flat separately Insulated conductors
surrounded by a flexible Insulating and
nonconducting material the conductors
being connected to an ordinary electrlis
light socket by means of a wire th
current passing through the conduct-
ors heating them and warming Ui
person using th device.
A new handle bar for bicycles hla a
loop or ring at each end of the bar th is
enabling the rider to turn hi banda
at any angle be may desire.
To prevent water from freex'.ng la a
trough for watering stock a new de
vice consists of placing a reservoir la
th center ot the trough and placing
therein a number ot alcohol or ordin-
ary lamps to ralee th temperature.
nookkeepers will appreciate a new
devtc constating ot a flat rewt. fastened
to which la a telescoping tub to aiid
up tn th back of a book and a fiat pro-
jection on th opposlt aid ot th rest
lying on th dg of tb book tfiia
making a support for ua In writing at
tb bottom of th book wher ther La
nothing to steady th hand.
A Chicago man has patented aa ct-
ploalvs propelling engine light enough
to b attached to a bicycle aad which
needs only th ua of th pedals toe
tb first tew revolutions when combus-
tion Is started and power applied to a
piston rod working oa th axle of th
rear wheel.
A novel fly brush for at In connec-
tion with door to prevent filet from
entering consist of a rotary drum
hung oo bracket aad ptivlJed with a
number of strips of cloth or paper fas-
tened only at on end. so that when th
drum Is rapidly revolved by mean of
a cord wound round th drum aad at-
tached to th door tb atrip spread
out and scar th file from th door-
way. A spring In th drum wind Uf
th cord again thus also closing thi
door.
towered t'pwa Hla.
Mrs. Pe Form Now that baby U 3
weeks old. John we must send out hit
cards to let folks know th dear llttu
fellow has arrived. John (as the bb
yellsl Er ah my dear don't yon
think he'll make the announcement
himself? Philadelphia North Anieri.
an.
A rear Mala aossellaias.
"My friend" aald th Urge-faceJ
gentleman "you ahould not expect tc
be a millionaire in a mluute. Yon
muat begin at th bottom."
"I tried that dealln' a hand at poker "
said th discouraged young man. "an'
that's why I'm on m uppers" In.
dlanapolta Journal
Aapeerlatlaa af tinvrleara
"Why do you think so mu-h tuor ot
your father than you did before you
wer married?"
"liecaus I had never lived with any
other man up to that tima." Detroit
Ere Pre a.
Among the botannlcal apimcrt e.1
lected by th Cornell s .mt.flc rirty
In Greenland vrrr e.i
frl Its t - -.- .
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