The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 16, 1886 Page: 2 of 4
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••why -i.
Ilk'
under a
.f«,4oy^dEr»Ttev
‘ the ri*ht wine of hla
■ »*« Mettled hi*-
[A# mostindustriousfarm-
Several day* after the
Ben waa .retting
[nim in the field.
If to the cabin
doling on a bench
BSrp
» m
the deuce do you
1 here when you
ooiibt to he at work?"
Ben straightened up. rubbed hla eyea
and replied:
“Dia \rWf; boas?"
‘Of courae it la.”
‘ Wall. l*ee glad ter Ma yer. Uat lower
fiel ►truck me ei bein’ er wrier cu*ia
|>icce o’ Ian’, an’ I had jea’ aot down beab
thiufcin* ’bout de baa’ way ter wuck it.
Yer aee, I’«a fouu’ oat dat dia heah new
•oiler farmin' la de baa*, an’ in conaei-
quence, I hah been reedin’ so in* o’ deae
beah ’cultural pa pen."
“ffow, look here, Ben, you know that
yon can’t rand.’’
“Who tain’ leadT” Ben naked with an
air of injured astonishment.
Y«ai can’t.*’
Now look heah, dat’* er un.leeerbcd
Blew on er puaaoti dat nebber do yer no
harm. l’*e been er edycaliu’ inyru’f fur
<de las’ yeah, an’ de fua’ thing I know*
de berry white man dat !*»e got de mo*’
’apeck fur ra.wea er laung an’ knock* all
de prop# hum un’er me by rayin’ dat 1
kain’ read. Dar ain’ no jeatloe In dat
•toiler co im>r»ion, Mr. Savin’ton, I aw’ar
ter de Lawd dar ain’t. Ileab 1 aeta. dc-
votin my bralna an’lrarnin’ter yer own
intrust, an’ beah yor oomee wid ’buae in
one ban’ an’ ’struotion In de yudder ”
"If I have wronged you, old man, I
am aorry for It."
“Now, dat’* de way for er white man
ter talk ”
“1 always give a man a chance to prove
hia assertions. Uncle Ben,” raid the
plauter a* he took a newspaper from bU
pocket. “Now let me hear you read
•owe.”
Tiro old man took the p*i>er, apread it
upon hla kncee, gazed at it. put hia fin-
ger on a large letter and raid:
-DU beah la erl"
”No, that la an I/’
“Wall, dia one’aerj.’’
“No, that la an f.”
“Dia one la er j. den,”
"No, that la an h."
“Wall, dia heah one is er j."
“ Yea, that la a j but I want vou to read
•oms.
‘‘Ain” I dun read?"
"No, vou haven’t."
"Didn’t ‘ ■ .....
yoara after
In ten yean,
, — l» almply a gothic hole
lb the ground.
Why did trade end emigration turn
their back a upon Bab} Inn and reek out
Minnv*|.oli«, fi>. p„,|. Jt'n-arilt* ebd
Omaha? Wainu.Viuewllny arr hieat
with a bitter bky or a mote genial sun?
Nat by any mean*. While Babylon lived
upen what abe had been and neglroted
to advertiae, other (own* witb n« history
extending bask lnte the mouldy JJast
whooped with aa (Weeding great
wh op and tore Up th? ground and ahed
prtnlere Ink and ahowed marked alma
of vitality. That la the reason that
Babylon ta no more,
Tkla lilb bf bun la one of inlenae acliv*
tty. We cannot real long in idleueaa
without inviting forgetfuliiuia. death and
obliviou "Babylon wa* probably (lie
latest and in-at manlfltetot city of the
w.urld." Iraiah, who liVed about
*» year* before Hern-lotos, and WboM
remark* are UDMtufty (Vto- fTom local or
political pnftnWfi, refer* to Babylon aa
“th« glory of kingdom*, the lieauty of
the C'baldic’a excellency "and yet while
Cheyenne haa the electric light and two
daily papers Rihymn hasn’t got ao much
aa a skating link.
A city fourteen mile* square with a
brick nail around it S.V. feet high, she
haa quietly forgotten to advertise, and
in turn ah* also la forgotten.
Babylon was remarkable for the two
beautiful palace*, olie on each side of
tno liver, and the great temple of Belua.
Connected with one of (lies* palaces was
the hanging garden, regarded liy the
Greeks as one of the seven wonder* of
the woiUl, but that was prior to the
erection of the Washington mohutnbht
and civil service reform.
This was a square of 400 Greek feet on
each aide. The Greek loot waa not so
long is the modern foot introduced by
Miss Mills of Ohio. This garden waa
supported on aevernl tiers of open archo*
built one over the other, like the walla
of a classic theatre, and sustaining at
each stage or fairy a solid platform from
which the arches of the next story
sprung. This structure was also support
<h1 by the common council of Babylon
who cam* forward with the citv fund?]
and helped to a latam the immense
weight.
B **, presumed thkl Nebuchadneasar
-reeled (his Harden before bis mind lie-
oaitw affected, Tne tower of Belus,
supposed by historians with a gxxl
memory to have been 600 feet high, as
there is still a red chalk mark in the
sky where the top came, was a great
ng in Its way. 1 am glad j Was not
itletiou* to it when it fell, and also
that 1 had omitted being born prior to
rcr in crcina-
ceollcihaii the
day. repeating an Interrogutory
put to him by a Made reporter.
•Well, there are aeroral reasons. 1
will tell you briefly an Incident of niv
life, which may throw n little light
upon the subject. Before coming to
tbiacily, 1 lived In Masrachtlsfittl, the
western paH. Ilia town in which t
llvUd lupported n mu lic it college, not
one of tboee mushroom colleges that
■pring up In a single n glit, but a good
snbelaut al Inst tution. with a corps of
professors wlio knew their buailtesl
aod loved It. 1 had a beautiful a ator,
the pet of our family. I adored tier
and. when aim died, after reaching
budding woibuuliood, it seemed to me
that the whole world was blank. My
grief wa* iaatiug and to this day I can
Itiarcely turn the pages of my hi-dory
to that point without being ovcrwkliu-
ed with sorrow. She d od in the
spring snd every mnrniig thereafter 1 |
would vis t tliu grave and placB friisli
fluWelra upon it, Ssy 1 -veil libivtii as
She loVod bv’ery ill ng o auliful. Duo
bloriiing I vised Hie gr.ve ns usmil. j
At a glim v I i in Hi it Hie earth had
been disturbed A feel ng of horror
cnine over me an, on closer examine- 1
Don, I discovered I lint Ibe grave had j
been opened. 1 rushed home and told
tuv father what 1 lo.iruud. We so- |
cuie I help and opened the grave. !
you tb.pl
i liavo for
a building. Before next spring I will
hate some important news for you
bearing upon the subject, and I ihall
lie surprised if wo do not organise
before a twel remonlli. ”— Toledo Blade.
A Great Kefortn.
Home time ago, the Rev. Hoary
Flint dehvekod a temperance lecture
in Little ltock. .Several day* aincu, he
returned to this plane, and, while
standing on the sidewalk, engaged in
pleasant conversation with a party of
friends. old Nat l.uuaa, of Bridt Hoot
•Swamp, approached, held out hia
hand and aa <1 :
••Brother Fliut, I am powerful glad
to see you. My name's Lucas."
"Bro licr Lucas, I aiu pleased to
moot you," said Hie preacher.
"Ye*," Mr. Lucas continued, “I am
glad to see you fur you done a great
good for uie."
•*i am glad to hoar it"
"Yea, I attended Hi* temperance
ibctUre you dolivored hero soma time
ago, and siuce then 1 have been a
changed man."
‘•'J'bnuk lieivon!" sn’d III i preacher,
proudly glancing at li a fnond*.
"Yes," Mr. Lucas wo it on, "before
I heard that lecture, 1 drunk a quart
bf Wli sky every day.’
"la t possible?"
"ll’a a fact You allowed me whore
.... , , ,, - i I waa drifting. You proved lo mo
M uat a fmdiug came over me when I that reform was necessary.’’
we reached the coffin! With my own ..Wy ,|enr Mr. Llliu<> y()U
hands 1 opened the lough hot enblOs- | Un„w ,imv , aBI dehghtod. Tire good
1 f°uud m.V fears j |,BV0 ilono you is worth lire om ro
Veal *.-d! I ho reiniiiiis of ‘
had boon romovoil! 1 was
griof nud rage to tli nk that tho
human golds sliould desecrate the
grave of tier whom 1 loved heller than
life. Whou I became calm, father
uml 1 determine I upon A plafi bf
totiotl. \V» IVoro satisfied that my
Jistcy's boilv was at the medical col-
Ibgn, perhaps cut to pieces and de-
stroyed. 1 had a friend, a student in
tho college. I wont to him. 1 did
not loll h in wlmt had happened or
wliat 1 thought. I merely usl-od him
to sliow uio through the d ssocting
rooms. 1 hud often I ecu there witli
fir in before nlid my request did
not seem unnatural. lie led mo
Without hesitation through tho lecture-
room and Hit! chemical hil-t.-tory intb
I ho d MieciingMoouii It was bn tho
my sistor trouble of coming hero nud delivering
wild with ||,n lecture. 1 would like to nceoui
pany you liuiue. aoiuu time. Is your
wife liviugP"
"Yes, sir."
"KIib is of course thankful for tho
gloat ami happy reform? ’
"Oh, yes. She was surprise ! tvlion
I told her."
"I supposn I would ho a woleumi
visitor at her home?’'
"That you would "
"Well, s r, do you know that it doei
mo good to hear you talk? A man
engaged iu any sort of elevating la-
bor is always proud to Inar that Ira
efforts have boon prodii • liv.? of good.
Bo you not feel much noitcr.'"
"Oil, yes, a lump butter."
“How much whisky di I you say you
drunk a day ?" asked IIto preaulior
third floor cf li.fi bit Idmg and was iVih cxcuauh’e foiidness ferheaiTgef
cod hoc I e« I <1 ro liy will. tlio bnsomonl u a work.
&
- 1 pick out de 3? Whut mo’
"Ymi, confound your triflinsr hide."
"k.neway rer taik ter er man arter
h* s nun pb ked out de j. Doan do er
man iw» 6r*od ter waa’e his time er eitlln'
er edycation.” K
“N*w, Ben,” jwiid the planter, '‘lam
going •way and shall be gone about a
week. M hen 1 onme back, I want to
?„ t_,l"war fie,d nicely broken up."
‘•All rivht, rah.” v
i* *nd tho planter relurr-
^<1. The field had not been touched.
He went to the cabin but the old nrgro
waa not there. He went down to the
bayou and found old Ben sitting on
log, fishing.
“Bun, you—"
dli?h * h " Anuder nlbble •»’ I’ll hah
ill*1, w1.*'*!1 to,take **><1 nuul you.
Get off ibla place. I don’t want you lo
may around here. You arc no a'conunl
lh° bC,U’r”
“J don’t care to tslk lo you,"
-Jea talk t«r. me jee' dia wiim-t an’ 1
y«> u“iy^utn’i°’' Je"' ,e" rae whnt
"ivln I'm"! }T*k "f that
Wall, I dodar. is dal whnt ver's mil
S...V5£-Wj'
*«iT ™K,iS*.'d*•
"liar yer go; dar
tell me dat
united ter
by nn eluviiter. As we eulered the
room two professors « ere engaged in
"hauling up a stiff," as my companion
informed mo. A sort of morb d fear
seized me as 1 heard the ere ik of the
wiudlass. Soo t Hie body appeared.
It Was enveloped n a whilfi sack,
which tvus dr.ttVu Over It nil 1 tlud At
the foet. Tlio prole sor grasped It
roughly and la d It upon a long tablo
used for dissecting piirpotfia. Then
one of iheni aio/ed Judd of tlio feet
while tho other pulled at the sack. 1
turned away for an instant, overcome
with Hie liorr bl. sight. A dreadful
suspicion proiup od mu to look once
more at I ho corpse. By this time the *
professors had removed the rack and
1 was struck dumb at tlio sight. My
blood aeomod to St nil still ami my
head whirled. It was tho body of my
sister! I uttered a Wild shr'ek as one
of lho pro’essori laid hold of a scalpel, i
••Mop!" I cried, and tlio next instant
I dealt the professor a b'ow which
knocked him down. "I hat is tlio
body of my sister and you will pay for
this dearly," 1 managed to any. Tho
profo sora, in their fright, dropped
their instruments and lied Hi* room.
Tenderly I drew tlio sheet over tlio
body, and leaving my companion to
stand guard, 1 went out oil the street
for help. My father and an officer-
..no wma io
now \ ou are
were soon sumfuonc
of ono hour iiuv**,‘*.
-sihu they
"Yqn^-
'arflT '"Vl
rhdu’t yer
yer come back yer
t del’ Broke up?"
m-
?aH. 1’ae ready now ter lei yer see il
up, bat you couldn’t sec it
broke up when yer wua er wav. Y< r
didn't ray dat When yer ootne back ver
wanted ter wa* dat It had been broke
no. Er nakn whut kain’talk grammar
ain’ sot no btts’neaa er foolin wid er
edyeaiod man.’
"Get off thi* plaae."
“it I too rich 'ur yer oneslyeated
“Move on. I tell you.”
UAII :<<• w .
“All right, it’a jea’ t« yesre’f says
la J for jeran’ larnetl.
an' dia i* de thanks I git*
’ da J for yer an’
raiumar an' ■
lemme (lay
tell
Iyer how ler
hanks I «
1 ketches de
iafornal—’’
Good day."
Ark ansa w
and rotundity.
la Vattealna.
l obaervod that water is
those who drink large
i of water have a tendency to
That there is
In thia observation
I and Snrgical Reporter fully
i imbibition
1 (iced) water (especially
i very warm) !■ not to be
we have reason to
aited use of pure
itnral temperature,
uctive to healUi,
fancy to fhvor a
of body. Whether
better action on
assimilative,
owing to the
ashing of the
by large quan-
tbat lime.
•‘Wh nwe turn <Vom thia picture of
the |mat,” say* the historian, Rawlinson,
relwrintr to the beauliea of Babrlnn, “to
ixintemplate the pre-ent condition of
these localitiea we are at first struck with
astonishment at the small traces which
remain of to vast and wonderful a me-
tropolis. The broad walls of Babylon
are utterly broken down. God has
svvept it with the boom of destruction.”
Oue cannot help wondering why the
two a f the Ih’hoiu should have been
abandoned As wo gaxs upon Hie former
rite of Babylon we are forced to admit
that the pew besom sweeps clean. On
its old site no crumbling arches or
broken columns are found to Indicate
her former beauty. Hero and there
huge lieniis of debn.v alone indicate that
her* godless wealth and wicked, selfish,
indolfnt, enervating, ephoir.erttl pomp,
rose and defied the supreme laws to
which th boasted, selfish millionaire
and the hard handed, hungry laborer
alike must bow, and they are dust to-
dav,
Babylon has fallen. 1 do hot say this
in a sensational wayor (odepreciate the
value < f real estate there, hut'from act-
i al observation and after a lull investi-
gation f assert without fear of successful
contradiction that Babylon has seen her -
beat days. Her boomlct is busted, and, Ad cut » ■ '"a’istur'a remains lind
lo „,*» •••■— '•.........-sNr. cqttola^ ^ ^ ||||do|.lnkni..H
faculty was arrested ou Ilia
clisrge of gr.ve rubbery, wero tried,
and two ot them convicted ns acces-
sories, the robbery having bom com-
mitted hv hired cutthroat*. From
that time on I hare never passed ft
graveyard without a shud lor, lam
ii favor of liny thing that w.ll prevent
the unholy desecint on of ft grave,
fro inn tom is the revival of a CM-tom
that ought never lo have been discon-
tinued It s Ho destruction of a
business wit cli is ns uiineooasaay ns it
notorious. There are plenty of tin-
claimed bodies wh oh can bo used for
tlie purpose of dissection, without the
robber es which are constantly taking
place .
"1 am in favor of cremation as a
provcntativo of Uio giavo rolibcry.
But 1 am iu favor of cremation for
otlic.r reasons. One of tlio most fear-
ful th ugs about dentil is to know that
your lio.tv is to waste away ill inorlili-
cation and corruption; that what in
life associates with tho rest of man-
kind, in death becomes repulsive and
unsightly
"si quart."
"Y’ou don't sav so?"
“Yea, Ido."
"Well, well. An I
atr'ctly touiporatc?"
"Oli, no, but I’vo cut do.vn the
quart hearly ono half.*’
The lecturer's oountan inco foil ao
low that he Imd lo rcu h down to pick
it up. The friend* lo iked at one an-
other nml grinned.—Arkaniao Tmv-
ehr.
Three K ills o,‘ WcaDltv Men.
"There are only three kinds ol
wealthy iiion," said a lenjinjr mer-
chant yesterday'! • ami I'd like to
know which of tho tliroe classes you
think the mo-1 honorable," ml dressing
a reporter Horn tin h'r e l‘,ei\
"How do yo i class theni?"
"Thorn'sthe man ma le rich by here-
ditary bestowals, the man who be-
comes rich through sp dilation and tlio
man who get* Hmre iu u legitimate
business manner.”
"How about llio iniaor?’.'
"A misor a never rich and never a
man."
“What's tlio ‘legitimate bus ness
manner’ to which you leferP’’
"The mac who lingin* bus ness
fulrat ou for the energy and
th* interior metropol a of
h* fraukly expressed III*
at one thing. II* hud
that in tho eity from which the guest
Ol the kveuing bailed commercial hou-
br Was at off low an ebb that hundreds
bf merchant* failed in the oourse of a
year, always with large linbil t e* and
small a-aots, and, after the atorm had
blown Over, reappeared io tho ni rt
richer than bbfnro and Willi head as
h'gtl *» ever. Of tsoufad such au as
jieriiou as this upon tho fair uaine of
Chicago— wh oh Htorrs oror zealously
defended—could uot be permitted to
go unanswered.
"1 assure you. geatlemeu,” said he
a few inonieu a Inter, “Hie speaker has
been niiainforued. 1 am glad to
able to correct his error, and how
shamefully lie lius been imposed upon
by his informants will appear to you
when 1 declare to you that during the
twenty year* 1 have lived in Ch’oagu
not one business failure has occurred
thero'inrolv.ng a sum exceeding 910,
000 or $16,DOT. Not ono, air, In twen
tv yours. Failures to Gh cagoP Why
gentlemen, our glorious young g'nnl
of the West lias but one language
that of grand o'd mother England-
mid the word ‘fnT never found a place
iu its lexicon."
Tho Englishmen, both astonished
and captivated, cried, "hear! hear!"
with much rnthus am. The guests,
principally solicitors, knew enough ol
business affairs to sco that if Chicago
Imd had no failures in twenty tear*
her record was indeed remarkable, but
they were not sulliuioiitly familiar
with Aiuer oan trade to bo able tooou
tradict or even seriously doubt the
truth of tlio "Westerner's statement.
■So they applauded vigorously And fin
joyed the ills oiufiluro of llieir daring
townsman. Alter a time, howevor, an
inqirs tiro Englishman cornered Storrs
and inquired:
"Wa n't that statement of yours
about (hero lieTig no important fail-
ures n Choago for twenty years
si ghtly exaggerated. Mr. Storrs?"
"Kxnggcr tid! Not in the least,
* r. It win s mply a d——lie!"
In »iiu lar vein was h s rather cruel
remark to a fr cud of Ii s who was in
tile witness’ chn r.and who declined to
make a statement ju.t ns Storrs evi>
doiilly wuuted it. "1 should like to
favor yen, Mr. Storrs," said the wit
no«s, "but I have oven more regard for
the truth than for you."
"Oil, very well,” was the lawyer's
reply, "hut a man nt your age ought
not lo desert old friends and tak* up
willi strangers."
“Oli, yes," sa d Starr i of an emlnon'
and wealthy Chicagoan, "So and ao is
a nice man, a very n ue man. 1 never
observed hut ou • th ug objectionable
in him, mid that s ih.it ho is insuffer-
able."
A Ir en I once eli ded him upon his
improv.dcnce uml urged him to pre-
pare u competence for Ids old age.
"Old age.” Storrs replied, prophet-
ically, “.a a rusted stove pipe. 1 aaay
ourn nut, hut I shall never rust."
On another ooo isiou, his reckless
ness with money being adverted to, he
relortod:
“Money! If 1 tried to save it 1
should become its slave. Now it is my
weapon. When 1 flmg it at people
they become slaves of mine.”
Most Ch'eegoin* will remomber
Charley Rot d, now u lawyer in New
York, who was aliout ten years ago a
Cook eon lily attorney. During the
whijjJgMuig^iiro'U) m lions Reed was
“J-xlumbfrImer
inkers’ Goods and
*’uril^ure
Undertaken' Goods and
Wall Paper.
PIANOS A ORGANS.
We keep the Cheapest
and Best selected lot of
Goods west of Waco
and those wanting a Pia-
no or Organ will do well
to cell on us.
North Side Public Square,
8TEPHEN8VTLLE. Texas.
Xst&bliaHed 1869.
United Slates Cartridge Conpy,
LOWELL, MASS.
Paper and Brass
SHOT SHELLS
. Our paper ahot shall* are made »IIh greet
car. upon new and Improved machinery, an.
ibe papdr Is eubjeoted to a process that ren
den lh« abella waterproof, pliable aud oapahl,
of Wjah'tandlng large charge! of powder wllh
out pirating, and are reloaded from tour to
ten timer, If desired. They also keep tbeti
smooth shape niff, Inside end out. We offer
them a* equal, If not aupertor, toanroiher
make*, and warrant them In the full sens-
or l he word.
Rosewood Loaders and Cap KxtrMtor*.
Rim Fire and Central Fire Cartridge*
he Pistol* sad Rifles
o—o
Pookst Ete-loading Tools for any Calibre.
I’rtmera aad Bullets for ra-loadlDg.
The “Woe Sh.ll Kxtrmoiorg." Uanok Closer*
ALEXANDER,
j. h. r\ii i.
J. H. HYMAN,
LAND
STOCK.
W. H. FOOSHEE.
AGENT.
Stephenville, Texas.
WUl reader and Pay Taxee on
Land.
Will Buy and Sell
ON COMMISSION,
and report as to value and Oo>
cupancy.
I make a ape dally of setHai
IMPROVED LANDS.
kk
Bookseller, Stationer & Newsdealer,
Watches, Clods, Jewelry, Violin;, GaiM, Binjf
Aooordeons, Orgaainas, Violin Ti*im n asra, Orjqaat Set*
Orgaainas, Vio!in TVim b agj,
Bate Balls, Etc.
Btpatrlnr 4tMon WatohM, Clocks and Jewel r. Amu .or all kind
. Call and sec 84m|»l< U *k
NORTH Iti.K PtTh
Stephenville,
or School Purnltur*.
NOBTH SICK PVRLIC tjQCACK.
Land & Live Slock LARGE STOCK! LOW PRICES!
• . H. NKIUa,
lii rouao
small scale) ami t -
..... «
1 vVl’l JV’cfiulne livVrty year*, never imik ng any uioaey
-if one li-ur uy*•*"•»,.ft* ft | except oil ibo legitimate nrulils made
lie, n w.w« ,l0 >• M.nesiiaee -■ , 1 . ...
il«*°,,cw- - . . . in buy ng and toll ng g-mRs cutting
to use a poliBeal phrara, lior ontuftc, whYwitovml
liiile Hon the ( tiahte-n fence, .pfaeuvi , . , ,
Such I* life. We enter r,, f , 1 ll" «nt:r') f,u "
untly! we wade llifpr^ ,
and die at last (J-cmiue oil
- lieiiBP-.b-<'rni(;e.
^pon It reluct-
-igh it doubtfully,
.■inidly. How we Am-
•rgojHar yer.—.-' •
jSftnUCTj^Tre brrakhmt. ati'y-lVven rn',:!;r'‘,we
brief liiaUrv how we have demonstrated
what a little thimt the common two-
leirced man is. He riaes up rapidly to
acquire much wealth, and if he delay*
about going to Canada he gees to Sing
Ring, and we f -met about him. There
are lots of modern Babylonians in New
York eity to day, and if it were my bus-
iners I would rail llieir attention to it.
The assertion that gold will procure all
hinge baa been ao common and ao pop-
ular that too many contider first the
bank account and alter that honor,home
religion, humanity and common deoen■
cy. Even nmo of the churches have
fallen into the notion that first come*
tlie tali church then the debt and inort-
. a -e, the ice cream sociable and the
kingdom of Heaven. Cub and Christ-
ianity go hand in hand aoroetimee, lint
Christianity ought not to cent r respect-
ability on anybody who come* into the
church to nut chase it.
I often think of the closing appeal of
the old preacher, who was more earnest
than refined pf-rhape. and in w'-ndina up
hi* brief sermon on th* Christian life,
said: “A man may lo*e all hi* wealth
amt get poor and hnngry and still re-
cover, h. mav loae hla health and
comedown d-et to the dark stream and
■till git well again, hut when ho loses his
immortal soul it la goodby John."
Bill Ny*.
down exnonsjs uml looking sharply
after collections Siteli n method is
legitimate, but it requires year* of
patience, seif denial mid hard work.
'I hero aro very levy noil luou of this
kind.”
“And tlio speculator?"
"I do not mo.ui tlio open, self-eon-
feased gambler, t-sit tlio speculator
who rsks bis all ou n real eel ate daal,
improve* it lo the extent of galling it
into a shape where jt w II pay iut.-r-
est and taxos, and tlio i waiting tor
tlio natural inoro.iao in valuo. Then
there's tlio chap who risks Ills all on
■ mall purchases of real o Into and
keeps turning his money over and
over. F-nally there’* tlio man who
alights squarely o.i tho hack of some
invention which hraigs great wealth."
“Aud tho iuher.lor ot wealth?"
“Sometimes they are good men,
but more often tboy amount to but
little."—DeliM Free I’rets.
The
soda aud guano has boon obtained
How much more pleasant from tho arid rainless west coast ro-
The Wealth of ( hilt,
world’s supply of nitrate of
guano
IU MkTI.
A Philadelphia paper report* the]
erne of * jonng belle at Lon* Branch
who i* ao fond of diving in the ocean
that she haa sunburned the bottoms
of her feet
An elephant from India, said to be
almost aa large aa the lamented Jumbo
I* to he sent to th* London “Zoo. •» *•
to arrive there about th* holiday tun*.
Thomas James, of Gainesville, Fla, »*,
th* hither of fifty four children, thlity-
three of whom ar* living. CMd bache-
lor* look upon him as • terrible «x*m-
p|f,
a son of Cbarlea
ha* mad* • for-
__,o* of Colorado.
I min* mightier than
and satisfactory it would bo to look
upon Hie bright clean ashes, tlio re-
mains of one you loved perhaps.
There is nothing repulsive in that,
noth ng suggestive of the fearful
thoughts which death and burial call
into association. Then think of the
poisonous vapors and gases that are
given off the body in death. Think of
the thousands and thousands of bodies
that are yearly put under th* ground,
to waste away and throw off, in disso-
lution, poisons and diseases. They
must escape somewhere. They must
find their way to the snrface to ntingl*
with the air, already laden with in-
fectious genua. I beliave that the
gions of South America. Along the
Boulliern coast of Peru aro a series of
rooky, desolate islands on wh ch no
rain ever fnlls and only the gentlext
breezes sweep. There are at present,
ns there have beeu for centuries,
myriads of sea-h rds along Hi* coast,
and they, with thousands of sea lions,
live, breed and dio upon these islands.
Guano is a mixture of the exorement
of these seals and bird*, tho de iom-
posed bodies of botli nud the bones of
the fishes whioh have been llieir food
These doposits linve been aecumu*
sling for centuries and in tunny pineal
are hundreds of foet deep, baked into
a solid mass by the tropical sun.
most of our ooatngeous diseases spring j q-hese masse* of guano were worked
from this source, aud believing that, 1
am in favor of cremations aa a remedy.
The vapors given off during incinera-
tion. when Ilf* has left lh* body but a
tow hours, ci\u not be aa dangerous a*
th* vapors which rotleel during morll-
UcatiOD. When w* shall have
With cemeteries and pul
we will have di
ie health board* in
ward off coni
by the Peruvian Goverument from
1846, whan there value as fertilizer*
became uuitorsiood, up to tho war
with Chili iu 18$). The annual ship-
ments to Europe and tho Un tod States
amounted to millions of tons, valued
at between #20.000,000 and $80,000,000,
quite conspicuous ill uTsprolesuona ol
anility to “lako euro of" tlio prosecut-
ed d stillors, and Was mucli given to
bo iiltorv owed by tlio reporters.
‘Cliar’.oy Rco I gots up in tlio morn-
ing." said Storrs, • and looks about
lor a r porter. Then lie goes and gets
cooktu I, aud look) for nuotker re
porlor. After breakfast he lias au
other oocktn 1 and another reporter,
aud 1 guess lie averages a cocktail and
rei ortor once nn hour until mid-
night. "
Storrs loved to do-erilio a pompous
man. Of ono ho said:
“A large, hustling, bumptious, self-
sufficient sort of chap."
And of another:
“How 1 would like to stick a pin
into him and lionr the wind whistle
out tlio hole."
•Whnt makes n city renowned?” he
once inquired. "It is not pork. It is
not trade. It is not these heaped up
piles of wealth. It is mon. The men
who contributed to tlio Parthenon died
out of human record 2.S0J years ago.
Phidias remains llte mnn who adorned
it. But tho names of Socrates, and
Solon anil Plato, and of Pericles, and
Phidias, nud l’rax toloa will make It
famous forever.”
He never said a better thing than at
th* meeting to rai*e means to build a
permanent library and art building on
Denrbon Park. Somebody had re
marked that he didn't bel eve the en-
terprise would prove a good invoit-
mont. Retorted Storrs:
"I want Chi< ago to rise to that emi-
nence where it oau do something that
won’t pay."—Chicago Herald.
Accounted For.
A prominent Method st clergyman
tolls the following story of an old Bap-
tist minister who always contrived to
lug baptism into hi* sermons, what-
ever hla text might be. The old gen-
tleman was asked one day if he could
poasiblv preach a sermon without al-
luding to his favorite doctrine: He
said ho could, and would,if they would
give him a text without any baptism
in it. The first okapter of Ezra, ninth
verze, was selected, wh'oh reads
as follows: "And this is the number
of them: thirty oharger* of gold, a
thousand chargers of silver, nine and
entered the pul-
his text, and said: "My
i what they want-
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