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SHORN LOCKS OF SAMSON.
SUBJECT OF DR. TALMAGE'S SEf
MON SUNDAY, SEPT. 29.
Oil Test I from J net km xvl, 5. mill 111
Dlnroumn Ii Onn of the Mnt I'ain-rrfiil
of Hie Yrar Full Kcport nf ttln Ito
murk. DnooKLYN, Bopt. OT. After oxiouncllng
the appropriate passages of Scrlpttiro In tlio
Brooklyn Tabornaclo this morning tlio llov.
T. Do Witt Talmago, D. D gavo out tlio
hymnt
So let our lip and liven express
Tho lioljr gosK-l wo profiM;
Bo let our works nml virtue shltio
To proTo tlio doctrine all illtluo
Tho subject of Dr. Talmago's ncnnon wast
"Tho Shorn Locks of Samson." Ho took for
his toxt Judges xvl, 5: "Entlco him, nml sco
wherein his grent strength llcth, nml by whnt
menus wo may provnll against him, that wo
may bind him to nflllct him; nml wo will
giro theo overy ono of us eleven hundred
pieces of sliver." Tho sermon was as follows)
A ItKWAJlD OrrEHKI).
Ono thousand pounds, or about flvo thou
and dollars of our money, woro thui offered
for tho enpturo of a giant It would tnko n
skillful photographist to plcturo Samson ns
ho renlly was. Tho most fncllo words aro
not suppto enough to describe him. Ho was
a giant nml a child; tho conqueror and tho
defeated ; ablotosnnpn lion's Jaw and yet
captured by tho sigh of n maiden. Ho was
ruler nud Blnve; n commingling of vlrtuo and
vice, tho subllmo and tho ridiculous; sharp
enough to innko a good rlddlo, nml yet weak
enough to bo caught in tho mot superficial
stratagem; honest enough to sottlo hlsdobt,
and yet outrngeously robbing soniolnxly olso
to get tho material to pay It; n mirnclo and
coding; n crowntag: glory nnd n burning
shame, Thoro ho stands, looming up abovo
other men, n mountain of flosli, his arms
bunched with musclo that can lift tho galoof
a city, taking nil nttltudo delimit of armed
men and wild boasts. HU hair had never
been cut nnd it rolled down III seven great
plaits over his Bhoulders, adding to his florco
ness and terror. Tlio Philistines waut to
conquor him, nnd theroforo thoy must find
out whero tho ccrot of his strength lies.
Thcro is n woman living lu tho valley of
Borek by tho namoof Delilah. Thoy apjtolnt
her thongent in tho caso. Tho Philistine
aro secreted in tho snmo building, nnd then
Delilah goes to work and coaxes Samson to
tell what is tho secret of his strength. "Well,"
ho snys, "if you should tnko seven green
withes, such as thoy fasten wild Insists with,
and put them around mo, I should bo per
fectly powerless." So sho binds him with
tho soven green withes. Then u'.io claps her
hands and hays, "Thoy coma tho Philistines!"
and bo wnlks out ns though thcro wero no Im
pediment. Sho coaxes him ngalu nnd snys,
"Now tell mo tho secret of this grunt st rength ;"
and ho replies, "If you should tnkoRomo ropes
that havo never been used, nnd tio mo with
them, I should bo just llko other men." She
ties him with tho ropes, claps hor hands nnd
shouts, '-Tlioy conio tho Philistines!" Ho
walks out as easy ns ho did before not a sin
gle obstruction.
Sho coaxes him agnlu, and hoxnysi "Now,
If you should tako theso seven long plaits of
hair, and by this housolnoni weave thorn Into
web, I could not get nwny." So tho houso
loom i rolled up, nud tho shuttlo flies back
ward mid foewnnl, nnd tho long plaits of
hair aro woven Into a web. Then she claps
her bauds and says: "Thoy comol tho Philis
tines 1" Ho walks out as easily as ho diil bo
fore, dragging a part of tho loom witli him.
But after a while, sho persuades him to tell
tho truth. Ho says: "If you should take a
razor, or shears, and cut ofT this long hair, I
should bo powerless and in tho hands of my
enemies." Samson sleeps, and, that sho may
Dot wnko him up during tho process of shear
ing, help is called In. You know that tho
barbers of tho east havo such a skillful way
of manipulating tho bond, to this very day,
they will put a man, wide- awulcn, sound
asleep. I hear tho bladosof tho shears grind
ing against each other, nnd I see tho long
locks falling off. Tho shears, or razor, ac
complishes what green withosaud now ropes
and hoiiM) loom could not do.
Suddenly sho claps her hands, nnd says,
"Tlio Philistines bo upon thou, Samson!" Ho
rouses up with a struggle, but his strength is
all gone I He Is In tho hands of his enemies!
I hoar tho groan of tho giant ns they tnko
his eyes out, and then I seo" him staggering
on In his blindness, feeling his way ns ho goes
on toward Onzu. Tho prison door is opened
and tho giant is thrust in. Ho sits down and
puts his hands on tho mill crank, which, with
exhausting horizontal motion, goes day after
day, week after wook, month after mouth
work, work, work! The consternation of tho
world in captivity, his locks shorn, his eyes
punctured, grinding corn in Gaza. In n pre
vious sermon on this character I learned somo
lessons, but another class of lessons aro be
fore us now.
THE BTnOXO NOT ALWAYS WI8K.
Learn first how very strong pooplo aro
ometimos coaxed into groat imbecilities.
Samson had no right to reveal tho secret of
his strength. Delilah's first attempt to And
out is a failure. Ho says, "Green withes will
bind mo," but It was a failure Then ho says,
"A nowropo will hold mo," but that nlso was
a failure Then he says, "Wcnvo my locks
iato a web and that will bind mo," yot that
sbvawas afailuro. But at last you sco how
fine Waxed it out of him. Unimportant ac
tio rf! In llfo that involvo no moral principle
roar without Injury bo subjected to ardont
persuasions, but as soon as you havo come, to
the lino that separates right from wrong, no
Inducement or blandlshmont ought to mako
you step over it.
Supposo a man has bocn brought up. in a
Christian household and taught sacredly to
observe tho Sabbath, Sunday comes; you
want fresh air. Temptation says, "Sunday
ti just llko other days; now don't In) bigoted;
we will rldo forth among tho works of God;
the whole earth Is'hls temple; wo will not go
into any dissipations; come, now, I havo tho
carriaco engaged and wo shall bo back soon
enough to go to church in tho ovcnlng; don't
yield to Puritanic notions; you will bo no
worso for a ride in the country; tho blossoms
are out and thoy say everything is looking
glorious." "Woll, I will go to ploaso you," Is
the response.. And out they go over tho stroet,
eonsclenco drowned In tho clatter of tho swift
hoofs and tho rush of the resounding wheels.
That tempted man may hare bad moral char
acter enough to break tho green withos of ten
thousand Phlllstlno alluremonts, but ho hat
been overcomo by coaxing.
Two young men passing down this street
como opposite a drinking saloon, with a rod
Uutcrn hung out from tho door to light man
to perdition. "Lot us go in," says ono. "No,
'I won't," says tho other, "I nover go to such
'places." "Now, you don't say you aro as
weak as that! Why, I havo been going there
for two yoars and it hasn't hurt me. Como,
come now, be a man. If you can't stand any
thing stronger, tako a llttlo sherry. You
'need to sco tho world ns It Is I don't believe
in Intemperance uny mora than you. I can
top drinking Just whm I want to. You
hill go. Now, como . slit along." Port.ua
ion hns conquered. vmsou yields to tho
coaxing, and there Is carnival in hell that
night nmong tho PhtllstlnoA, nnd thoy shcutt
"Hal hat wo'vo got him."
Those who havo tho kindest and most sym
pathetic natures are tho most In danger.
Your very disposition to plcaso others will bo
tho very trap thoy net If you were cold and
harsh nnd sevens In your nature on would
not Iks tiiinicrid with. People, never foudlo
a hedgehog Tho most sentimental Green
lander ne cr kisses nu iceberg Tho wnrmth
nnd susceptibility of your nntiiru will en
courage tho sir n Though strong in n giant,
look out fifr Delilah's n-Ksom, Samson, tho
strongest iiiiiii whoever lived, wns overcomo
by coaxing
AN ll.t. 1)1-4! OIKD WOMAN'N It) UK II.
Again, this narrative tenches tho owrrof
an 111 dUKsed woman, lu tho iortrnlr. gal
lery of Illhlo queens uollml Abigail nud llilth
nnd Mirlnm nud Vuvlitl nud Delxirnh, but lu
tho rogues' gallery of a neo station you
find tho pictures of "omen as well ns men.
Delilah's plcturo bolougs to tho rogues' gab
lery, but sho had more xwcr than all I'hllls
tla armod with sword nud spear 8ho could
enrryoff tho Iron gate of Samson's resolu
tion ns easily as ho shouldered tho gates of
Gaza. Tho force that had killed tho Hon
which ono day plunged out floroo from tho
thicket utterly succumbs to tho silken nut
which Delilah weaves for tho giant. Ho who
had driven uu nrmy In riotous retreat with
tho blenched Jaw bono, smltlrg thorn hip nml
thigh with grout slaughter, now fulls captlvo
t tho foot of nn unworthy woman, Delilah
In tho Ulblo stands lu tho memorable com
pany of Adah, and Zlllah, nud IIuthMiclwi,
Slid Jezohcl, and Athnlinh, nud Horodlas.
How deplornblo tho lulluonco of such lu
:ontrnst with llchecca and Phrobo mid Hub
dab und Tryphoua and Jephthn'i daughter
ind Mary, tlm mother of Jesus. While tho
lnttcr glitter In tho llrmnmont of God's word
llko constellations with steady, cheerful, holy
light, tho former shoot llko baleful meteors
ncros tho terrified heavens, ominous of war,
disaster and death, If thcro is n divlno (low
er in tho good mother, her face blight with
purity, nn unselfish lovo beaming from hor
oye, n gentleness that by pangs nud suffer
ings nud holy anxieties hns been mellowing
nnd softening for ninny a year, uttering itself
In overy syllable, n dignity Hint cannot be
dethroned, united with tho playfulness that
will not lio chocked, her hand tho charm
that will Instantly tako pain out of
tho child's worst wound, her presence n per
petual hcnodictlon, her namo our defenso
when wo aro tempted, her memory nn out
gushing woll of tears nnd congratulation ami
thanksgiving, her heaven a palm waving
and a coronal, then thoro is Just ns grent nn
Influence in tho opposite direction in tlio bad
mother, her brow beclouded with ungov
erned passion, her eyo flashing with uiisanc
tlflcd llro, hor lips tho fountain of frelfulness
nnd depravity, her oxnmplo n mlldow nnd n
binding, her namo n dlsgraco to coming gen
orations, her memory n Bignal for bitterest
anathema, her eternity n whiilwlnd and a
suffocation nud n darkness.
Ono wrong headed, wrong honrtcd mother
may ruin ono child, nud that ono child,
grown up, may destroy a hundred xoplo,
and tho hundred blast n thousand, and tlio
thousand n million. Tho wifo's sphere is a
realm of honor and power almost unlimited.
What n bles-dng was Sarah to Abraham, was
Deborah to Lnpidoth, was Zlppornh to Moses,
was Iluldnh to Shallum. Thcro nro multi
tudes of men in tho marts of trado whoso
fortunes havo been tho result of n wifo's fru
gality. Pour hands havo been achieving
that estate two at tho store, two at tho
home. Tho burdens of llfo nro comparatively
light when there aro other hands to help us
lift them. Tho greatest ililllcultlcs havo often
slunk away Iwcnuso thcro wero four oyes to
look thorn out of countenance. What caro
you for tho hard knocks in tho world ns long
ns you havo n bright domostio circle for har
bor! Ono cheerful word In tho ovcnlng tido as
you como lu has sllonced tho clamor of un
paid notes nnd thodlsapiolutmontof poor In
vestments Your tablo may ho qui to frugally
spread, but it seems moro licautiful to you
than many tables that smoko with venison
und blush with Burgundy. Peueo meets you
at tho door, sit Ixsldo you at tho tablo, lights
up tho evening stand and sings lu tho nur
wry. You havo seen an aged couple who for
scores of years havo huled each other on in
Ufa's pllgnmago going down tlio steep of
years. Long association has made, thorn
much aliko. Thoy rejoiced nt tho siimo ad
vent, thoy lent over tho samo cradle, thoy
wept at tho siuno gravo. In tho ovcnlng they
sit quietly thinking of tho past, mother knit
ting at tho stand, father in bis armchair at
tho ilro.
Now- and then n grandchild comes homo
and thoy look at him with affection untold
and ccmo well nigh spoiling him with kind
nesses. Tho llfo currents boot feebly In their
pulses nnd their work will soon Imj douo nnd
tho Master will call. A few short days may
seiarato them, but, not far apart In time of
departure, thoy Join each other on tho other
sido tho flood. Side by sido let Jacob and
Itaehel Imj buried. Let ono willow overarch
their graves. Lot their tombstones stand
aliko marked with tho samo Scripture Chil
dren ami grandchildren will' como in tho
spring tlmo to bring flowers'. Tho imtriarchs
of tho town will como and drop a tear ovor
departed worth. Sido by sido at tho mar
rlago altar. Sido by sido in tho long journey.
Sido by sido iu their graves. After Ufa's fit
ful fover thoy slept well.
aOOU AND DAD WOMEN.
But there aro, as my subject suggests, do
mestic scenes not so tranquil. What a curso
to Job and Potiphnr wero their companions,
to Ahab was Jezebel, to Jehoram was Atha
Hah, to John Wcsloy was Mrs. Wosloy, to
Samson was Delilah. Whilo tho most ex
cellent and triumphant exhibitions of char
acter wo find among tho womon of history,
and tlio world thrills with tho names of
Mario Antolnotto and Joseph in o and Joan of
Aro and Maria Theresa, ami hundreds of
others who havo ruled In tho brightest homos
nnd sung tho sweetest cantos nnd enchanted
tho nations with their art and swayed tho
mightiest of scepters, on tho oUior hand the
names of Mary tho First of Eugland, Marga
ret of Franco, Julia of B-omo and Elizabeth
Petrowna of Russia havo scorched tho eye
of history with their abominations, and
their names, llko banished spirits, have
gono shrieking nnd cursing through
the world. In femalo biography wo
find tho two extremes of oxcellenco and
crime. Woman stands nearest tho gate of
heaven br nearest tho door of hell. When
adorned by graco sho reaches a point of
Christian elovatton which man cannot at
tain, and when blasted of crimo sho sinks
deeper than man can plunge. Yet I nm glad
that tho instances in which woman makes
utter shipwreck of character aro compara
tively niro. f
YOU WILL FIND OOOD TEOPLE IIT OOOD YOUn
BELV. But, soys somo cynical spirit, what do
you do with thoso words In Eccleslasten whero
Solomon says: "Behold, this havo I found,
salth tho preacher, counting ono by ono, to
find out tho account: which yot'my soul 6cek
th, but I And not: ono man among a thou
(and have I found; but n woman nmong all
tlwwo havo I not found." My answer Is, that
it Solomon hud behaved himself with com
mon decency nml kept out of Infamous circles
ho would nut havo had so much dlfllculty in
finding Integrity of character among women
and never would have uttered such a tirade.
Kver wiico my childhood T havo hoard spowt'
ersndmlrlng Diogenes, tho 03 tili-til philoso
pher who lived lu n tub, for goln through
tlu streets of Athens lu broad daylight with
a lantern, and when asked what ho did that
for, said: "I am looking for nil honest man,"
Now, 1 warrant that that philosopher who
had such hard work tollndnn liomM man wns
himself dishonest. I think ho stole With tiio
lantern nud tho tub. So when I hear n man
pxiatlallng on tho weaknesses of woman 1
luimodlntely suoct him and say There Is
another Solomoi, with Solomon's wisdom loft
out. Still I would not havo the Illustration
llmvogivcu of transcending excellency lu
female biography lend you to hiino tlint
thoro nro 110 perils lu womn-i's pathway
God's giaco nlono can mnko an hiiMIn Gra
ham, or n Christina Alsop, or a Fidelia
Fisko, or 11 Catherine of Siena Temptations
lurk nlsr.it the brightest domeslio curie. It
was no unmeaning thing when God tct up
nmlilst the splendors of hi won I the charac
ter of Infamous Delilah,
HOW (1001) MKN I.OSi: HTIIKNOTII.
Again, this strmigo story of tho toxt loads
mo to consider somo of the ways lu which
strong men get their locks shorn, God, for
somo reason liost known to himself, mailo tho
strength of Samson to dosud 011 tho length
of his hair; when tlio shears clipcd it his
strength wns gone, Tho strength of men is
variously distributed. Sometimes it lies iu
physlcnl development, sometimes lu Intellect
ual attainment, sometimes In heart force,
sometimes in social position, sometimes iu
financial accumulation; nud there is always
a sharp shears toady to destroy It. Every
day thoro nro Samsons unginutcd. 1 kiw u
roung man start llfo under tho most cheer
ing advantages. Ills aeuto mind wns at
homo iu nil scientific dominions. Ho reached
not onh nil rtiKgod attainments, but by
delicate appreciation ho could catch tho
tlugo of tho cloud mid tho sparkle of tho
wave nnd tho diapason of tho thunder. Ho
walked forth in llfo head nnd shoulders
abovo others iu mental stature. Ho could
wrestle with giants iu oHKslng systems of
philosophy nnd enrry oir tho gates of opjxw
Ing schools, nud sinltu tho enemies of truth
hip nud thigh with gicnt slaughter. But ho
began to tauicr with brilliant freethiukitig.
Moth ru theories of tho soul throw over him
their blandishments. Skepticism wns tlio
Dollluh that shore his locks off, und nil tho
Philistines of doubt nnd darkness and despair
wero upon him. Ho died In n very prison of
unbelief, hlsoyesout.
Fill hick in tho country districts Just
whom 1 purHioly omit to say thero wns
bom ono whoso famo will last as long as
Amciicnu institutions. His namo was tho
terror of nil enemies of freo government. Ho
stood, tho admired of millions; tho nation
uncoiercd iu his presence, nnd when ho spoko
senates sat breathless under tho spell. Tlio
plotters against good government attempted
to bind him with green withes and weave his
Ids locks In n web, yet ho walked forth from
thocuthrallmcnt, not knowing ho had hurst
11 bond. But from tho wlnu cup there arose
n destroy lug spirlttliat enmo forth tocapturo
bis soul. Ho drank until his oyos grew dim
nud his knees knocked together nml his
strength failed. Exhausted witli lifelong
dissipations lio wont homo to dlo. Ministers
pronounced eloquent eulogiums, mid poets
snug, nud painters sketched, and sculptors
chiseled tho majestlo form into marble, nnd
the world wept, but overy whero It wns known
that It was strong drink that camu llko tho
Infamous Delilah nnd his locks wero shorn.
From tlio Island of Corsica there started
forth 11 nature charged witli unparalleled en
ergies to mnko thrones tremble nml convulse
tho earth. Piedmont, Nnplos, Bavaria, Gcr
mnuy, Italy, Austria nud England rose up to
crush tho rising man. At tho plungo of bay
onets B.istllesburst ojien. Tho earth groaned
with tlio agonies of Illvoli, Austcrlltz, Sarn
gossa nud Eylau. Flvo million men slain in
his wnrs. Crowns were showered at his feet,
nud kingdoms hoisted triumphal arches to
lot him paw under, nnd Europo wns lighted
up nt tho conflagration of consuming cities.
Ho could almost havo made a causeway of
human bones between Lislxm nnd .Mos
cow. No jwwer short of tlio omnipotent
God could nrrest him But out of tho
ocean of human blood thoro arose a spirit in
which the conqueror found moro than a
match. Tho very ambition that had rocked
tho world was now to bo his destroyer. It
grasped for too much, nnd In Its effort lost
nil. Ho reached up nfter tiio scepter of uni
versal dominion, but slipped nu 1 fell hack
into desolation and banishment. The Ameri
can ship, diiumgod of tho storm, today puts
iu at St. Helena nnd tlio crew go up to sco
tho spot whero tho French oxllo oxpirod In
lonoliuoss nud disgrace, tho mightiest of nil
Samsons shorn of his locks by ambition, that
most merciless of all Delimits.
THE EAUTIl HTIUCWN WITH hLIN 0IANT8.
I have not tlmo to enumerate. Evil asso
ciations, sudden successes, sioudthrift habits,
miserly proclivities nud dissipation ure tho
names of somo of till shears with which men
aro overy day made powerless. They havo
strowti tho earth witli tho carcasses of giants
and filled tho great prison houso with de
stroyed Samsons, who sit grinding tho mills
of desiiair, their locks shorn and their eyes
out If parents only knew to what tempta
tions tholr children werosubJocUxl thoy would
bo moro earnest in tholr prayers and moro
careful about their oxnmplo. No young man
escapes having tho jiathway of sin pictured
in bright colors before him.
Tho first timo I over saw a city it was tho
city of Philadelphia I was a mcro lad. I
stopped at a hotel, anil I rcmemlier in tho
eventide a corrupt man plied mo with his in
fernal art. Ho saw I was green. Ho wanted
to show mo tho sights of tlio town. Ho paint
ed the lith of sin until it looked liko emerald;
but I was afraid of him. I shoved back from
tho basilisk; I inado up my mind ho was a
basilisk. 1 romomlier how ho whooled his
chair round lu front of 1110, nnd with a con
centrated und dlnbolic effort attempUHl to
destroy my soul; but thcro wero good angels
In tho nlr that night. It was no good resolu
tion on my lwirt, but it wns tlio all encompas
sing grace of a good God that deliv
ered mo. Ilawarej Itewnre! 0 young
tnanl Thero Is u way that hocmetb
right unto n man, but tho end thereof
in death. If all tho victims of an impuro llfo
in all lauds nud ages could bo gathered to
gether, thoy would mike n host vaster thnn
that which Xerxes led across tho Hellespont,
than Tlmour led across India, than William
tlio Conqueror led across England, than
Alwu-Bekr led across Syria, mid if they
could Ih3 stretched out Inslnglo lllo across this
continent, I think the vanguard of tho host
would stand on tho beach of tho Pacific whilo
yet tho rearguard stood on tho beach of tho
Atlantic
DEWAnB IN TIME.
I say this not bocauso I expect to reclaim
any ono that has gono astray in this fearful
jwth, but becauso I wnut to utter n warning
for thoso who still mulntnlii thoir Integrity.
Tho cases of reclamation of thoso who havo
given thoinselvci fully up to nn Impuro llfo
nro so few, probably you do not know ono of
them. I linvo seen a good uiiiny start out on
that road, How many havo I seen como
backl Not ono that I now thin. of. It
seems as if tho spoil of dentil U uu them nnd
no hum 111 voire nor the rolco of Gixl enn
break Hi ! bpull. Their feet nro hoppled, their
wrists n.-o handcuffed, They have around
them a ginllo of reptiles hunched at tho
waht, f 1 Ueiilng them tonn iron doom; every
timo tl.i y breathe tbo forked tongues strike
them nnd they strain tobrenk away until Iho
tendons snap and tho blood exudes; and
ft'iildst liicir contortions thoy cry out! "Tnko
mo 'sick to my father's hou Whero Is
motherl Tnko mo homo! Tnko malioniol"
Do I stand Moron mm today tho looks of
whoio strength him I10I113 toyol with, lot mo
toll you to ivH'npj lest tho shears of destruc
tion tnko your iivi-iil nnd your splrllunl
Integrity Do you not seo your sandals
beginning to mil on that ml hot ntlil
Tills day lu tho namoof Almighty GinI I tear
off tho lienutlfylng veil nud tho embroidered
mantle of this old hag of Intimity, nm) I show
you the ulcers nud the bloody Ichor and tho
ennoorod lip nud the pitting Joints nnd tho
macerated limbs mid the wriggling put re f ac
tion, nnd I cry outt Oh, horror of horrors I
In the stillness of this Hnbbnth hour I lift n
warning. Itomcmlicr it Is much easier to
form bad habits than to get clear of tliemi lu
one uilnutu of tlmo you may get into n sin
front which all eternity cannot get you out.
Oh, that tho voice of God's truth might down
tho voleo of Delilah, Como Into tho ways of
pleasantness nnd tho mtlu of Knee, nud by
tho gnico of n pardoning God start for
throne of honor nud dominion iikiii which
you may lelgn, rather thnn travel tho road
to a dungeon whero tho destroyed grind in
tho mills of despair, thoir lock shorn nnd
their eyes out.
A Wonderful Power.
Malinger John P. Smith, well and fnvor
nbly known as a projector and director of
reputable theatrical enterprises, was iu tiio
city recently, nml wns accompanied by n
Mrs. Ablsitt, of Georgia, who Is said to pos
sess n wonder, ul xiwer. As sho Is to givo nn
exhibition iu tho Howard next Sunday even
ing 11 liumlvor of prominent citizens nud rc
rosontatlvos of tho press woro Invited to sco
her tho other day. She Is n slight woman,
girlish in upKnrunco mtd very much liko
whnt sho Isicprcscutcd tolw 11 country bred
young wonum. Sho cannot weigh mora thnn
ninety Kiunds, Is small of bono nnd rather
good looking. "Sho Is Little, but Oh, My."
Sho doesn't look strong enough to lift a pinto
of Ico cream, but sho lifted easily clht heavy
men, piled ukiu each other lu two ordinary
clmlrs. Hlio held a billiard cuo lu her in
tended hands, nnd throo strong men, gt not
ing tho cue llnnly, could not puh her back
ono Inch or throw Iter off hor balance, al
though sho stood on 0110 foot.
With her linger tips touching tho prosce
nium wnll sho invited hnlf a dozen men, three
of them athletes, to push her ngalnst tho sido
of tho buildmg,nndthuHirsplrntlou rolled off
them while they attempted It nnd mudo n
failure of the job. Placing her arms close to
her sides she Invited ono of the pmtytollft
her off tho floor Tlio Disk wiui easily nccoiji
pllshcd. She then renewed tho request, nnd
two iKiwcrful men fulled to lift her off her
feet. A number of other tests woro made,
ami tho visitors wero astonbhodnt tho results.
Everything Unit wns .done hero n few yenrs
ngo by Lulu Hurst was necomplMiod by Mrs.
Ablxitt nml many other remarkable feats
which tho celebrated Hurst woman nover at
tempted. Tho fact that Mrs. Ahliott Is
slightly built nnd not nt nil nf muscular de
velopment mukos it much moro ilifllcult to
account for tho things which sho does thnn
was the case witli Litiu Hurst.
Neither tho management nor Mrs. Abbott
attempt to account for tho results produced.
They simply say that thoy do not know how
tho feats nro crformod. They give tho ex
hibition lu full view of the nudlciice, without
the use of n cabinet or darkened stage, with
no applinuccs save ordlnnry nrtlcles of furni
ture, nnd without tho nid of nssliitauts or con
federate, und they lot the spectators account
for the results iu any way they pleaso. It Is
snid tlint Mrs. Abbott could x-rform theso
snmo foals when sho wns a mere child, and
sho comes north Indorsed by many prominent
citizens of tho south. Llko Lulu Hurst, sho
is n Georgia woman, and It would seem ns If
thcro was something icculiar In tho soil or
atmosphere of that state. Her exhibition Is
likely to oxclto much comment. At all
events, it will provo Interesting. Boston
Herald.
"r.Utcn to My Twin nf Won."
Thcro is something strangely fascinating
about tbojingloof tho latest popular song,
"Listen toMyToloof Woo." Nobody, we
believe, has accused It of being music; every
Usly says It is frivolous; musicians turn up
tholr noes nt it and hum It. Of courso
there is n reason for tills, but wo do not think
tho accomplished critic of tlio esteemed Capi
tal sot th'it reason forth when ho said of tho
song that "Its solo merit Is lu tho clover
words, which aro fixed in Iho memory by a
very ordinary musical Jlnglo." Tills must
havo been a slip of tho jien. Tho Jlnglo Is not
ordinary. Its very reason for oxirtonco 11m
In tho fa't that it is not ordinary, and tho
proof of this will come when, nfter It has
heon whistled nnd tooted nud sung nud played
until It Is ordinary, itdios.
Nor do wo think, with our friend of Tlio
Capital, that tho solo merit of tho song Is in
tho clover words. It seems to us tho 0110 Is
to poetry what tho other is to music; nnd
surely tho Jlnglo catches and fascinates many
minds that novor heard tho words. When
Theodora Thomas' orchestra plays It ono docs
not havo to hear tho words beforo him to get
n pleasure from it Tho music lias n merit of
its own tho merit of being catchy and non
sensicaland tho words have nothing mora
Surely this much may bo said in gravity of
tho song which is today moro widely popular
than any other has been In at ienst ten or fif
teen yenrs; of words which for ten years
went round nnd round' again, lieforo thoy
wero set to music; of musio which Is played,
as wo nro credibly Informed, In Hammcrfest,
Norway, and in Vnlpnniso, Chill, in Flor
ence, Italy, and In Hong Kong, China, where
tho words wero never hoard. Washington
Post.
A IHsliilf-erntlng Co mrt.
Professor Edward 8. Holder, director of
tho Lick oliservatory nt San Francisco, fur
nishes interesting facts in regard to tho comet
discovered by Barnard lost September. He
says tho comet has now lost nil of its tall, and
continued; "Tho comet was subject to much
strain and stress in passing that part of its
orbit nearest tlio sun, nud it is now showing
thoeffectof theso forces lu tho following way:
It body Is evidently becoming disintegrated
nnd fragments aro seen to bo streaming bo
hind tho comet In tlio form of n tail, directed
not from bu toward the sun. Tills mass of
matter was measured by Barnard on July 10,
and his meamiros show that Its least ossiblo
length Is JSO.tXW miles and its least Ksslblo
diameter 141,000 miles, so that fragments
which havoalready broken off from this comet
amount to nt least toventy quadrillion cubio
miles. Tho comot Itself is still fairly bright,
and wero not for tlio fragments which nre
seen to follow It would seem to bo in perfectly
normal condition. As It is, wo know it must
havo lost nn Immense quantity of original
substance. This is nu interesting enso to as
tronomers, as it shows tho effect of tlio enor
mous forces to which every comet is subject
at tho timo of its xrihollon passage, w hllo tho
phenomenon forms nn interesting common,
tary on tho toxt that comets, even tlio stout
est of them, must bo short lived things."
Washington Star.
An Austrian railway official has Invented
a IMrtablo telcphono for sjieaklug from a
railway train nt nny point stopping to tho
nearest station.
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