THE OMAHA DAILY BE IS: THTKSDAV, OCTOBBU 4, 1900.
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(Notable among my father's papors was
ono bundlo qulto by themselves which he
had always looked upon with a peculiar ven
eration. They wcro written In crabbed
handwriting on ancient paper, very much
croancd at tho (olds, and bearing the marks
of diligent perusal In days past. My father
could not read those, but had great rcvor
enco for them becauso of tho great namos
which could bo deciphered here and there,
such as "Mr. D. Dickson," "Mr. 0. Ullosple,"
and In especial, "Mr. Samuel Rutherford."
How these carao Into possession of my
fathcr'H forbears 1 have no information,
They were always known in the family as
"Podon's papers," though to far as I can
now mako out that rclebrated Covenanter
had nothing to do with thorn or at Ic.vt,
Is never mentioned In them. On the other
hand, I And from the family bible written
as a nolo over against tho entry of my
great grandmother's death. "Aprlle. the nev
onteene, 1731," the words "Cozln to Mr. Pat
rick Walker, chapman, of Ilrlsto port, Kdln
bureh." Tho letters and narratives aro In many
hands and vary considerably in dato, somo
being un early as the great high days of
presbytery, about 1633. whilst others In a
plainer hand have manifestly been copied
or rewritten In tho early years of tho last
contury.
Now, after I rump from collgo and bo
foro my marrlngo, I had sotnutlmvn long
forenlghts with llttlo to do. So, having
BOt somo Insight Into ancient handwrlttlng
from my friend, Mr. James Robb of the
collcgo of St. Mary, an expert In tho same,
n good golfer also and a better fellow, I set
mo to work to decipher these manuscripts,
both for my own satisfaction and for the
pleasure of reading them to my father on
Saturday nights, when I was In the habit
of driving over to see my mother nt Drutn
quhat on my way from visiting my patients
In tho (ilon of Knlls.
That which followH Is from tho first of
theao documents whlrh I rrad to my father.
Ho was so much taken by It that ho begged
mo to publish It, nx he said, "as a correc
tive of tho sinful compliances and hhuino
less defections of tho times " And, though
f nm llttlo sanguine of any good It may do
from a high ccrlcslanilc point of view, the
facts aro Interesting enough In themselves.
Thu manuscript Is clearly written out In a
tall copybook of stout bluish paper, with
out ruled lines, and Is bound In a kind of
gray sheepskin. Tho mime, "Harry Wed
dorburn," 1b upon tho cover hero nnd thcro,
and within Is a delliiUlvo title In Ilorcntud
capitals, very ornately described.)
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"TIIK STORY OF THE TURN-
ISO OF MR. HARRY WHDDKR-
nURN. FROM DARKNESS TO
LIGHT, HY THU .MKA.N'S AND
INSTRl'MRNT 01.' Mil. HAML'HL
RUTIIKRFORD OF ANW0T1I,
SERVANT OK GOD."
The Iord hath spared me, Harry Wcddcr
burn, these many yeats, delaying tho set
ting of my sun till otico moro the grass
grown green where once I saw tho blood
llo red, and I wait In patience to lay my
old head beneath tho tod of a quiet land.
This Is my Mory, writ at the tnutancu of
good Mr. Patrick Walker, and to be ready
nt his next coming Into our parts. The
slack between hav and harvest of the year
of deliverance UiSP Is tho time of writing.
I, Harry Wedderburn of HIack Craig of
Dec, acknowletlgo the mcrclcH of God and
repenting of my sins ret these things down
In lnv own hand of write. Sorrow and
shame aro In my heart that my sun was
so high In tho heavens before I turned mo
from evil to seek nfter good.
Wo wcro a wild and forward tot In tboso
days In tho baeklanda of the Kells. It was
not long since the coming of a law stronger
than that of tho Strong Hand. Our fathers
had driven tho eattlo from tho English
border yea. even out of tho fat fields of
Nlddlmlalo and over the flower of Solway.
And If a man offended another ho went his
stralghtcst way homo nnd took gun aud
whlncer to llo In wait for his enemy. Or
he met him foot to foot with quarterstaff on
tho highway if he wero of ungentlo he.irt
and possessed neither pistol nor muskctoon.
I mind well that year 1M6 more than 00
years bygone, 1 being then In tho 22d
year of my age. a runnngato castaway loon,
without God and without hope In tho world.
My father had been In his day a douco sober
man, yet he could do llttlo to restrain my
self or my brother John, who was, they said,
"ten waurs" than I. For there was a wild
tot In tho Olen Kells In those dnys, Udder
bale of Slogarlo and Roaming Ralf of Klrk
rhrlst being enough to poison a par
ish. Wo four used to foregather to drink
the dark out and tho light in two or throe
times in the week nt tho change-houso of
tho Clachan. Elspoth Voglo koeped it, and
no good namo It got among those well-affected
to religionaye. or Elspoth, either,
a bouncing buxom piece as over couped
good liquor Into n plnt-tass or give a man
n clour on tho head for chucking hsr under
tho plump chin.
Rut these aro vain thoughts, nnd I havo
had of n long season no pleasure in them.
Yet I do not dony that Elspoth Voglo, though
soro left to herself, was a heartsoiuc quean,
and well favored of her person.
So at Elspeth's somo hnlf-doscn of us
wore drinking the hay-wlnulng nnd the
corn-chearlng. For hairst was late that
year, and the weather mostly backward and
dour. There had como, however, with the
advent of tho month, n warm, drowsy spoil
of windless dnys, tho sun shining from morn
to even through a kind of uuwho.csotno mist,
and tho corn standing on tho knowes with
as uuio motion as tho gray whlnstano and
granite cairns on tho hllltaps. Tho farmers
and cotters looked nt their nrvi
Plowland and prayed for a rousing wind
.um win iorn io winnow away tho still.
"rny mist and gar tha corn
Par nKalnn' r. k that It might
u.. nun iijiuu inr mo ingathering.
Rut wo that were hand-fasted to sin nnd
bonded to Iniquity, young plants of wrath,
ill-doers and forlorn of graco. cared as little
for tho backward year as wo did for tho
sad statu of Scotland aud the
strifes that woro fast coming
upon that land. So long as our plnt-stoup
was filled and plnck rattle on plack In tho
pouch, sorrow tho crack of tho thumb wo
cared for harvest or sheep shearing, king or
bishop, blblo or lucenso pot.
To us sitting thus on tho Sabbath morn
Ing (when It had better set us to havo
been sleeping in our naked beds) there
carao in onu Rnb Altken of Auchen
gask, llketutnded with us. Hab was seek
ing his "morning," or oye-opcnlng draught
of French brandy, and to us bleared
and leadeu-cyod roisterers ho seemed to
come upon us fresh ns the dew on tho whlto
thorn in tho front of May. For ho had a
clean sark upon him, a laco ruffle about
his neck, and his hair was still wet with
the good well-wator in which ho bad lately
washed himself.
'Whither away, Rnb?" wo cried. "Is it to
visit fair Meg o' tho glen so early f tho
mornln'7"
"He is on his way to tho kirk!" cried
another, chafilugly.
"If so, 'tis to stand all day on tho stool
of repentance," declared another. Thon, in
the prcceutor'a whining voice, ho added
Robert Altken. deleted and discerned to
compear at both diets of worhip for thu
heinous crime of and so forth." This was
an excellent Imitation of the official
method of summoning a culprit to stand his
rebuke. It was Patle Robb of Ironmannoch
who said this. And he had had tho best
opportunities for perfecting himself In the
exercise, having stood tho session nnd re
ceived the open rebuko on three several
occasions two of thsm In ono twelve
month, which Is counted a shamo oven
among shameless men.
"No, Patle," said Robb, In answer, "I am
indeed for tho kirk, but on no slccnn gowk's
errand ns takes you there twice In the
year, my mnn. 1 go to hear tho gospol
preachrd. For there Is to bo a stranger
frao the south shore at tho kirk of Kells
this dny, and they say he has a mighty
power of words. And. though ye scolT and
mako light o' me, I caro not. I am neither
kirk-goer nor ktrk-lovcr, yo say. True, but
thcro Is a whisper In my heart that sends
mo thcro this day. I thank yc, bonny mis
tress!" He took tho plnt-stoup nnd with a bow
of his head and an Inclination of his body
ho did his service to Mistress Elspoth,
who, fresh as himself, had come forth from
her chamber to relievo Jean McCnlmont.
who, poor thing, had been going to sleep on
her feet for many weary hours.
Thon Roaring Ralph Prlngle cried out:
"Land, wo will a" gang. I had news
yestreen of this ploy. Tho new bishop,
good luck to him, has outcd another of the
high (lying, prating eushlon-threshors.
This man goes to Edinburgh to bo tried be
fore his betters. He la to preach In Kelts
this very morn on tho by-going, lor tho
minister thereof is llkc-mlndod with him
self. We will all gang, and If be gets a
hearlu' for his rebel's cant why, lads, you
aro not tho men I tak' you for!"
So they cried out: "Weol said, Roaring
Ralf," and got them ready to go as best
they could. For some wero red of face
and somo wero ringed of oye, nnd nil woro
touched with a kind of disgust for tho
roystoroua spirit of tho night. Rut n
uaDblo in thu chill wator of tho sprtng and
n rub of tho rough spun towel brought us
all to somo decent prcscntablcnoss. For
youth easily recovers Itself whilo It laatB,
though. In tho latter end it pays for such
things twice over.
Wo partook of such breakfast ns wo
could manago and that was no great thing
alter sush u night. Hut wo each drank
down a stirrup cup nnd with various good
speeds to Klspeth Voglo nnd her maid wo
won to horseback nnd so down the strath
to tho kirk of Kells. It sits on tho summit
of n little knowe, with tho whin golden
about It nt all times of the yenr and tho
loch llko a painted shoot spread below.
Wo could see tho folk como flocking from
afar and near, from their mailings and
40-shllllng lands, their farm towns and
cothouscs in half a dozen parishes.
"Wo aro in luck's way, lads," cried Lid
dordalc, called Tentass Lldderdalo. because
ho could drink that number of stoups of
brandy neat; "It Is a grent gatherlug of
tho godly. Our shutting of this mare's
mouth will mnke such a din as will bo
heard of through all Galloway."
And so to our shamo and my sorrow we
mado It up. Wo wero to go tho rounds of
tho lneotlng nnd gnther together all tho
likely lads who would stand with us. There
were euro to be plenty such who had no
good will to preachings. And with these
In ono place wo could easily shut tho
mouth of tho fanatic rallcr against law nnd
order. For so in our Ignorance and folly
wo called him. llccauso all this sort (such
us I mysolf was then) hated tho very namo
of religion and hoped to find things easier
and better for them when the king should
havo his way, nnd when tho bishops would
present nono to parishes but what wo
called "good follows" by which wo meant
men as careless of principle ns ourselves
looso livers and oath swearers, such as In
truth thoy mostly wcro themselves.
But when wo carao that August morning
to tho kirk of Kells, lo! thcro beforo us
was outspread such a sight as my eyes
never beheld. The kirk knowo was fairly
black with folk A llttlo way off you could
see them pouring Inward In bauds llko tho
spokes of a wheul. Furthor off yet little
black dots straggled down htllsldes or up
through glens, illsontangllng themselves
from clumps of birches and scurry thorns
for all tho world llko tho ants of tho wise
king gathered homo from their travels.
Then wo wcro very content, and made it
our business to go among tho gay young
blades who had como for tho excltoincnt,
or, as It might be, becauso all tho pretty
lasses of tho countryside wero suro to bo
thero In their best. And with thorn we
a: ranged that wo should keep Bllcnco till
the fanatic minister was well under way
with hla treasonable paries. Then wo would
rush In with our Bwords drawn, carry him
otl down tho stoop and duck him for a
traitorous loon In tho loch beneath.
To this wo all nssentcd'and shook hands
upon tho pact. For wo know right slckerly
what would bo our fato if In tho battle
which was coming on tho laud tho covenant
men won tho day. Porforco wo must sub
scribe to deeds and engagements, attend
kirks, lay aside gay colors, forswear all
pleasant dalllng with such ns Klspeth
Vogle nnd Mary, her maid not that tharo
was anything wrong with my own practice
with such. I speak only of others. Tho
clatter of the dice would bo heard no moro,
Tho cartes themselves, tho knowledge of
which then mado the gontloman, would be
looked upon as "tho dell's, picture books."
An' good broad oath would mean a fine as
broad. Instead of chanting looso catches,
wo would have to listen to sermons llvo
hours long and bo whipped for all tho little
pleasing transgressions which mado Ufo
worth living.
So "Hush!" wo 3ald, "we will 'salt this
man's kail for him. Wo will drill him,
wand hand and working hand, so that he
cannot stir. Wo will make his drink his
ill! cf Kells loch this day!"
All this whilo we knew not so much ns
tho name of tho preacher, nor IndcoJ cared.
Ho camo from tho south; so much we know,
and ho had n great roputo for godliness
and what tho broad-bonnets called "faith
fulness." Which, being luterpreted, signi
fied that he contemned too king and the
bishops, and hold to tho old figments about
doctrine, free graco and tho authority of
tho Holy Kirk.
The roan had not arrived when wo reached
tho Kirk of Kells. Indeed, It was not long
beforo tho hour of service when up tho
lnchsldn wo saw a cavalcado approach.
Then wo woro angry. "For," wo said, "this
spells our sport. These aro doubtless sol
dlers of tho king, who havo been sent to
put a stop to thu moettng. Wo shall have
no chance this day. Our coin Is spun and
fallen edgewise between the stones. Let us
go home!"
Hut 1 raid: "Thcro may be some splrlty
work for all that, ladB. Better bldo and
tee!"
So they aloJo according to my word.
Hut when they camo nenr we could soo
mat those wero no soldiers of tho king.
nor Indeed any soldlen at all, though the
men wero an armed with whingers and pis
tols, slow-footed horses, like farmers nolnc
to market. Thero was a gontleman nt the
heiui of them, very tali and stout, whom
Roaring Raif. In an undertone, pointed out
as Gordon of EarUtoun, and In tho midst,
tho center of tha company, a little fair man,
sbllplt and delicate, whom all deferred to,
clad alt in black like a minister.
He role a long-tnlled sheltle, like one
woll accustomed to the exercise, and bcrc
about with him tho die-stamp of a gentleman
This was the preacher, and thefe were
mojily his parishioners, come to contoy him
through tho dangerous and Ill-affected dis
tricts of tin, great popish and prelatlc city
of Aberdeen, where for the tlmo being ho
was to bo Interned.
Then Roaring Ralf whispered among us
that we had better have our swords easy
in tho thcath and our pistols primed, for
that thete men In the hodden gray would
certainly fight for their minister.
"Gordon of Cardoness Is there also," ho
said, "a stout, angry carle. Him In the drab
Is muckle Nlnlan Mure of Sasscncarry. lie
)ond Is t'gly Peter of Ruseo, nnd that's
Ualllo Fullerton o' Kirkcudbright, tho man
wi' the wamu and the bell-mouthed musket
across his saddle-bow. Thero will be a
aro tulzlc, lads. This Is worth lecvln' Els
peth's for. We will let oot some true blue
Covenant bluld this holy dny!"
And when tho little fair man dismounted
there was a rush of the folk and some delay.
Hut wo of tho other faction kept In the
back part and bided our time.
Then the llttlo fair man wont up Into
tho pulpit, which was a box on great broad,
creaking, ungreascd wheels, which thoy had
brought out from tho burial toolhouse as
toon as they saw that tho mighty concourso
could In no wise bo contained In tho kirk
no, not eo much us a tenth part of them!
Then thero was a great hush which lasted
at least a mlnuto ns tho minister kucoled
down with his head In his hands. Then at
last ho rose up and gave out the psalm to be
sung. It was tho ono about the Israelites
hanging tholr harps on the trees of Babylon.
And I mind that ho prefaced It with several
pithy Eaylngs, which I remembered long
afterward, though I paid lltt'.o hood to them
at tho time. "This trco of Babylon Is n
strange plant," ho said. "It grows only In
tho backsides of deserts where Modes found
It or by Habol streams whero men wnlk In
sorrow and exile. It Is nn over-burning
bush, yet no man ever saw tho nshes of It."
Then tho people sang with a groat voice,
far-swelling, triumphant, and the Little Fair
Man led them In a kind of ccstacy. I do
not mind much about bin prayer. I was
no Judgo of pruycrs In those days. Alt I
cared about them was that thoy should uot
bo too long nnd so kuep mo standing. Rut
I can recall of htm that he inclined his
face nil tho time ho was speaking towurd
the sky, as If Some Ono up thero had been
looking down at him. At that I looked, fol
lowing tho direction of his eyes, and to did
several others, but could seo nothing. Rut I
think It wns not so with the Llttlo Fair Man.
Now It was not till tho sermon wnB well
begun that wo wero to break In und "shall"
tho conventicle with our swords In our
hands. I could hoar Lldderdalo behind me
murmuring "how much longer wero we to
listen to this treason-monger?"
"Let us glvo him live minutes by the
wnicn, laus," I snld, tho samo as man
hath that Is to bo hanged beforo tho top.
man turns him off. And after that I um
with you."
Then Roaring Ralf said in my ear, "Wo
havo them In tho hollow of our hand. This
wilt bo a great day in tho Kells. Wo will
put tho broad bonnets to rout, so that not
ono of them aftor this shall bo able to Bhow
face upon the causeway of Dumfries, There
are at least fifty staunch lads, good, honest,
swearing blades, In and about tho klrk-yard
of Kells this day I"
For even so wo delighted to call our
selves In our lgnoranco and headstrong folly,
glorying In our shamo.
And according to my word wo wnltcd live
minutes on tho minister. He had that day
a text that I will always mind "God is
our refugo and our strength," from tho
46th Psalm ono that was over afterward
a great favorite with mo.
And when at first ho began, I thought not
mucKio uuout wnat lie said, but of the great
play nnd bloody fray that waa before mo.
For wu rejoiced In such llko. and called it
among ourselves a "blood-lcttliie nf th.
hey-faced knaves!"
Then tho Llttlo Fair Mnn hwnn i.
- o" ... m
to his work, and Just when the flvo minutes
irew on to tnclr end ho was telling of a
ortaln friend that he had. nn,i thn
him and had been constantly with hlra for
years so mat nis married wlfo was not so
near and dear. This frluml hn,i ,iii,...,i
him, hu said, from perils of great waters,
and from tho edgo of tho sword. Yot bo
bad put up with all tho evil ihi
done to him. Ofttlmes he had cast this
friend off nnd buffeted him, but oven then
ne would not go away from him or leave
him desolate.
So as I had never henrd of such strango
friendship I was In a Krullt ftwr;il In fln,l
out who this friend might be, who could
bo bo different from tho comrades I know.
wuo urtw mcir swords nt a word and
gave buffet for buffet as nulek n ,ir:.wi
n breath.
So I whispered again, "Glvo him another
llvo minutes!"
And I could hoar them growl behind mo,
Tarn Morra of tho Shields, called "Pnrtun
faco Tarn," Gallklt Gib Morrison nn.i to
others. "What for aro yo waltln'? Lot tho
gray brcclo hao it noo!"
But slnco I was tho stromm!
In n manner tho leader, they did not'dare
to counter me. rearing that I might give
them "strength-o'-alrra" as I did on i
tho venncl of Dumfries in Mi. tw- . i-j
when ho sothstood mo in tho matter of
bonny Hetty Coupland, a rceontro which
wns llttlo to my credit from any point of
view.
And then tho Little Fair Man throw him
Bolf into a rapturu llko n man going out of
tho body, nnd his votco sounded somehow
uncanny and of the othur world. For thero
was n "scratch" in It llko tho snow-wind
along the naked trees of thu wood at mid
night. Yet It wns not unpleasant, but only
rcry and very affecting to tho heart.
Ho told us how that ho had shamed and
grieved his Friend, how ho had oftentimes
wounded him soro, and onco cvon cruclfiod
him
Then when ho said that I knew what
tho roan wns driving at, and if I had boon
left to mysolf I would havo fallen away nnd
thought no more of tho mnttor. Hut at
that moment, with a sudden calm, there
fell a hush ovor tho people. Thoy soomod
to bo waiting for something. Then tho
Little Fair Man loaned out of the pulpit nnd
Btretched his arm toward me, wjiero I
stool, llko Saul, taller by a head than any
about me.
"Thero is a great strong young man thero
standing by tho pillar that hitherto has used
his strength for tho servlco of tho devil, but
from this forward ho shall uso it for tho
Lord. Even now ho is plotting mischief.
He, too, hath wounded my Friend,
evon Jesus Christ, nnd smitten him on tho
cheekbone. Hut today ho shall stand In tho
breach nnd fight for him. Young man, I
bid you come forward!"
And wUh that he continued pointing nt
mo with his linger a llttlo crroked. At first
I was angry, and could have made his chafts
ring with my nelvo bad I been near enough.
Hut presently something uprose in my heart
-a great and , terrible melting all at
once. I took a stop forward. Hut my com
panions held mo back. I could feel Llddor
dale nnd Roaring Ralf with each hand on a
coat tall.
"Harry," ihcy said, "do not mind him
cry tho word nnd wo will fall on and pull
tho wizard down by tho heels."
"Como hither!" said tho Little Fair Man
again, lu a Voice of command. "Come up
hither, friend. Thou didst come to this
place to do evil. Rut the spirit hath thee
now by tho head, though well do I seo
that a patr of black dells havo thee yot
by tho tall. Como hither, friend; resist not
tho spirit!"
Then there arose a mighty flame In my
heart, tho lllfn nf ivMnh I v. .
It was a gale of the spirit a breaking down
of dams that Imprisoned waters might flow
froi'. And before 1 Knew what I aid I look
my hand and dealt a buffet r elit and left,
so that Roaring Ralf roared amain. Ant
as for Jock Lidderdale, 1 know not what
to?amo of him, for they carried him over tho
heads of tho crowd nnd laid him under a
tree to come to hltneelf again.
"Thou shalt know a l'rlend today, young
man," the minister said when I came near.
"Thou shall be the first fruits to the- Ijrd
In the Kells this day. Thero Is to be a
great lngatfierlng of sheaves here, though
tome of them shall )et have bloody shocks.
But thou, young sir, shnlt be the first of all
iiul shalt stand the longest!"
Then on tho outskirts of the crowd thero
arose a mighty turmoil. For all those that
had been of my party made a rush forward,
that they might rescue me from what thoy
thought was rank witchcraft.
"Overturn! Overturn!" they cried. "Ding
doon the wizard! Ho hath bewitched
'Strcngth-o' Alrm!' Fight, Harry, for thine
own hand, nnd we will rescue thee!"
And so ardent was their onset that they
had wellnlgh opened a way to whero the
Llttlo Fair Man stood, as unmoved aud
smiling as If he had been sitting In his
own manse. So great became tho crowd that
tho very preaching tent rocked. Tho men
of tho cavalcade drow their swords and mot
tho assailants hand to hnnd. In another
minute thcro had been bloo If bed.
Hut by some strange piovtdenco thero
camo into my hand the pole of a burying
bier whereon men bear coillna to tho klrk
yard. I know not how It came there unless
pctadventutn they had used It to roll out
tho preaching box. Hut in any case it made
a goodly nnd gruesomo weapon.
Then tho Spirit of tho Lord camo upon
mo nnd I shouted aloud:
"I nm on tho Little Man's side and on
tho side of bis Friend! Peace: Peace!"
And with that I laid nbout me as the
Lord gavo mo strength, nnd I heard moro
then onu word snap and moro than one
head crack.
Then ngnln I cried louder than before.
"Lot there be peace, nnd God help ye If yo
como la Harry Wedderburn's road, all ye
that nre set on mlschlefl"
And, oh, by menus of the bier-polo a wny
wns opened, n largo and nn effectual, before
me, nnd like Samson I smoto and smote and
stayed not till I was weary. For nono could
wtand against mo and such as could ran out
to their horses. But tho moat part of them
I. with my gravcpole, caused to remain
that thoy too might bo turned to tho Lord
by tho word of tho preacher.
So they came back, and I bado tho Little
Fair Man preach to them whilo I kept guard.
And at that ho smiled nnd said: "Did
I not say that thou shoulds't be n soldier
of God? Thine nrm this day hath been an
nrm of flesh. Hut thou shnlt nleo wield In
thy tlmo tho sword of thu Spirit, which Is
tho word of God!" And of a truth thero was
a groat work nnd nn offectunl that day In tho
Kelts. For they eay that moro than four
scoro turned them from their ovll way, and
many of Hicbc blessed me thereafter for tho
breaking of their heads yen, even upon
their dying beds.
Now, I havo backslidden slnco that, but
havo not nltogcthcr fallen away or shamed
my first love. And when the cavalcado rodo
away up tho mulr road I heard them tell
that tho Llttlo Fair Man who had callod mo
out of my head folly was no other than tho
famous Mr. Samuel Rutherfurd, minister of
Anwoth, on his way to exllo In Aberdeen
for conscience sake.
That these things aro verity I vouch for
with my soul. Tho truth Is thus, nolthor
Iosb nor more. Which Is tho testimony of
me, Hnrry Wedderburn, written in this
year of graco and a freed Israel, 1CS3-.
AiMMJALUi) to Tin: i;niTon.
The Vlnltnr Tola AVImt HcM Omit uud
Wan Hiikukci! mi tUc Spot.
As tho visitor sat dpwn near tho desk
tho editor glanced him over ar-d was rather
pleased with his appenrahce, reports the
Wnshlngton Stnr. Ho wns a man of good
size, agreeably npparolcd, intelligently
countenanced, reasonably voiced und of
pleasing personality.
"I have traveled somewhat In tho United
States," ho said when tho editor looked up
from his work as a signal that ho was
ready to listen, "nnd it occurred to mo that
I might havo something I could toll your
readers."
"Um cr," hesitated tho editor, "travel
Is ono of tho things that is written to
denth. Still, If you havo anything to say
that has not been said wo will bo glad to
consider It. Wo aro always ready to buy
what wo think our readers want to read.
What dbl you hnvo to offer specially?"
"Nothing In particular, I beliove, but a
good deal In general. It Is not so much
what I iiavo to ofTcr as what I do not havo
to offer."
"Ah?" And the editor paused on tho
threshold of an unsatisfied curiosity. "Will
you please explain?"
"Certnlnly," ho responded. "For in
stance, I will offer something about Maine,
but not refer to her scarcity of liquor
nor her superfluity of spruce gum. I will
havo something to offyr about Boston, but
will not refer to her beans and her brains,
nor to the cosmlcallty of tho whorouess of
her at. I will havo something to say about
New York City, but will not refer to her
police forco as tho Irish standing army.
I will havo something to say nbout Con
necticut, but will not refer to her wooden
nutmegs and hams. I will havo something
to say about Now Jersuy, but will not re
fer to it as a foreign land. I will havo
something to say about Philadelphia, but
will not refer to its slowness or tho grass
growing In its streets. I will havo some
thing to eay about Washington, but will
not refer to tho arduous labors of her
statesmen. I will havo something to say
about Virginia, but will not refor to her
crop of mint Jutops. I wilt havo some
thing to say nbout Kentucky, but will not
refer to her pretty women, her Ono horses
and her good whisky. I will havo some
thing to say nbout Dolawarc, but will
not rofor to tho fact that tho frost has
killed tho peach crop. I will havo some
thing to say about Texas, but will not re
fer to tho hanging of a prominent citizen
for stealing a horse. I will havo some
thing to say about California, but will
not rofor to tho nlzo of her liars. I will
havo something to say about tho Dakotos,
but will not refer to them ns being lu
the banana belt. I will havo something
to say about Chicago, but will not refer
to tho abnormal growth of tho foot of her
women. I will havo something to say nbout
St. Louis, but will not refer to her super
iority to Chicago. 1 will havo something
to Bay about St. Paul and Minneapolis, but
will not refer to tho word rivalry. 1 will
havo something "
"Hold ou!" exclaimed tho editor.
"You'ro all right. You Just go ahead and
write your stuff and lit get It In tho paper,
oven if I havo to throw out tho society
news aud editorial. Wo pay on publica
tion. Make out your bill."
m:i:it ton iiiLtoi (inn.
A Iteiiiiiiiuilile Cure Tlmt In of Wide
ireiwl Intrrrnt In Kiiiihiin.
Hiccoughs bid fair to become as popular
a maiauy in proiupition districts In Kan
sas as snakebites havo been in tho past.
After hiccoughing without intermlsilon Jot
100 hours, roports a correspondent. Dr. II
A. Pickerel of Beverly wns brought to Sallna
and twenty-two hours later waa cured of
hla troublo by a bottlo of beer.
Dr. Pickerel, who Is the leading physician
In the town of Beverly, was seated at his
desk In his office, busily engaged In writing
n treatise wncn tue hiccoughs seized him
It was 4 o'clock In the afternoon of Wedncs'
day, September 5. At first the coughs were
only slight and he paid no attention to them.
Hut they gradually Increased In seterlty
until they becamo annoying. Then Dr Pic k
erel tried tho old-fashioned remedy for
the hiccoughs, a drink of water, thinking
that would stop the trouble. Hut it didn't.
The coughs continued to grow worio and
by evening Dr. Pickerel was unable to cat
anything for fear of choking. At times his
paroxyrms wero so severe as to wrench
his wholo boJy. At bedtlmo he could not go
to sleep becnuie of tho malady. IIo was
tent for to attend his patients, but was un
able to go to them on account of the "hie,
hlc," which wns constantly with him. In
tho meantime Dr. Pickerel tried all the
old remedies he had ever heard of nnd all tho
new ones that were suggested to him. Three
times cold milk stopped the torturo for four
or flvo minutes. Hot und cold teas of nil
kinds woro unavailing. Someone suggested
powdered alum and tho doctor swallowed
several teatpoousful without effect. Mustard
and hot water were also tried unsuccess
fully. All Wednesday night the couch con
tinued. On Thursday the experimenting
with remedies also continued. Ry Thurs
day night no less than thirty alleged sure
cures for hiccoughs hnd been tested nnd
found wanting. Friday, Saturday and Sun
day camo and wero without bringing tho
tortured man any relief. He began to think
he would have to hiccough his wny through
life.
On Monday Dr. Pickerel was brought to
Sallna aud placed In the enro of Dr. J. W.
Neptune. The first thing Dr. Neptune did
waa lo bandage the hiccoughing man tightly
beneath the nrms. This rendered the coughs
more subdued and less tiling for tho vic
tim, whoso strength was by that tlmo well
nigh exhausted. After experimenting with
n vnriety ot remedies Dr. Neptune gavo his
patient pylocarplne. Several dosos of this
stopped the coughs, but within an hour they
returned ns bad as ever. Tho patient hnd
gone to his hotel In the brief Intennl and
when tho coughs commenced again a trav
eling man suggested n bottle of beer ns n
cure. Tho beer wao brought nnd put a
permanent quietus on the hiccoughs.
THU AMHHICAN .ILJWV I l,FM)Att.
Iliforiuiitliiti About Itollilnjn it ml
MuiltliM nn (lliier eil l llelirrUH.
A little book, entitled "Tho American
.lows' Calendar," has been published re
cently by David Rubin, which contains some
interesting Information, reports the" Ni w
ork Tribune. BeBldes a list rf tho Jew
ish hollduys, It gives the list of Jewish
tnunlliB ai:d the time when they begin, ac
cording to the Julian calendar.
Tho Jewish "civil year" began on the
brat dnv of tho month Tlshrl, Sept. 1!4, this
vear. This holiday Is d-ncrlbed In tho lit
tle book ns being "a sicrtd day. No woik
Is done, and tho day la announced und pro
rlalmtd with blowing of trumpots, to warn
man that n new year has begun, to exam
ine and amend bis conduct." Tho meaning
uf each of tho holidays Is given In the same
terso manner.
In his history of tho Jewish calendar, tho
writer savs: "Soven natural dajB consti
tute a week. Tho Jews have no names for
tho days of their week, but they number
Until In tholr order."
It Is shown Hint tho months had no
names until after tho Babylonian captiv
ity. Previous to that tlmo they woro also
simply numbered. Tho months aro spoken
of ns follows:
"Tho months of tho Hebrews nre lunar
ones, because the months begin with every
new moon. As tho Bynndlcal lunar month
Is nbout tweuty-nlno and a halt days, they
mado tho months consist alternately of
twentv-nlno and thirty days. In this man
ner tho Juwlsh calendar was regulatod by
tho law of Moses, who appointed the first
day of tho appearance ot tho new moon to
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