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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1890. !(' n j cv I m M. TAIMAGK AT BEYROUT HIS CHRISTMAS TIME SERMON ON CHRIST'S EARTHLY KINGDOM. Thrilling Sucerstlona of the Day mm! l'Uce. "The Sky Anthem" The Armlf or Um Now Kingdom Were Not nn Annies of Mull Clml Warrior Olorlou Hopni. Deviiout, Doc !. Tho Itov. T. Do Witt Tohnngo, D. D., of Brooklyn, who Is hero with hi wirty, proAohod today to n group of friends on "Tho Sky Anthem." Ills text wiu Luke II, 111 "(llory to God In tho highest, and on earth jmco, good will toward moil," on which ho dollverod tho following (1U counw: At last I havo what I longed for, n Christ mas ovo in tho Holy Land. This is tho titno of year that Christ landed. Ho was a De cember Christ. This is tho chill air through which he descended. I look up through thoso Christmas skies and I sco no looucned star hastening southward to lialt nlxjvo lloth lohem, but all tho stars suggest tho Star of Bethlehem. No more need that any of thorn run alone tho sky to lxilnt downward. In quietudo they kneel nt tho feet of him who, though onco an oxlto, is now enthroned for ever. Fresh up from Bothlhcm, I am full of tho Bccnos suggested by a visit to that vil lage. You know, that wlmlo region of Beth lehem is famous in Blbto story. Tlioro wero tho waving harvests of Doaz, in which Iluth gleaned for herself and weeping Naomi. There David, tho warrior, was thirsty, nnd three men of uuhoard of self doulul broko through tho I'hlUstino army to got him n drink. It was to that region that Josoph and Mary camo to havo their names enrolled in tho census. That is what tho Scrlpturu means when it nays thoy camo "to bo taxed," for people did not in thoo days rush after tho assessors of tax any mora than thoy now do. Tho villago inn was crowdod with tho strangers who had como up by tho command of government to havo their names in tho census, no that Joseph and Mary wero obliged to lodge In tho stables. You havo soon somo of thoso largo stouo buildings, in tho center of which tho cumols wero kept, while run ning out from tills center in all directions there wero rooms, in ono of which Jesus was bom. Had his jwrents been moro showily appareled, I havo no doubt they would havo found moro comfortable entertainment. That night in tho fields tho shot-herds with crook and kindled flit wero watching their flocks, when hark! to tho bound of voices strangely sweet. Can it bo that tho maidens of Bethlohem havo como out to sercimdo tho weary shepherds! But now a light stoops upon thorn like tho morning, so that tho flocks ariso, shaking thoir snowy flocco and bleating to thoir drowsy young. Tho hoar ens, ore filled with armies of light, and tho earth quakes under tho harmony, as, echoed back from cloud to cloud, it tings over tho midnight hills: "Glory to God in tljo highest, and on earth peace, good will to men." It seems that tho crown of royalty and do minion and power which Christ loft behind him was hung on tho sky In sight of Bethlo hem. Who knows but that that crown may havo boon mistaken by tho wiso men for tho star running and pointing downward) rUIUTY IN rOVKHTY. My subject, in tho first place, impresses mo with tho fact that Indlgcnco is not always significant of degradation. When princes aro born heralds anuounco it, and cannon thun der it, and flags wavo It, and illuminations set cities on flro with tho tiding. Somo of us In England or America lwnombor tho timo of rejoicing whon tho iTinco of Wales was born. You can romomlcr tho gladness throughout Christendom at tho nativity hi tho palaco at Madrid. But w hen our glorious Prlnco was born there was no rejoicing ou earth. Poor and growing poorer, yet tho heavenly recognition that Christmas night shows tho truth of tho proposition that hull gencois not always sigulllcautof degradation. In oil ages thoro havo been great hearts throbbing under rags, tender sympathies un der rough exterior, gold in tho quartz, Pariau marblo in tho quarry, and in every stablo of privation wonders of oxccllcnco that havo been tho joy of tho heavenly host. All tho great deliverers of lltornturo and of na tions wero born in homes without ailluonco, and from their own privation learned to spook nnd fight for tho oppressed. Many a man has held up his pino knot light from tho wilderness until nil nations nnd generations havo seen it, anil oil of his hard crust of penury has broken tho bread of knowledgo and religion for tho starving millions of tho raoo. Pootry, and science, and literature, and commerce, nnd laws, and constitutions, and liberty, llko Christ, wero born in a man ger. All tho groat thoughts which havo de cided tho destiny of nations started In ob scuro corners, and had Herods, who wanted to slay them, and Iscuriots, who betrayed them, nnd rabbles that cruci fied them, and svpulchers thut confined them until thoy burst forth in glorious resur rection. Strong character, llko tho rhodo dendron, is itn Alpino plant that grows fastest In tho storm. Men aro liko wheat, worth au tho moro for being flailed. Somo of tho most useful people would nover havo como to posi tions of usefulness hod thoy not been ground and pouudod and hammered in tho foundry of disaster. When I soo Mosoo coming up from tho ark of bulrushes to bo tho greatest law giver of tho ages, and Amos from tending tho herds to mako Israel trcmblo with his prophecies, and David from tho sheep cote to sway tho poet's pen and tho king's scepter, and 1'cter from tho fishing not to bo tho groat preacher at tho Pentecost, I And proof of tho truth of my proposition that Indlgcnco is not always significant of degradation. My subject also Impresses mo with tho thought that it U whllo at our useful occupa tions that wo havo tho divine manifestations. Had those shepherds gone that night into Bethlehem, and risked their (locks among tho wolves, thoy would not havo hoard tho song of tho augels. In other words, that man sees most of God and heaven who minds his owu business. Wo all havo our posts of duty, and, standing there, God appears to us. Wo aro all shopherds or shepherdesses, and wo have our Hocks of cares and annoyances and anxieties, and wo must tend them. "DttJQENT IN BUSINESS, KKHVK.NT IN HPIIUT." Wo sometimes hoar very good people say: "If I had a mouth or n year or two to do nothing but attend to religious things, I would bo a great deal bettor than I am now." You are mistaken. Generally tho best pooplo aro tho busy pooplo, Ellslia was plowing in the field when tho prophetic mantle fell on him. Matthow was attending to his cus tom house duties when Christ commanded him to follow. James and John were mend ing their nets when Christ called thorn to bo Ushers of men. Had thoy been snoring in tho sun Christ would not havo called their Indo lence into tho upostlcship. Gideon was at work w ith tho Hall ou tho threshing lloor when ho saw tho angel, Saul was with great fatigue hunting up the lost asses when ho found tho crown of Israel, Tho prodigal sou would never havo reformed and wanted to hnro returned to his father's house If ho had not first gouo Into business, though it was iwlno feeding. Not ouco out of a hundred times will u lory man become n Christian, Those who have nothing to do are In very unfavorable clrcumstancui for tho receiving of divlno manifestations. It is not whon you aro in Idleness, but when you aro llko tho lk-thlchom shepherds, watching your flocks, that tho glory defends nnd tliero Is Joy among tho angels of God over your soul peni tent and forgiven. My subject also strikes nt tho delusion that tho religion of Christ Is dolorous nnd grief infusing. Tho muslo that broke through tho midnight heavens was not a dlrgo, but an an thom. It shook joy over tho hills. It not only dropped upon tho shepherd, but it sprang upward among tho thrones. Tho robo of a Saviour's lightoouxutts Is nut black, Tho Christian llfo Is not mado up of weeping and cross bearing and war waging. Through tho revelation of that Christmas night I find that religion Is not a groan but a song. In n world of sin nnd sick 11 and svpulchers wo must havo trouble, but In tho darkest night tho heavens part with angelic nong. You may, liko l'nul, lw shipwrecked, but I exhort you to bo of good choor, for you shall all es cape safe to tho land. Ilellglou does not show Itself In tlio elongation of tho face and tho cut of the garb. Tho Pharisee who puts his religion into his phylactery has nouo left for his heart. Protfulnuss and complaining do not Iwlong to tho family of Christian graces which move into tho heart when tho ilovil moves out. Christianity dons not frown iiiou amusements and recreations. It is not n cynic, it is not n shrew, it chokes no laugh ter, it quonches no light, it defaces no arts Among tho happy, it is tho happiest. It is Just as much nt homo ou tho playground as It is in tho church. It Is just as graceful In tho charade as it is In tho psalm look. It slugs Just as well In Surrey gardens as it prays in St. Paul's. Christ died that wo might livo. Christ walked that wo might ride. Christ wept that wo might laugh. Again, my subject Impresses mo with tho fact that glorious endings sometimes havo very humble beginnings. Tho straw juUlet was tho'startlug Mlnt, but tho shout In tho midnight sky revealed what would Iw tho glorious consummation. Christ on .Mary's lap, Christ ou tho throne of universal domin ion what au liumblo startlugl what a glori ous ending! Grace begins ou a small male in tho heart. You seo only men as trotvi walk ing. Tho grace of God in tho heart is a fee ble spark, and Christ has to keep Uith hands over It lest it Ito blown out. Wliatnn hum bio beginning! But look nt that samo man when ho has entered heaven. No crown able to express his royalty. No aluco able to ex press his wealth. No scepter able to express Ids power and his dominion. Drinking from tho fountain that drip, from tho everlasting Uock, Among tho hnriors harping with their harps. On a sea of glass mingled with fire. Before tho throne of God, to go no moro out forever. The spark of grace, that Christ had to keep both hands over lest it como to extinction, having flamed up Into honor and glory and immortality. Wluit liumblo starting I What glorious consumma tion 1 "as a grain op mustard bkkd." Tho Now Testament church was ou a small scale Kishormon watched It. Against tho uprising walls crashed infernal enginery. Tho world sold auathoma. Ten thousand pooplo rejoiced at every seeming defeat, and said: "Ahnl aha! bo wo would liavo it." Martyrs on flro cried: "How long, O Lord, how long!" Very humble storting, but soo tho difference at tho consummation whon Christ with his almighty arm has struck off tho last chain of human bondage and Himalaya shall bo Mount Zion, and Pyrenoos, Moriah, and oceans the walking ploco of him who trod tho wavo cliffs of stormed Tiberias; and Island shall call to Island, soa tosoa, conti nent to continent, and tho Boug of tho world's redemption risius. tho heavons llko a cruat sounding board shall striko back tlfo shout of salvation to thooarth until It rebounds again to tho throno of God, and all hoavon rising on their thrones boat time with their scep ters. Oh, what an humble beginning! What a glorious ending! Throno ltnkod to a man ger, heavenly mansions to a stable. My subject also impresses me with tho effect of Christ's mission upward and downward. Glory to God, poaco to man. Whon God sent bis Son into tho world angels discovered something now in God, something thoy had never seen before. Not power, not wisdom, uot lovo. Thoy know all that before But when God sent his Son into this world then tho angels saw tho spirit of self denial in God, tho spirit of solf Bocrlflco in God. It is easier to lovo an nugel on his throno thun a thief on tho cross, a seraph in his worship than an adulteress in her crime, Whon tho angels saw God tho God who would not allow tho most Insignificant nngol in heaven to bo hurt give up his Son, his Son, his only, only Son, they saw something that thoy hod never thought of before, and I do uot wonder that when Christ started out ou that pilgrimage tho angels in heaven clapped their wings in triumph and called ou all tho hosts of heaven to help thorn celebrato It, mid Bang so loud that tho Bethlehem shophords hoard it: "Glory to God In tho highest." But it was also to bo a mission of ouco to man. Infinite holiness accumulated deprav ity. How could thoy over como together 1 Tho Gospel bridges over tho distance. It brings God to us. It takes us to God. God in us, and wo in God. Atonement! Atonement! Justice satisfied, sins forgiven, eternal lifo socurod, hoavon built ou u manger. But it was also to bo the pacification of all Individual and international animosities. What a sound this word of poaco had in that Itoman ompiro that boasted of tho number of pooplo it had massacred, that prided Itself ou tho number of tho slain, that rejoiced nt tho trembling provinces. Sicily, and Corsica, and Sardinia, and Macedoula, and Egypt had bowed to her sword and crouched at tho cry of her war eagles. Sho guvo her chief honor to Sclplo and Fablus aud Cowar all men of blood. What contempt thoy must havo had thoro for tho penniless, uuurmud Christ in tho garb of a Nazareno, starting out to conquer all nations. Thoro nover wos a place on earth whero that word peace sounded so offensively to tho oars of tho multitude as iu tho lloman ompiro, luoy ma not want xsacc, Tho greatest muslo thoy over heard was tho clanking chains of their captives. If all tho blood that has boon shed iu battlo could bo gathered togother it would uplwar a navy. Tho club tliat struck Abel to tho earth has its echo iu tho butcheries of all uges, Edmund Burko, who gave no wild statistics, bald that tlioro had boon spent In slaughter thirty five thousand millions of dollars, or what would bo equul to that; but ho bad uot seen Into our times, when in our own day, iu America wo expended three thousand millions of dollars in civil war. A11MIE3 OK THE 1'IUNCK OK TEACE. Oh, if we could now take our iiositiou on somo high iKjlnt and soo tho world's armies march past! What a spectacle it would be! There go the hosts of Israel through n scoro of lied seas ono of water, tho test of blood. There go Cyrus and his army, with infuriate yell rejoicing over tho fall of tho gates of Babylon. Thero goes Alexander leading forth his hosts aud conquering nil tho world but himself, tho earth reeling with tho battlo gash of ArU'l.y and Perscpolls, Thero goes Ferdinand Corles, leaving his butchered ene mies ou tho ts.blo lands once frugruut with vanilla uuil covered over with groves of (low ering cucuo. Vhero goes tho great French man, leading Ids army down through Egypt, liko one of its plugues, nnd up through Rus sia, liko ('lie of .Its own ley blasts. Yonder is the grave trench under tho shadow of So bastopol. Thro aro tho ruins of Delhi and AUahnbnd, and yonder are tho inhuman So pors nnd tho brnvo regiments under Havo lock avenging tho Insulted ling of Brit ain; whllo cut right through tho heart of my native land Is a trench In which thero lie ono million northern nnd southern dead. Oh, tlio tool-si Oh, tho blood! Oh, tho long iuotcIkmI Oh, tlio hospital wounds! Oh, tho martyrdom I Oh, tho death! But bright er than tho light which flashed on nil theso swords and shields and musketry Is tho light that fell on Bethlehem, and louder than tho hrny of tho trumpets, nnd tho neighing of tho chargers, nnd the cmsh of tho walli, nnd tho groaning of tho dying nrtnlcs, Is tho song that unrolls this moment from the sky, swept ox though all tho Wills of heaven rung n jubilee, "Pvneoon earth, good will toward men." Oh, when will tho day come God hasten itl when tho swords shall bo turned Into plow shares, and tho fortrwMW shall lo remodeled into churches, nnd the moil of blood battling for renown shall liecnmo good soldiers of Jesus Christ, nnd tho cannon now striking down wholo columns of death shall thunder tho victories of tlio truth. MANV WILL I1K BAVI'.O. When wo think of the wholo world saved, wo nre apt to think of tho fow xoplo that now Inhabit It, Only n very fow couivired with tho populations to como. And what a small ixirt cultivated. Do you know it has been authentically ostlmsted that throe-fourths nt Etiropo Is yet all larrenuiv,nud that nine hundred and nlnetf-uuoouo-thoiismidth part of tho entire globe Is uncultivated! This Is all to lie cultivated, nil Inhabited and all got pcllzed. Oh, what tears of roH!iitaiico vt hen nations liogln to weep I Oh, what supplica tions when continents begin to pray I Oh, what rejoicing when hemispheres U'glu to slug! Churches will worship ou tho places where this very hour smokes tho blood of human sacrifice, and wandering through tho snake iufiwtod Jungles of Africa, Christ's heel will biiilse thoscroiit's head. Oh, when tho truniH.'t of salvation shall Ihj sounded everywhere and tho nations nre redeemed, a light will fall iiHn every town brighter than that which fell uon Bothluhom, uud mure overwhelming than tho song that fell ou tho pasture fields whero tho Hocks feil, thero will 1h a song louder than Uio voice of the storm lifted oceans, "Glory to God In tlio highest,'' nnd from all nations nnd kindred nnd coplo and tongues will come tho resjiouse, "And ou earth iwace, gtxxl will towanl men I" Ou this Christmas day I bring you good tidings of groat Joy. Portion for all sin, comfort for nil trouble, and lifo for tho dead. Shall wo now take this Christ into our hearts! Tho time Is ixisslng. This is tho closing of tho year, liow tho time sioeds by. Put your hand ou your heart ono, two, three; three times loss It will beat. Lifo is tossing llko gazelles over tlio plain. Sorrows hovor llko petrols over the sea. Death swoojis like n vulturo from tlio mountains. Misery rolls up to our cars liko waves. Ucavonly songs fall to us llko stars. I wish you a merry Christmas, not with wordly dissolutions, but merry with Gospel gladness, merry with pardoned sin, merry with hope of reunion in tho skies with nil your loved ones who havo preceded you. In that grandest nnd best Benso a merry Christ mas. And God grant that in our final moment wu may havo as bright n vision ns did the dying girl when bIio said: "Mother" point ing with her thin white hand through tho window "mother, what is that beautiful land out yonder beyond tho mountains, tho high inountalnsP' "Oh," said tho mother, "my darling, there aro no mountains within sight of our homo." "Oh, yes," sho said, "donjtyou soo them Hint beautiful land lie yond the mountains out thcrei just beyond tho high mountains!" Tho mother looked down into tho face of her dying child nnd said: "My dear, I think that must bo heaven that you nee." "Well, thou," sho Baid, "father, you como, nnd with your Btrong nrms carry mo over thoso moun tains, into that beautiful laud Iwyond tho high mountains." "No," said tho weeping father, "my darling, I can't go with you." "Well," mid sho, clapping her hands, "never mind, nover mind; I see yonder a shining Ono coming. Ho is coming now, in his strong nrms to carry mo over tho mountains to tho lieautiful land over tho mountains, over tho high mountains!" Aflventuro with a Hear in lluiigur)-. A thrilling advonturo with a liear occurred a fow days ago at Wallendorf iu Hungary. Tho following Is tho account given by Advo cate Forstcr, who, us will lo seen, norrowiy escaped with his life: I went with npurty of friends to tho uelghlioiing mountains to shoot roo deer. Thero wero plenty of them, only tho dogs hounded them away to tho val ley beyond. I consequently changed my place nnd took my stand at a sjiot which I know to bo favorable Presently I heard tho dogs coming, but fnnclod from their bark thut they were chasing a hour. I quickly withdrew my shot cartridges and put iu bul lets, but w hat was my surprise to seo a hugo lienr trotting quietly toward mo, apparently regardless of the dogs. When within seventy jiaces 1 llrod nnd saw him fall, but nevertheless I thought it pru dent to give him a second bullet, which like wise took eirect. I afterwards proceeded to a hillock close by and called my companions, but hardly had I rolsod my voice ore tho bear got up and mado straight for me. I had just time to reload aud flro when ho was with in five paces of mo. It did uot quite finish him oir, for ho fell upon mo with n terrlblo howl and knocked mo heavily to tho ground. I managed to push tho barrels of my gun Into his open jaws and fired a second shot. Luck ily also two dcbs came up and seized him from behind. In a last effort ho caught my foot between his teeth, and had enough strength left to bite through my high boots and slightly wound my ankle. When my friends camo up they wero greatly alarmed to too mo covered with blood, but fortunately it was that of my shaggy victim, not my own. London Standard. To JCecp Milk from Souring. A German chemist of West Chicago has been experimenting for a number of years iu Uio hopo of discovering a process for puri fy iug and refining milk and cream for tlio purpose of shipment to points distant from the place of supply, and he says ho has found ft at last. Milk ordinarily turns sour within twelve hours, unless packed In Ice, nnd oven thou It will not keep moro than two or three days. Iu cities llko New York aud Imion, situated far from tho dairy districts, milk is oxpensivo and hard to get. By this process much of the water Is token out and tho In gredients aro loft unharmed In their natural state. All disease germs, it is also claimed, havo been destroyed, and, if thero hus been a tJisto of bitter herbs, it hus been removed. Tho milk, thus purified nnd refined, will keep sweet for fully thirty days, and can U) shipped anywhere, and when the water lias been replaced is in ns good if not better con dition as when it left tho cow, aud cannot bo distinguished from milk six hours old, Tho benefits of the results achieved by this pro cess aro obvious, but they aro as nothing when It Is sold that by it milk will be sold in Chicago for less than three cents a quart. Tlio hiTcntor is now shipping tho refined milk to Now Orleans, whero high prices rulo, aud some has been seut to Boston, Chicago Time. UIIIKK JUSTICE FUI.LKK. WALTER WELLMAN WRITES OF THE HEAD OF THE SUPREME COURT. Ills Itroent Orntlou IU I'IkmI Ills IIhh nt n llltfh Lnvol lln mill Hvcrctnry lllnlnn Wnrn ltoMirtr Tngrtlirr Tlio NtHlr man In t.ltrrtitr I'lrrrn nml Otlnir. HM.inl OorrtKtiilviioe. Washington, Deo. 10. No mini in Washington was moro tallied about Inst week tlmii Clilor Justice Fuller. Tlio brilliant orntlou delivered by hint In tlio ball of tlio house of roprcflonlntlvoH, bo foro mi audience than wliloli nouo moro distinguished or Interesting, ovur uhhoiii blcil ou tills continent, Ims served to diuvv iignln to hint tlio intention of tlio public. Ills BiicccAA ns mi orator on u tliuinu already HOininvllnt uxlimmtod hits Bpreml his fuino nnd moro Rocurely llxod his rank us ono of tho grout men of the times. It was tlio first opiiortuulty ho Imd had to demonstrate his Intellectual capacity nml culture iu other than court manner, nnd that his great miccess was generally unuxiioctod makes It nil the more welcome to him. The fact la, nnd I see no reason why ono hIiouIiI not men tion it, thu chief justice has boon looked nt Homowlmt uHkuiico by tlio big men of congress. They liavo Ihjoii just tlio least bit inclined to regnrd him ns mi upstart, to whom good luck and nothing elso Imd brought sudden distinction. It lias lieen tho fashion of mun who liad won their Himrs by long years of service in hciiuIo or house to indulge Iu gentle HiieerH nt tlio little, unknown man whom Mr. Cloveland picked up for chief justice of the great supremo court. Iu this nir of superiority both DoiuocrutH uud KcpulilleniiB liavo joined. "Who Is this Fuller, unywnyr" thoy huvo inquired of one unotliwr, "and wlmt has he over done? Is ho u mini of force mid Kiver? Is lie big enough for the placer' These questions nre asked no longer. Tho cen tennial celebration of the iiiutigurnttoii of the first president wnu u lucky thing for thu now chief justice, in that it gavu him the opKirtunlty to win the applause and admiration of tho leadeni of public opinion in the capital. I happen to know that thu chief jus tice worked hard for tliU micccas, na he litis worked for everything that liancomo to him throughout bin life. Ah a news paiicr reporter many yearn ugo in Maine, as a law student and practicing attor ney, ho was noted as a hard worker. No man up earlier in tho morning, or re maining up later at night, than lie. For twenty years ho was tho hardest work ing lawyer iu Chicago, and ono of the most successful. It may mirpritto Rome of my renders, iia it Hiirprised mo, to hear that tho chief justico vorl8 harder now than over before "Wo havo n great deal to do, ho Bald to mo tho other night, "both iu uud out of the court room. Our four-hour bcssIoiis five dayB u weolc aro but a Hiuall share of our toil. Wo havo briefs and records to read, opinions to write, mid docu ments to examine, bo thut not one of us thinks of retiring to his bed before mid night, and it is often nearer 3 in the morning beforo our heads touch pillow. Speaking for myself, I liavo never in nil my professional career worked as hard aa I inn working now, and I think tho name is true of overy member of tho court. You ask how tho older just ices endure it. Admirably. Sometimes I think thu longer a man Hits ou thu liench, and tho moro he becomes uccuxtomed to tho work, the easier it iu for him. Jus tico Bradley is our oldebt member in years, uud ho uppcare to be the youngest in his work. I think ho doea his tasks easier thun any other man ou thu bench, and ho does fully as much, notwith standing that ho is 70 years old." It is Bomewhut remarkable that the chief jiibtico of tho supremo court of the United States finds it next to impossible to get away from his work for a day or two. The young lawyer who could not leave his oillco for n pleasure trip, almost nt will, would think himself very un fortunate. Tlio government ofllcial who could not take a "leave," and drop the weary routine of his duily toil, would join his fellows in asking congress for u law ullording somo sort of relief. Sen ators, representatives, cabinet ofllccrs, oven tho president himself , can getaway from work. But when tho chief justice wanted to leave tho court long enough, a week or two ngo, to go to Chicago nnd witness tho opening of tho great Audito rium, ho found it impossible to do no without practically suspending tho work of tlio court, aud that, of course, ho was not willing to do. It seems that tho chief justico is tho only member of tho court who keeps run of tho business, tho only ono who knows enough of tho affairs of tho tribu nal to enable him to run tho machine. Tlio chief justico attends to all tho de tails tho calls of cases and motions, tho records, the orders and such things; tho associate justices deluding absolutely upon him, and themselves paying no heed to the order of business, Tho chief justico found, therefore, when ho want ed to go away for threo or four days. that ho could not bo spared. "It is not displeasing to bo thought indispensable to somebody or something," ho said, "but I did want to bo present at tho opening of tho Auditorium." As the chief justico faced his great audience last week I could not keep my mind olT the thought that a glnnco about tho hall was enough to convince oven thu most skeptical of the great inabili ties of our system of raising up men. Bight in front of tho orator of tho occa sion, himself the chief of the greatest tribunal In this country and probably tho grcatcit in tho world iu influence over the allairs of men, sat a row of per sons of tho very highest btation. The president of tho United States was there, and ten years ago his name was not known beyond his ou n immediate neigh borhood. Bo with tho members of his cabinet, excepting V Blaine, sitting by his side. A majorit tho senators and representatives aro comparatively now to public station. The chief justice preserves all thoso tralta u bich marked is personality on his first nppcnrnuco in Washington, Ho la as nppioaehablo, ns nfTahlo, m olmrni' lug as over. I'very day ho wnlks from tho Capitol down l'ennsylviinla avenue, nnd often nil thownv toll's homo, nearly three miles from tlio court room, On these walks ho is usually nccotnpniilcd by .Justices Miller and Hlatchfonl, and there Is no moro familiar figure ou the avenue than that of tho liltlo chief Jus tice pacing along between two of Ills linger colleagues, with his hands clasped behind Ills back nnd Ills head turned one side somewhat after tlio manner of u hound. Before ascending tho rostrum to de liver Ids orntlou tho chief Justico sat ho Hldo Secretary Bliilne, A newspaperman Iu the gallery, one of tho veternns of the corps of coi'rcHKndciitA, jhiIhUmI to the distinguished pair nml whbqicmli "The last time I Raw Maine uud roller to gether was Iu Augusta, Mo. It was n good ninny yours ngo. Thoy nt at n llltluwoodou table, enoli with a pad of paH.'r I r' fore him and n ikuicII In his hand, They wero reporters, ono for Tlio Kennebec Journal uud tho other for n NtMr cnlletl Tho Ago. I was u member of tho legislature, and young lllalno uud Fuller weio leinirtlng tho session for their paieis." A largo number of tho public men of tho present day havo been connected with uuwHiitH!rH, and ninny moro with literature. Senator Pierce, of North Dakota, has been both journalistic uud literary. 1 asked him what had Iwcomo of hin novels, "Peggy" nnd "Zachaiiah." Ilo replied: "Perhaps you will not 1m llovo it, hut I havo uot a copy of either of those hooks, uud their contents I have absolutely forgotten. Both wero printed by a Chicago firm engaged in tho rail road book trade, and wero brought out In tho aeries which comprised 'Tho Bed Uiuided Banger of Boarlng Camp' mid 'Bill, tho Bloody Terror of tho Trail.' Of course, In such company, tho hooks soon died u natural death, a fnto which I think they did not deserve." Theodore Itoosovolt, another of tho lit erary statesmen, is so fond of writing that no sooner has ho finished ono thing than ho is covering paper with another, Roosevelt just now is developing into u complete ready letter writer. Homo of his letters aro likely to livo iu history. Nothing gives tho young civil service re former greater delight than to Bit down and write a sharp, stinging, sizzling let ter to HoinelKxIy who haa criticised tho civil Horvico Ixiartl, or In somo other man ner roused tho coinhatlvoness of Mr, IlooHovelt. Whenever a saucy letter reaches tho civil service commission aud ill teuiercl letters from solf-np-K)lntod critics and disapiKilnted as pirants for npiKiiiitineuta fairly pour in it Is turned over to Commissioner Roose velt for leply. Ilo is letter writer In chief to tho civil service board, and u most industrious one. Scorning stenog raphers and tyjiewritors, ho alts down, pen iu hand, and scratches, scratches, metaphorically tearing jieoplo's eyca out. Often ho copies his letters two or throo times In order to roach tluft Btnto of perfection which is his ambition nnd delight. Tho phrases about which ho Is most particular aro thoso which cut the deoicst, nnd these ho turns aud re-turns, each change Bharpcuing them, till thoy aro liko razor edges. To read Boosevclt's letters one would think him a Hour, choleric, disa greeable fellow. In fact, ho is a delight ful companion vivacious, sympathetic, entertaining. Ho has a merry, ringing laugh. Ills teeth, which aro jwrfect iu form and of dazzling whiteness, ho shows a dozen times a minute. Ho is at all times ready to run a foot race, put ou tho gloves or engage in a bout with ad jectives and a stub jien with any and all comers. Ingalls Is ono of tho most successful of tho literary wmntors. I am told that he earns moro with his pen each year than the United States pays him for his ser vices as senator. Ingalls can sell at good rates everything ho cares to write, nnd ho finds time to write a good deal. Tho Honutor, by tho way, was ono of the noteworthy figures in the assemblage addressed by thu chief justice. Ho is picturesque, statuesque, bitting next to au aisle, ho was plainly visible from all parts of tho great hall. His arms wero tightly folded, and for a full hour ho wit bolt upright without tho slightest change of position. Ingalls' body is long and thin, his head elongated, oblong, with a shock of bristling, iron gray hair on top of it. A newspaper man brightly said: "Ingalls punctuated tho part of tho hall In which ho sat with n breathing excla mation point." Waltek "Wkllmam. A ShotTcr of llcufnUiukit. It is said that General Manager Meek, of tho Denver, Toxas and Fort Worth, wan bo well pleased with tho big Midland rotary snow plow during tho recent storm which blockaded his road that ho ordered one just llko it. When the I'ort Worth lino was blocked from tho Divide to Texllno Mr. Meek telegnipliedOciier.il Manager Collbrad, of tlio Midland, for tho uso of tho rotary plow, and it was Immediately scut down. It was put at work in a big cut down in Mow Moxico. whero tho enow was about twenty feet deep, and mado excellent headway, throwing an avalanche of snow fifty foot into tho air at every revolution of tho great augur-llko plow, which literally bored Itself through a mass as compact as sand. When about tho center of tho cut a straugo sight was witnessed. Thoso who wero btanding on either side of tho plow wero suddenly deluged with a shower of beefsteaks. On all hides fell porter ( house, sirloin, round steaks, shoulder steaks, with occasionally a slice of liver or a nicely cut rib roast. It was thought ut first that the engine had left tho track ' nnd was boring its way through u butcher shop. Investigation, however, disclosed tho fact that a herd of Texas cattle hud :rowdcd into tho cut and had frozen Lf.d been buried In tho drifts. Manager Meek immediately declared that no well regulated road should bo without a enow plow, Now York Telegram. Made tlio Ku'urt. "Did you read my poem iu Tlio Gossip?' "I tried to Harper s Bazar. WAITED t Everybody to cxmninc the plans and standing of the Un ion Central Life , Insurance Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, before insuring. It has the lowest continuous death rate of any company. Realizes the highest rate of interest on in vested assets which enables it to pay large dividends. 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