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levation
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: -Justice Field
; 4ebrate his thirty-
lies i irversary of his entering upon
the duties of a member of the United
states Supreme court.
U r He was appointed to the office on
March 10 , 1863 , by President Lincoln ,
but did not assume the duties of the p o-
sition until . the 20th of May following.
t , He was at the time of his appointment
chief justice of the Supreme court of
t the state of California , and he desired
to finish time business which had been
-begun in that court before transferring
kiis labors to a new field. The eighty-
second anniversary of his father's birth
L also fell on the 20th of May , which was
another reason for selecting that date
s for beginning his services in the national -
tional Supreme court.
e Counting from the date of his appointment -
ment only three justices have been longer -
er on the Supreme bench than Mr.
Field. They were Justice Marshall , Jus-
lice Storey and Justice Wayne. Chief
Justice Marshall's term covered thirty-
four years , five months and five days ;
Justice Storey's thirty-three years and
-iine months , and Justice Wayne's thir-
' ty-three years and five months.
TO RESUME SPECIE PAYMENTS.
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Cliilo's Conversion Act Goes Into Efteet
in 1wo Weeks.
Washington , May 18.-The text of
Chile's currency conversion bill as
passed by both houses of congress has
been received here. It provides for
specie payment from June 1 , 1895-two
weeks hence-and as both metal s are to
be utilized , the change promises to have
an important effect upon the world's
supply of the metals.
The president of Chile is empowered
for the term of three years to coin $10-
000,000 of silver. All of the proceeds from
the sale of nitrate beds shall be devoted -
voted exclusively to the purchase and
coinage of silver. Three gold coins of
p20 , $10 and $5 are also provided for. The
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' silver dollar is to weigh 120 grains , and
it is to be 83.100 fine. Silver is not a
legal tender above $50 , except to the
government , where it is received as
gold. The government mint is also directed -
rected to exchange for gold the silver
dollar presented to it with that object.
Tlie act also provides a system of bank
currency , guaranteed by the govern.
cent and redeemable by the govern-
mennt if the banks fails.
CLOSING THE BOND DEAL.
Development of Foreign Investment Wil
Prevent Largo Gold Shipments.
. New York , May 18.-A Wall street
nemys agency says : "Evidence points tea
a cleaning up process having been begun -
gun by the bond syndicate. The recent
return to the members of 40 per cent
of their subscription money was a first
step in this direction. It is uncertain
when the balance will be returned , but
> there are those who think it will be in
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' short time. The calling up from a
5' S n mber of the syndicate members of
the etra gold is another step in the
same direction. There is authority for
the statement that the progress of
events in the desired direction has been
a good deal faster than the syndicate
µ . expected or even hoped would be the
case. The development o foreign investment -
vestment buying on a large scale , which
has been so noticeable in the last
month , has practically assured the
country against any large demand for
gold for a good many months to come.
Most of the syndicate's preparations
were made against this danger. "
Is the Money of tile l'eoplo.
Terre Haute , Ind. , May 18.-Senator
Voorhees said last night : "I have always -
ways been the friend of silver , and it
will- always remain the money of the
common people , while gold will be the
money of the rich. This country fought
the war of 1512 , the Mexican war , and
the war of the rebellion under silver
The opposition to it is knavish , specula-
tive. By pronouncing against diver
and driving it out as a currency the
' purchasing power of gold , which is In
the hands of the rich , is increased and
that is what they are after. "
Release American Sailors.
Washington , May 18.-A dispatch received -
ceived by Acting Secretary of State Uhl
from United States Consul Hyatt , at
Santiago , Cuba , announces the satisfactory -
factory termination of the cases of Bol-
ton and Richlieu , two American sailors
found adrift in a small boat off the
eastern coast of Cuba and arrested and
confined on a charge of being implicated -
cated in the rebellion. The men have
been released , but no indemnity will be
paid.
Wheat Scarce in Southwest.
Kansas City , Mo. , May 18.-Wheat
geld here yesterday at 75 cents a bushel ,
an advance of nearly 30 cents from the
extreme low price reached last fall. So
scarce has wheat become in the southwest -
west , and so high have prices gotten ,
that wheat was bought in Chicago for
S shipment to this city. A special rate
c of 1 ; ' cents a hundred-weight has been
made for the purpose , and it is expected
a good deal of wheat will be brought
here from Chicago.
Train Robber to Bo Hanged.
Los Angeles , Cal. , May 17.-W H.
Thompson , alias "Kid ; has been sentenced -
tenced to be hanged at San Quentin for
the Roscoe train robbery. The date of
the hanging willbe fixed next week.
Thompson protested his innocence in
court. -
. Titles Enough to Crush Him.
.5 18.-The duke of Ham-
S\ London , May
liton.ind Brandon has died at Algiers ,
aged 62 y s.Je was premier duke of
Scotland , hereditariq keeper of Holy-
iteutenpiLfor the
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rood palace , deputy
counties of Lanark and Bute and a
magistrate for Suffolk. He had no male
' Issue.
, Out of Work and Starving.
18.-The coal min-
. , Topeka Kas. , May
trs and their families at Scranton ,
twenty miles south of Topeka , in the
adjoining County of Osage , are suffering -
: ing fqr the necessaries of life becaust
they cannot get work.
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EVIDENCE AGAINST DURANT.
t&bsence of Blood on His Clothes Accounted -
counted For If the Story is True ,
San Francisco , Cal. , May 18.-The police -
lice are said to have a witness among
those in reserve against Durrant who
will add material testimony to show
his conduct 'toward women members of
the Emanuel church was improper. The
story is that some time before the murder -
der of Miss Lament this lady asked
Durrant for a book which was in the
Church library. He escorted her thither
to get the volume. Durrant left the lady
in the room and stepped out fora rew
minutes. He returned entirely divested
of his clothing. It was with difficulty
that the lady escaped from the room
and the church. She said nothing about
the occurrence until after Durrant's
connection with the murders became
known. Similar conduct in the case of
Minnie Williams would explain the ab-
scence of blood stains on Durrant's
clothing.
FOREST FIRE IN WASHINGTON
Town of Puckley Ie Threatened witb
Destruction-Farms Swept.
Tacoma , Wash. , May 18.-For a radius -
us of fifteen miles in the neighborhood
of Buckley the fir forest is afire and
here at Tacoma , thirty-six miles away ,
the atmosphere is heavy with smoke.
Superintendent J. McCabe of the Pacific -
cific division of the Northern Pacific
says nothing short of a heavy rain will
check the flames. A special train was
held at Buckley to carry away the Inhabitants -
habitants in case the fire should close
in about that town. About 900 persons
reside there. At Lester several buildings
have been burned and the fire is spreading -
ing in all directions. Ranches to the
number of nine have been burned and
the inhabitants compelled to flee for
life.
Says Rebels Will Win.
New York , May 18.-James Purman ,
who for seven months has been connected -
ed with the Das Hermanos sugar mills
In Cuba , has just returned from that
belligerent little island. He said :
"Everything points to the ultimate success -
cess of the uprising. This month ushers
in the dread yellow fever , and its ravages -
ages will severely deplete the ranks of
the regular troops , who are
unaccustomed to the climate ,
and who are a dissolute , careless -
less lot of men. Then the sugar factories -
tories will be closed and the thousands
of idle Cubans will naturally drift into
the army. The sentiment in favor of
the rebellion is growing steadily and
the insurgent leaders will be stoutly
supported. "
Wheat at 70 Cents.
Chicago , May 18.-Country specula
tors tool' possession of the Chicago
board of trade this morning and ran
away with the market. The professional -
al operators in the wheat pit were overwhelmed -
whelmed by the flood of orders from
outside. The great firms which have
been engaged for years in grain dealing
and have amassed tremendous fortunes
in the business considered the price of
wheat too high , and thought it should
rule lower. The country speculators
thought wheat was scarce and would
be scarcer and that the price should go
higher. It was forced up to 70 cents ,
but almost immediately weakened , and
later went down to G8'c , but closed
7014c.
Little Business Done.
Springfield , Ill. , May 18.-Little bus ! .
tress was transacted by the house today
and the senate adjourned without doing -
ing anything.
In the senate the teacher's pension bill
was advanced to a third reading. Merriam -
riam called it up and Lecrone's motion
to strike out the enacting clause was
voted down. Curley called up his bill
providing that convict-made goods
shall be stamped as such and It was
advanced to a third reading.
Great Britain and Hawat ! .
Washington , May 18.-There is reason -
son to believe Great. Britain is preparing -
ing to repeat in the Hawaiian Islands
the salient features of what is now
known as the Nicaraguan incident.
Lord Kimberley's declaration establishing -
ing the British citizenship of Walker
and Rickard is said to be only the first
step toward more vigorous measures.
The state department is lookig Into the
merits of the case.
Only Two Lives Saved.
London , May 18.-The Spanish steam
er Gravina , bound from Antwerp for
Lisbon , has been lost during a typhoon
and only two of those on board : ere
say ed.
DR. RUSSELL BOOTH.
anti-Briggs Man Elected Moderator by
Presbyterians.
Pittsburg , Pa. , May 18.-Rev. Dr. Robert -
ert Russell Booth , of New York , a
strong anti-Briggs man , was yesterday
elected moderator of the general assembly -
bly of the Presbyterian church. There
were two other candidates , Rev. Dr.
Page , of Leavenworth. Han. , and Rev.
R. M. Adams , of Minnesota. The vote
stood : Booth , 300 ; Page , 105 ; and Adams -
ams , 83.
The retiring moderator , Rev. Samuel
A. Mutchmore , D. D. , LL. D. , of Philadelphia -
delphia , delivered his annual sermon in
the morning. His subject was the labor ,
sentiment and signal services of the
Presbyterian church. The first order
of the day to-day is the presentation of
the report of the assembly committee
on conference with theological seminar-
ies. This is one of the most important
questions to come before the assembly ,
and the report of the committee on Sunday -
day observance will also be presented.
A unique feature of the sessions of the
general assembly of the two leading
branches of the Presbyterian church is
that both bodies will discuss the ques-
tlon of control of the theological seminaries -
naries conducted under their auspices.
A big fight is expected on this question.
Minnesota Bank Closes.
Redwood Falls , Minn. . May 18.-The
Citizens' bank has closed its doors with
assets of $150,000 and liabilities of $100-
000. Recently there was a reorganization -
tion and assessments on the stock.
Some off the holders refused to pay ,
hence the suspension.
Severe Storm in Holland
The Hague , May 18.-A severe storm
has been raging along the coast of Holland -
land for several. days past. The sluices
have been closed. Large tractslof country -
try , however , have been submerged and
the peasants in other districts have prepared -
1 pared 'to move their cattle and effects.
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REPORT ON SCHOOLS.
Presbyterian General Assembly Settles
Loivn to Work.
Pittsburg , Pa. , May 18.-The general
assembly of the Presbyterian church
opened its session with divine services ,
and the first business meeting was
largely attended in anticipation of the
report of the committee on control of
seminaries , which is one of the princt-
pal subjects to come before the assembly -
bly , Dr. W. L. McEwan of Pittsburg ,
for the committee on arrangements , delivered -
livered an address of welcome. He then
presented the moderator with the gavel
made from wood from the Holy Land.
Moderator Booth responded , accepting -
ing the gavel with a pleasing address.
The report of the committee on seminary -
nary control was read by the clerk. The
committee has held conferences with
the following seminaries : Two with the
Princeton boards , two with the McCormick -
mick boards , and one with each of the
following : Auburn , Western , Lane ,
Danville , San Francisco , Newark and
Lincoln university. Immediately after
the meeting of the committee at Saratoga -
toga It addressed a letter , through its
chairman , to each of the boards of the
seminaries , and the answer's received
are appended to the report.
The committee presented the followIng -
Ing propositions to the seminaries :
1. That the seminaries should amend
their charters with a clause declaring
that they held their property in trust
for the general assembly of the Presbyterian -
byterian church.
2. That no election of trustees , directors -
tors , or other governing officers of seminaries -
inaries should take effect until approved -
proved by the general assembly.
3. That the election , appointment or
transfer of professors should be submitted -
mitted to the approval of the general
asembly.
4. That the seminaries change their
charters with a clause declaring that in
the event of the misuse or diversion of
the funds or the property the general
asembly should have power to provide
against such abuse by appealing to the
civil courts.
In view of the answers of the sem-
iaaries the committee reported that
Omaha and Dubuq a have adopted all
of the recommendations of the general
assembly.
The directors and trustees of Princeton -
ton do not favor the propcsitions.
The board of directors of the Western
seminary at Allegheny sees no reason
to ask any change in existing relations
to the assembly. ,
The board of directors of Danville
has resolved to adopt the reccommenda-
tions as to by-laws and as a part of
their constitution.
San Francisco being under synodical
care has deemed it best to defer action
on the recommendations until after the
next meeting of the synod.
On motion the discussion of the report -
port was made a special order for 3:30 :
this afternoon.
The report of the committee on Lane
seminary at Cincinnati was then heard.
The committee reported that additional
teachers are needed. They found the
board of trustees ready to do all in their
power to bring the seminary into closer
relations with the church. The recommendations -
mendations of the committee were that
the board be urged to continue , and
that additional teachers be employed
and thus bring the seminary the support -
port of the Presbyterian clients. This
report was received and will be discussed -
cussed later.
The report of the committee on Sabbath -
bath observance was read by William
R. Worrall and adopted. Among other
things it said : "We heartily commend
all Sunday legislation designed to protect -
tect the Christian Sabbath as a day of
rest and worship. "
Dr. Johnson , of Chicago , recommended -
ed a day of prayer every year for Sunday -
day observance. Dr. Kneeland , of Boston -
ton , spoke on the topic , especially condemning -
demning Sunday newspapers and their
readers and advertisers.
Dr. Hubbard , of the committee on the
Assembly Herald , submitted his re-
port. The expenses for the first ten
months of the paper's existence , whenever
over a million copies were issued , were
$11,904. The income was $19,774. The
monthly circulation will soon be 400,000
copies.
The last weekly prayer-meeting in October -
tober was , by general consent , set aside
as the yearly prayer-meeting on Sabbath -
bath observance.
Chinese Troops Revolt.
Tien Tsin , May 18.-The troops stationed -
tioned at Shan Kwan have openly revolted -
volted and looted the city. The people
are fleeing.
Senator Berry Favors Silver.
Little Rock , Ark. , May 18.-Senatoi
James H. Berry in an interview said
he was more thoroughly convinced thar
ever in the doctrine of the free , independent -
pendent and unlimited coinage of silver -
ver at a ratio of 16 to 1. He said he believed -
lieved that a majority of the people 01
the United States were in favor of free
coinage at the same ratio , and that unless -
less the next Democratic national convention -
vention so declared defeat would inevitably -
tably follow.
Gen. Salcedo Said to Be Dead.
Tampa , Fla. , May 18.-Passengers arriving -
riving from Cuba say report has gained
credence in Havana that General Sal-
cede is dead , having been seriously
wounded a few days ago. Colonel Te-
jerh o is also reported to have been mortally -
tally wounded at Ramon de las Jaguas.
Lieut.-Col. Arizon is also badly wounded
and in Havana it is reported his wound
was received in attempting to intercept
General Gomez' march to Camarguay.
Vioiatea Lottery Laws.
Marinette , Wis. , May 18.-Time publish.
ers of the Daily Eagle , the North Star-
and 'the Marinette Argus , were yester.
day arrested for alleged violation of the
lottery law by Deputy United States
Marshal Buckley. They appeared before -
fore a United States commissioner and
gave bonds for their appearance next
Wednesday. The newspapers published -
ed a result of a hospital prize drawing
Heavy Snov. in Colorado.
Trinidad , Colo. , May 1S.--Twelve
Inches of snow is reported between here
and Rate , N. M. This is the first snow
I or rain in this territory for nearly six
est delight by the stock growers and
months , and it is hailed with the great-
others.
Bloody \Vork of Itenegado Indian.
Washington , May 18.-Indian Agent
Myer at San Carlos , ArIz. , telegraphed
the Indian Bureau that a renegade Indian -
dian , probably Massai , had killed one
Indian woman , wounded a second and
carried off a third from a place ten
miles south of the reservation Police
and troops are in pursuit.
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INSTRUCTIVE TALK FOR THE
YOUNG MEN.
tnswcring a Communication from Fay-
otte , Ohio , Ho Tells of the lltfallr
That Yawn for the Youth of Ous
Land.
EW YORK , MAY
12 , 1895.-In his audiences -
diences a t the
Academy of Music ,
Dr. Talmage meets
many hundreds of
young men , from
aifferent parts of
the union , and representing -
resenting almost
every calling and
profession in life.
To them he specially -
ly addressed his discourse this afternoon -
noon , the subject being , ' "Words with
Young Men. "
"Fayette , 0. Reverend Sir-We , the
undersigned , being earnest readers of
your sermons , especially request that
you use as a subject for some one of
your future sermons , 'Advice to Young
Men. ' Yours respectfully , H. S. Millott ,
F. 0. 'Miliott ' , J. L. Sherwood , Charles
T. Rubert , M. E. Elder. S. J. Altman. "
Those six young men , I suppose , represent -
resent Innumerable young men who are
about undertaking the battles of life ,
and who have more interrogation points
in their mind than any printer's case
ever contained , or printer's fingers ever
set up. But few people who have
passed fifty years of age are capable of
giving advice to young men. Too many
begin their counsel by forgetting they
ever were young men themselves. November -
vember snows do not understand May-
time blossom week. The East wind
never did understand the South wind.
Autumnal golden-rod makes a poor fist
at lecturing about early violets. Generally -
erally , after a man has rheumatism in
his right foot , he is not competent to
discuss juvenile elasticity. Not one
man out of a hundred can enlist and
keep the attention of the young after
there is a bald spot on the cranium. I
attended a large meeting in Philadelphia -
phia , assembled to discuss how the
Young Men's Christian association of
that city might be made more attractive -
tive for young people , when a man
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arose and made some suggestions with
such lugubrious tone of voice , and a
manner that seemed to deplore that
'everything was going to ruin , when an
old friend of mine , at seventy-five years
as young in feeling as anyone at twenty -
ty , arose and said : "That good brother
who has just addressed you will excuse
me for saying that a young man would
no sooner go and spend an evening
among such funereal tones of voice and
funereal ideas of religion which that
brother seems to have adopted , than he
would go and spend the evening in Laurel -
rel Hill Cemetery. " And yet these
young men of Ohio , and all young men ,
have a right to ask those who have had
many opportunities of studying this
world and the next world , to give helpful -
ful suggestions as to what theories of
life one ought to adopt , and what dangers -
gers he ought to shun. Attention , young
men !
First.Get your soul right. You see ,
that is the most valuable part of you.
It is the most important room in your
house. It is the parlor of your entire na-
ture. Put the best pictures on its walls.
Put the best music under its arches.
It is important to have the kitchen
right , and the dining room right , and
the cellar right , and all other rooms
of your nature right ; but , Oh ! the parlor -
lor of the soul ! Be particular about
the guests who enter it. Shut its doors
in the faces of those who would despoil -
spoil and pollute It. There are princes
and kings who would like to come into
it , while there are assassins who would
like to come out from behind its curtains -
tains , and with silent foot attempt the
desperate and murderous. Let the
Bing come in. He is now at the door.
Let me be the usher to announce his arrival -
rival , and introduce the King of this
world ; the King of all worlds , the King
eternal , immortal , invisible. Make
room. Stand back. Clear the way. Bow ,
kneel , worship the King. Have him
once for your guest , and it does not
make much difference who comes or
goes. Would you have a warrantee
against moral disaster , and surety of a
noble career ? Read at least one chapter -
ter of the Bible on your knees every day
of your life.
Word the next : Have your body
right. "How are you ? " I often say when
I meet a friend of mine in Brooklyn. He
is over seventy , and alert and vigorous ,
and very prominent in the law. His
answer is , "I am living on the capital of
a well-spent youth. " On the contrary ,
there are hundreds of thousands of
good people who are suffering the re-
suits of early sins. The grace of God
gives one a new heart , but not a new
body. David , the Psalmist , had to cryy
out , "Remember not the sins of my
youth. " Let a young man make his
body a wine-closet , or a rum jug , or a
whisky cask , or a beer barrel , and
smoke poisoned cigarettes until his
hand trembles , and he is black under
the eyes , and his checks fall in , and
then at some church seek and find religion -
ligion ; yet , all the praying he can do
will not hinder the physical consequences -
quences of natural law fractured. You
six young men of Ohio , and all the
young men , take care of your eyes ,
those windows of the soul. Take care
of your ears , and listen to nothing that
depraves. Take care of your lips , and
see that they utter no profanities. Take
care of your nerves by enough sleep and
avoiding unhealthy excitements , and by
taking out-door exercise , whether by
ball , or skate , or by horseback , lawn-
tennis , or exhilarating bicycle , if you
sit upright and do not join that throng
Hof several hundred thousands who by
the wheel are cultivating crooked
I backs , and cramped chests , and deformed -
ed bodies , rapidly coming down toward
all-fours , and the attitude of the beasts
that perish. Anything that bends body ,
mind or soul to the earth is unhealthy.
Oh , it is a grand thing to be well , but do
not depend on pharmacy and the doe-
tors to make you well. Stay well. Read
John Todd's Manual , and Coomb's
Physiology , and everything you can lay
your hands on about mastication , and
digestion , and assimilation. Where
you find one healthy man or woman ,
you find fifty half dead. From 'n : ' own
experience I car , testify that , being a
! disciple of the gymnasium , many a
time just before going to the parallel
bars , and punching bags , and pulleys
and weights , I thought Satan was about
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taking p - ossesslon of lociFty , and the
church and the world , hat after one
hour of cll bang and lifting and pulling -
ing , I felt lie hastening home so as to.
be there w en the millennium set in.
Take a goo stout run every day. I
find in tha habit , which I have kept
up since at eighteen years I read the
aforesaid Todd's Manual , more recup- '
eratlon thin in anything else. Those
six men o Ohio will need all possible
nerve , and ll possible eyesight , and all
possible muscular development before
they get through the terrific struggle.
of this life.
Word the next : Take care of your
Intellect. Here comes the flood of novelettes -
elettes , ninety-nine out of a hundred belittling -
littling to every one that opens them.
Here come depraved newspapers ; submerging - ,
merging good and elevated American'
journalism. Here comes a whole perdition -
tion e1 printed abomination , dumped ,
on the 'breakfast table , and tea table ,
and parlor table. Take at least one : '
good newspaper , with able editorial and
reporters' columns mostly occupied with
helpful intelligence , announcing marriages -
riages and deaths and reformatory and
religious assemblages , and charities bestowed -
stowed , and the doings of good people ,
and giving but little place to nasty divorce -
vorce cases , and stories of crime , which ,
like cobras , sting those that touch them.
Oh , for more newspapers that put virtue -
tue in what is called great primer type ,
and vice In nonpareil or agate ! You
have all seen the photographer's nega-
tive. He took a picture from it ten or
twenty years ago. You ask him now for
a picture from that same negative. He
opens the great chest containing the
black negatives of 1885 or 1875 , and he
reproduces the picture. Young men ,
your memory is made up of the negatives -
tives of an immortal photography. All
that you see or hear goes into your
soul to make pictures for the future.
You will have with you till the Judgment -
ment Day the negatives of all the bad
pictures you have ever looked at , and of
all the debauched scenes you have read
about. Show me the newspapers you
take and the books you read , and I will
tell you what are your prospects for
well-being in this life , and what will be
your residence a million years after the
star on which we now live shall have
dropped out of the constellation. I
never travel on Sunday unless it be a
case of necessity- mercy. But last
autumn I was in India in a city plague
struck. By the hundreds the people
were down with fearful illness. We
went to the apothecary's to get some
preventive of the fever , and the place
was crowded with invalids , and we had
no confidence in the preventive we purchased -
chased from time Hindoos. Time mail
train was to start Sabbath evening. I
said , "Frank , I think the Lord will excuse -
cuse us if we get out of this place with
the first train ; " and we took it , not
feeling quite comfortable till we were
hundreds of miles away. I felt we were
right in flying from the plague. Well ,
the air in many of our cities is struck
through with a worse plague-the
plague of corrupt and damnable Iltera-
ture. Get away from it as soon as pos-
slble. It has already ruined the bodies -
ies , minds and souls of a multitude
which , if stood in solid column , would
reach from New York battery to Golden
IIorn. The plague ! The plague ! ,
-Word the next : Never go to any
place where you would be ashamed to
die. Adopt that plan , and you will
never go to any evil amusement , nor be
found in compromising surroundings.
How many startling cases within the
past few years of men called suddenly
out of this world , and the newspapers
surprised us when they mentioned the
locality 'and the companionship. To put
it on the least important ground , you
ought not to go to any such forbidden -
den place , because if you depart this
life in such circumstances , you put officiating -
ficiating ministers in great embarrass-
ment. You know that some of the ministers -
isters believe that all who leave this
life go straight to heaven , however they
have acted in this world , or whatever
they have believed. To get you through
from such surroundings is an appalling
theological undertaking. One of the
most arduous and besweating efforts of
that kind that I ever knew of was at
the obsequies of a man who was found
dead in a snow bank with his rum-jug
close beside him. But the minister did
the work of happy transference as well
as possible , although it did seem a little -
tle inappropriate when he read ,
"Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord. They rest from their labors , and
their works do follow them. " If you have
no mercy upon yourself , have mercy
upon the minister who may be called
to officiate after your demise. Die at
home , or in some place of honest business -
ness , or where the laughter is clean , or
amid companionships pure and elevat-
ing. Remember that any place we go to
may become our starting point for the
nett world. When we enter the harbor
of heaven , and the Officer of Light
comes aboard , let us be able to show
that our clearing papers were dated at
the right port.
Word the next : As soon as you can ,
by industry and economy , have a home
of your own. What do I mean by a
home ? I mean two rooms and the
blessing of God on both of them ; one
room for slumber , one for food , its
preparation and the partaking thereof.
Mark you , I would like you to have a
home withm thirty rooms , all upholstered -
ed , pictured and statuetted , but I am
putting it down at the minimum. A
husband and wife who cannot be happy -
py with a home made up of two rooms
would not be happy in heaven if they
got there. He who wins , and keeps the
affection of a good , practical woman
has done gloriously. What do I mean
by a good woman ? I mean one who
loved God before she loved you. What
do I mean by a practical woman ? I
mean one who can help you to earn a
living , for a time comes in almost
every man's life when he is flung of
hard misfortune , and you do not want
a weakling going around the house
whining and sniffling about how she
had it before you married her. The
simple reason why thousands of men
never get on in the world is because
they married nonentities and never got
over it. The only thing that Job's wife
proposed for his boils was a warm poultice -
tice of profanity , saying , "Curse God
and die. " It adds to our admiration of
John Wesley the manner in which he
conquered domestic unhappiness. His
wife had slandered him all over England -
land until standing in his pulpit in City
Road Chapel he complained to the people -
ple , saying , "I have been charged with
every crime In the catalogue except
drunkenness ; ' when his wife arose in
the back part of the church and said :
"John , you know you were drunk last
night" Then Wesley exclaimed , "Thank
k
God , the catalogue is complete. " When '
a man marries , he marries for heaven
, or hell , and it is more so when a woman
marries. You six young men in Pay- .
I ette , 0. , had better look out.
Nerd the next : Do not rate yourself
too high. Better rate yourself too low.
If you rate yourself too low , the world
will say , "Come up. " If you rate yourself -
self too high , the world will say , "Come
I down. " It is a bad thing when a man
gets so exaggerated an idea of himself 3
as did the Earl of Buchan , whose
speech Baliantyne , the Edinburgh printer -
ter , could not set up for publication because -
cause he had not enough capital I's
among his type. Remember that the - r
world got along without you near six i
thousand years before you were born ,
and unless some meteor collides yith us ,
or some Internal explosion occurs , the
world will probably last several thou
sand years after you are dead.
Word the next : Do not postpone too
long doing something decided for God ,
humanity and yourself. The greatest
things have been done before forty
years of age. Pascal at sixteen years
of age ; Grotius at seventeen ; Romulus
at twenty ; Pitt at twenty-two ; White-
field at twenty-four ; Bonaparte at
twenty-seven ; Ignatius Loyola at thirty -
ty ; Raphael at thirty-seven , had made
the world feel their virtue or their vice ,
and the biggest strokes you will probably -
ably make for the truth or against the
truth will be before you reach the meridian -
ridian of life. Do not wait for something -
thing to turn up. Go to work and turn
it up. There Is no such thing as good
luck. No man that ever lived has had
a better time than I have had ; yet I
never had any good luck. But instead
thereof , a kind Providence has crowned
E
my life with mercies. You will never
accomplish much as long as you go at
your work or the minute you are expected -
pected , and stop at the first minute It i
is lawful to quit. The greatly useful t
and successful men of the next century
w111 be those who began half an hour C
before they were required , and worked
at least half an hour after they might
have quit. Unless you are willing sometimes -
times to work twelve hours of the day ,
you will remain on the low levels , and
your life will be a prolonged humdrum.
Word the next : Remember that It is '
only a small part of our life that we are
to pass on earth. Less than your finger
nail compared with your whole body ! s
the life on earth when compared with
the next life. I suppose there are not
more than half a dozen people in this
world a hundred years old. But a very
few people in any country reach eighty.
Word the next : Fill yourself with
biographies of men who did gloriously J
In the business , or occupation , or pro-
fesslon you are about to choose , or have
already chosen. Going to be a merchant -
chant ? Read up Peter Cooper , and Abbot -
bet Lawrence , and James Lenox , and
William E. Dodge , and George Pea-
body. See how most of the merchants
at the start munched their noonday
luncheon made up of dry bread and a
hunk of cheese , behind a counter or in
a storeroom , as they started in a business -
ness which brought them to the top of
influences which enabled them to bless
the world with millions of dollars consecrated -
secrated to hospitals , anil schools , and
churches , and private benefactlons ,
where neither right hand nor left hand
knew what the other hand did. Going
to be a physician ? Read up Harvey ,
and Grosse , and Sir Adam Clarke , and
James Y. Simpson , the discoverer of
chloroform as an anaesthetic , and Leslie -
lie Keeley , who , notwithstanding all
the damage done by his Imitators ,
stands one of the greatest benefactors
of the centuries ; and all the other
mighty physicians who have mended
broken bones , and enthroned again deposed -
posed intellects , and given their lives
tO healing the long , deep gash of the
world's agony. Going to be a mechanic ?
Read up the inventors of sewing machines -
chines , and cotton gins , and life-saving
apparatus , and the men who as architects -
tects , and builders , and manufacturers ,
and day laborers have made a life of
thirty years in this century worth more
than the full ore hundred years of any
other century. You six young men of
Ohio , and all the other young men-In-
stead of wasting your time on dry essays -
says as to how to do great things , go to
the biographical alcove of your village
or city library , and acquaint yourselves
with men who in the sight of earth , and
heaven , and hell , did the great things.
Remember , the greatest timings are yet
to be done. If the Bible be true , or as
I had better put it , since the Bible is beyond -
yond all controversy true , the greatest
battle is yet to be fought , and compared -
pared with it Saragossa , and Gettysburg -
burg , and Sedan were child's play with
toy pistols. We even know the name
of the battle , though we are not certain
as to where it will be fought. I refer
to Armageddon. The greatest discoveries -
eries are yet to be made. A scientist
has recently discovered in the air something -
thing which will yet rival electricity.
The most of things have not yet been
found out. An explorer has recently
found in the valley of the Nile a whole
fleet of ships buried ages ago where now
there is no water. Only six out of the
eight hundred grasses have been turned -
ed into food like the potato and the to-
mato. There are hundreds of other
styles of food to be discovered. Aerial
navigation will yet be made as safe as
travel on the solid earth. Cancers , and
consumption , and leprosies are to be
transferred from the catalogue of incurable -
able disease to the curable. Medical
men are now successfully experimenting -
ing with modes of transferring diseases
from weak constitutions which cannot
throw them off , to stout constitutions
which are able to throw them off.
Worlds like Mars and the moon will be
within hailing distance , and instead of
confining our knowledge to their canals -
als and their volcanoes , they will signal -
nal all styles of intelligence to them.
Coming times will class our boasted
nineteenth century with the dark ages ,
Under the power of Gospelization the
world is going to be so improved that
the sword and the musket of our time
will be kept in museums as now we
look at thumb-screws and ancient instruments -
struments of torture. Oh , what opportunities -
tunities you are going to have , young
men , all the world over , under thirty.
how thankful you ought to be that you
were not born any sooner. Blessed are
the cradles that are being rocked now.
Blessed are the students in the freshman -
man class. Blessed those who will yet
be young men when the new century
comes In , in five or six years from now ,
A woman arrested is Pond du Lao
for masqueradin g in men's clothes
had a curling iron in her pistol pocket. i'
Death is the open door to large oppo rl
tunities ,
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