CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1890.
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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?'
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