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CAPITAL CITY COURIER. SATURDAY OCTOBER 3, 1891. TI1KSAV10UKISW1THUS DR. TALMAQE PREACHES ON THE CONTINUED MISSION OF CHRIST. I"h Rrcnn In thf Crnnirjr TIip Ques tioning ot llitt Dnrtura In llir Trniil. Th Temptation, llrlrnjrnl. Cruclllilnn mil MlMlnn "f Tinlajr. HiiookI.T.n, Sept, 37. Till 1 Sncrnmen Smulny at tit" Brooklyn Tnbernnelu Tlu services a muni on these occasions wrr very solemn nml Impressive. Tlio morn lng service opened with tlio long m ter doxology. Tim grand olTcrtory t Grtion wns exquisitely rendered hy l'rofen or Henry Kyro Browne, nml tlio service clojcil with thi urn Jest lo "Coronation" hymn. Dr.Talning'sillscourowaon"Tiu March of Christ Through tlio Centuries," nml hi text Kovcliitlon xlx, 13. "On 1 1 H head were many crowns," May yotir earn n nlurt nml your thoughts concentrated nml nil tlio powers of jotu oul nrouscrl whllo I speak to yon of "the niarcb of Christ through tlio centuries." Von ny, "(Jlvo tin, then, a good start, In mom of vermilion nml on Moors of mo alo nml nmld corrlilorM of porphyry nml under canopies dyed In nil tho splendors ot Uio setting sun." Yon enn hnvo no such tnrtlng place. At tho t i mo our Chieftain wns born there wero emtio on tho bench of Galileo nml pnlacus nt Jerusalem nml Imperial bathrooms at Jericho ami oho links nt Cairo ami thu Pantheon at Itomu, with Its Corinthian portico nml It sl.xteoi grnultu columns, nml tho Parthenon . Athens, with Uh glistening coronet of teni pirn, nml thoru wero mountains of line architecture In many part ofthoworhl, but uouo ot them was to bo thustnrtlim pliico of tho Chieftain 1 culobrnto. A cow's stall, n winter mouth, an Minos pbero In which nro the inoiin of camels, nml tho banlng of sheep, nml tho barking of dog-, nml tlio rough banter of hostcliics. lie takes Ids llrst Journey liuforo ho could walk. Armed desperadoes, with hands ol blood, wero ready to snatch liltu down Into butchery. Ivov. William II, Thompson, the vctcrnnaud beloved missionary, whom 1 aw this lost month In Deuvor, In his eluhtvslxth year, has described, In his vol umo entitled, "Tho Land nml tho Book," llcthlohetii ns ho saw It. Winter before Inst 1 walked up nml down tho Krny hills of Jura lliucatono on which tho villain now rests. Tho fact that King David had been born there, had not duritiK sues elevated tho vlllngo Into any special attention. Tho other fact Hint It was tho birthplace of our Chieftain did not keep tbo nlace Iti artcr years rroiu special uis honor, for Hadrian built thero tlio Qrovo ot Adonis, and for ouo hundred nnd eighty years tho rolliflon thero observed was the most abhorrent debauchery tho world has vcr seen. Our Chieftain was considered Cancerous from tho start. Tho world had put suspicious eyes upon him becausout tho tlmu of bis birth tho astrologers bad seen stellar commotions a world out of iu nlaco and shooting down toward a earn Tnnsary. SUr divination was a science. Am Into u the Eighteenth century it had its votaries. At tho court of Cntbnrlno do Medici It was honored. Kepler, ouo of tho wisest philosopher that tho world over saw, dcclnred it wn a true science. Aa Into as tho reign of Charles II, Lilly, an astrologer, was called beforo tho house of commoua In England to give his opinion as to future events. For nge tho bright nppenrnnco of Mara meant war; ot Jupiter, meant power; of tho Pleiades, meant storms at sea. Aud, ma history moves In circles, I do not know but that after awhllo It may bo found that, as tho moon lifts the tides of tho sea aud tho auu affects tho growth or blasting of crops, other worlds besides those two worlds may havo something to do with tha destiny of Individuals nml nations In this world. T1IK WITNESS OF HEAVEN'S HOST. I do not woudor that the commotions iu tho heavens excited tho wiso mcu on tho night our Chleftnlu was born. As ho came from another world uml after thirty-tlirco years was again to exchange worlds, it does not seem strange, to mo that astronomy should liuvo felt tho effect of IiIh coming. And Instead of being uubollovlng about tho one star that stooped I woudor that nil tho worlds in tho heavens did uot that Christ mas night uiuko somu special demonstra tion. Why should they leave to ouo world or meteor the bearing of tbo uows of tho humaulzatlou of Christ? Whore wan Muni that night that It did uot indicate tho mighty wan that wero to como between righteousness aud Iniquity? Where was Jupiter that night that it did uot cele brate omulpoteuce Incarnated? Where were tho Pleiades that night that they did not aunounce the storms of persecution that would assail our chieftain. In watching this march of Christ through tho centuries, wo must uot walk beforo him or besldo him, for that would not bo reverential or worshipful So wo walk be hind him. Wo follow him while not yet in his teens, up u Jerusalem terrace, to h bulldlug six hundred feet long and six hundred feet wldu.aud under tho hovering splendor of gateways, nnd by a pillar crowned with capital chiseled into tho shape of (lowers uml leaves, and uloug by walls of beveled masonry aud uear a mat bio screen, until a group of white haired philosophers and theologians gatherarouud him, and then the boy bewilders and con founds and overwhelms these scholarly septuagenarians with questions they can not answer, aud under his quick whys uml wbyfors und hows and whens they pull their white beards with embarrassment and rub their wrlukled foreheads In con fusion, and, puttlug their staffs hard down on tho marble door as they arise to go, they must feel like cbldlug the boldness that allows twelve years of age to ask seventy-five years of ago such puzzlers. Out of this building wo follow him into the QuarantanHi, tho mountain of temptation, its side to this day black with robbers' dens. Look I Up the side of this mountain come all the forces of perdition to effect our Chieftain's capture. Uut although weakened by forty days aud forty ulghts of abstinence, he hurls all Paudemonlum down the rocks, suggestive ot how be can hurl Into helplessness all our temptations. And now we climb right after him up the tough sides of tho "Mouut of Beatitudes," and on the highest pulpit ot rocks, the Valley of Hatln before him, the Lake of Galilee to tho right of him; the Mediterra nean sea to the left of him, and ho preaches a sermon that yet will transform the world with Its applied sentiment, Now we fol low our Cliieftuln on. Luke Galileo. We must keep to tho beach, for our feunre uot hod with tho supernatural, and we re member what poor work Peter made of It when be tried to walk tbo water. Christ our leader li ?a the top o tho to.- lng waves, and It Is about half past three iu the morning, and It Is the darkest time just before daybreak. But by the flashes of lightning we see him puttlug his feet ou the crest of the wave, stepplug from crest to crest, walking the whlto surf, solid as though it were frozen snow. The sailors think n ghost, Is striding the tempest, bin i iirchcersi nun into pincitniy, snowing mm self to Ixi a great Christ for sailor. An I ho walks the Atlantic and tho I'aciflo ami Mediterranean and Adriatic now, nnd li exhausted nnd affrighted voyagers will listen for his volco at half past three o'clm i In tho morning on nny sen, Indeed nt mi) hour, they will hear his volco of cnmpai slon nml encouragement. Wu continue to follow our Chieftain, and hero Is n blind man by tho wayside. It It not from cataract of tho eye or from ophthalmia, tho oyo extinguisher of th east; but ho was bom blind. "Doopcni'dt' ho cries, and first thero Is nsmnrtlng of tin eyelids, nnd then n twilight, and thru i tnldnoon, nnd then a shout "I seel I seel' Tell it to all tho blind, nml they nt I emit can appreciate It. And hero is tho widow's dead sou, and hero It tho expired dimicf I nnd hero Is Iwizarusl "Llvel" our Chief tain cries, nml they live. Tell It through nil the bureft households; tell it ninony tho graves And hero around him gather tho deaf, and the dumb, and tho sick, and nt hit word thoy turn oiiAhclr couches nml blush from nwful pallow of helpless illness U rubicund health, and tho swollen foot ul tho dropsical sufferer becomes Meet ami roe on tho mountains. Tho music of tho grove nnd household wakens tho deaf ear, and liiuntlc and innulno return into bright In telllgenco, nml tho leper's breath bcconiei as sweet as tho breath of n child, and the llesh as roseato. Tell It to all the sick, through nil tho homes, through all tho licit pituls Tell It at twelve o'clock at night, tell it nt two o'clock In tho morning; (ell It nt half-past three, nnd In tho last wntcb of tho night, that Jesus walks tho tempest. Tint JKWI8II MOD COMK& Still wo follow our Chieftain until the government that gnvo him no protection Insists that ho pay tax, mid, too poor to rathO the requisite two dollars and seventy five cents, he orders Peter to catch n llsh that has in Its mouth a ltomaii state, which Is n bright coin (uml you know that fish naturally blto at anything bright), but It was a miracle that Peter should have caught It nt tho llrst haul. Now wo follow our Chieftain until fot the paltry sum of llfteen dollars Judai sells him to his pursuers. Tell It to all the betrayed! If for ten thousand dollars, oi for live hundred dollars, or for ouo him dnil dollars your Interests wero sold uut, consider for how much cheaper a sum the 1Ord of earth and heaven was surrendered to humiliation and death. Hut here, while following him on a spring night between eleven and twelve o'clock, wo see tho flush of torches and lanterns nnd wo hear the cry of u mob of nihilists. They nro break lug in on tho quietude of Gethscmuuo with clubs liko it mob with sticks chasing n mad dog. It Is n herd of Jerusalem "roughs" led on by Judos to arrest Christ and punish him for being tho loveliest und best Mug that ever lived. Uut rioters are llablo tc assail tho wrong man. How wero they to be sure which ouo was Jesus? "I will kiss him," Bays Judas, "nnd by that signal you will know on whom to lay your hnnds of arrest." So tho kiss which throughout the human race and for nil time God Intended as tho most sacred demonstration of affec tion, for Paul writes to tho Romans, aud tho Corinthians, nnd tho Thesaalonlnns concerning tho "holy kiss," nnd Peter celebrates tho kiss of charity, and with that conjunction of lips Laban met Jacob, and Joseph met his brethren, nml Aaron met Moses, nnd Samuel met Saul, and Jonathan mot David, and Orpah parted from Naomi, uml Paul seimrated from his friends at Ephcsus, and the father In tho parable greeted tho returning prod I gal, und whon tho millennium shall como wo nro told righteousness nnd pence will kiss each other, and all tho world Is invited to greet Christ as inspiration cries out, "Kiss tho Son, lest he bo angry and ye perish from tho way" that most sacred demonstration of reunion and affection was desecrated as tho filthy lips of Judas touched tho pure cheek of Christ, and the horrid smack of that kiss has Its echo in tho treachery aud debasement nnd hypoc risy of nil ages. As iu December, 1SS0, 1 walked on the way from Uethauy, and at tho foot of Mount Olivet, u half mile, from tho wall of Jerusalem, through tho Garden of Gethsein auo uml under tho eight venerable olive trees uow standing, their pomologlcal an cestors having been witnesses of tho occur rences spoken of, tho scene of horror aud of crime came bnck to mo, until I shud dered with tho historical reminiscence. In further following our great Chief tain's mnrch through tho centuries, I find myself in u crowd In frout of Herod's pal ace In Jerusalem, aud ou a movable plat form pluced upon n tasselatcd pavement, Poutlus Pilnto sits. Aud as onco a year a condemued criminal is pardoned, Pilate lets tho peoplo choose whether It shall Ix.' an assassin or our Chleftnlu, ami they all cry out for tho liberation of the nssiisnln, thus declaring thoy prefer n murderer to tho salvation of the world. Pilate took i basin of water iu frout of these peoplo and tried to wush off the blood of this murder from his hands, but lie could not. They nro still lifted, aud 1 see them looming up through all tho ages, eight lingers nml two thumbs standing' out red with the carnage. Still following our Cliieftuln, I ascend the hill which General Gordon, the great English explorer und nrblter, made u clay model of. It Is hard climbing for our Chleftnlu, for ho has uot only two heavy timbers to carry on his buck, tho upright aud horizontal pieces of tbo cross, but lie is suffering from exhaustion caused by luck of food, mountain chills, desert heats, whippings with elmwood rods and years ot maltreatment. It took our party in 1SS9 only flfteeu minutes to climb to the top of the hill aud reach that llmestouo rock In yonder wall, which 1 rolled down from tho apex of Mount Calvury. But I think our Chieftain must have taken a long time for tho ascent, for he had all earth aud nil heaven nud ail hell on his back us ho climbed from base to summit nnd thero endured what Will Inm Cowper and John Milton and Chnrles Wesley aud Isaac Watts and James Mont gomery and all tho other sacred poets havo attempted to put in verse, nud Angclo nnd Raphael and Titlnn and Lsonnrdo dn Vinci und nil the great Italian nnd German nud Spanish and French artists have nt tempted to paint, and Bossuet nnd Mnsil ion aud George Whttclleld and Thomas Chalmers havo attempted to preach. Something of Its overwhelming awful ness you mny estimate from the fact that tho sun which shines iu the heavens could uot endure it; tho sun which unflinching I, iu uuuu ih hm "!. mun ii the world, which without blinking looked ltmAlAjl ifev IKa iTi.Mtrf.k hnl jliijkiiiin,l I Uiin iuc rums ui cm iuiufinca nuivu mu lowed Lisbon nnd Carnccus, nnd has looked uublauched on the battlefields of Arbelu, Blenheim, Megiddo nud Esdraelon, nud all the tceuMof caru.igetbut bavecrer scalded aud drenched the enrth with human gore that suu could not look upon the scene. The sun dropped over Its face a veil of cloud. It withdrew It hid Itself, It said to the midnight "I resign to thee this spectcle upon which I huveno strength to guze. thou art blind, O midnight! nud fr ttmt t-nMa commit to thee this trng cdy" Then the night hnwk nnd tho but Hew by, nud tho Jackal howled In thr ravines Now wo follow our Chieftain as they carry his limp and lacerated form amid the flowers nud trees of a garden, tho gladi oluses, tho oleanders, the lilies, tho gera niums, tho mandrakes, down flvo or six steps to an nlsloof granite, where ho sleeps Hut only a little while lie sleeps there, fol there Is mi earthquake In all that region, leaving tho rocks to this day Inthelraslaul nnd ruptured state, declarative of tho fad that something extraordinary thero hap pencil. Ami we seo our Chieftain aroun from his brief slumber and wrestle dowr tho rulllaii Death, who would keep him imprisoned In that cavern, nud put both iioelson the monster, and coming forth with n cry that will uot ceaso to bu echoed until on tho great reuriectlon day tho door ol tho lost sepuleher shall bo unhinged ami Hung clanging Into tho debris of demol (shed cemeteries Now wo follow our Chieftain to the shoulder of Mount Olivet, nml wit limit wings ho rises, tho disciples clutching fm his robes too late to reach them, and acrois tho great gulfs of space with one hound hu gains that wuiltl which fui thirty three J ears had been denied his com paulonshlp, ami all heaven lifted a shout of welcome as ho entered, nud of corona tlou as up tho mediatorial throne hr mounted. It was thu greatest day heaven had ever seen They had him back again from teats, from wounds, from Ills, from a world that ueer appreciated him ton world In which ho was thu chief delight In all tho libretto of celestial music It was hard tnflndau uiithemenough coiijiibllaut to celebrate tho joy saintly, seraphic, arch angelic, del lie. Hut still wo follow our Chleftnlu in his march through tlio centuries, for Invisibly ho still walks the earth, ami by tho o)it ' faith wo still follow him You can tel, whole ho walks by tho churches, nud hos pituls, uml reformatory institutions, ami houses of mercy that spring up along the way. I hear his tread In tho sick room nud In tho abodes of beieavemeut. Hi marches on and tho nations are gathering around him, The Islands of thu sea-art hearing his voice. Tlmcontlucuts nro feel lug his power. America will bo hlsl Km rope will lie hlsl Asia will bo hlsl Africa will bu hlsl Australia will be hlsl New Zealand will Im) hlsl All tho earth will U hlsl Do you realize that until uow it wat Impossible for thu world to lie couvertedl Not until very recently has tho world been found. Thu lllble talks about "tho cuds of the earth" and tho "uttermost parts of the world" us being saved, but uot until uow have the "ends of the earth" been ills covered, und not until uow havo tlu "uttermost parts of tho world" been re vealed. Tho navigator did his work, the explorer did his work, tho scientist did his work, ami uow for tho first time since tho world hac been created has tho world been known, measured off and geogm phized, the lost, hidden aud unknown tract bus been maped out, and now the work of evangelization will bo begun with an earnestness and velocity us yet uiiim uglucd. Tho steamships are ready; the lightning express trains nro ready; the printing presses are ready; the telegraph nnd telephone are ready, millions of Chris tlans nro ready nud uow see Christ mnrch iugon through the cenfi-ics. Marching onl Marching mil One by ouo governments will fall into Hue and constitutions ami literatures will mloro his mime More honored nud wor shiped Is he In this year of IfcSOl than at any time since tho year one, aud tho day hastens when all nations will join out procession "following the Lamb whither soever ho goeth." Marching onl Mnrch lug onl This dear old world whoso buck bus been scourged, whose eyes hnvo been blinded, whoso heart has la-en wrung, will yet rival heaven This planet's torn robo of pain and crime ami dementia will come off aud the white and spotless and glittering robe of holiness ami happiness will como ou. Tho last wound will havo stung for the Inst time; the last grief will havo wiped its last tear; tho last criminal will have re pented of his last crime uml our world that lias been a struu'glcr among worlds, a lost star, a wayward planet, u rebellious glole, a miscreant satellite, will hear tho volco that uttered childish plaint in Bethlehem and agonized prayer iu Gethsemano and dying groan on Golgotha, nud ns this voice cries, "Come," our world will return from Its wandering never uguln tostray. March lng onl Marching ou! THE OltAND CONSUMMATION. Then this world's joy will bo so great that other worlds liesliles heaven may be glad to rejoice with us. Hy tho aid ot powerful telescopes, year by year liecoining more powerful, mountains in other stars havo been discovered aud chasms und vol canoes aud canals, ami the stylo of utmos phere, nml this will go ou, uml mlghtlei uml mightier telescopes will bo Invented until I should not wonder If wo will be nhlo toexchuuge signals with other planets. And as 1 have no doubt other worlds are Inhabited, for God would uot have built such magnificent world houses to have them stand without tenants or occupants, In the final joy of earth's redemption all astronomy I think will take part, we signaling other worlds aud they In turn signaling their stellar neighbors. Oh, what a day in heaven that will be when this march of Christ Is finished! I know that on the cross Christ said, "It is fin ished," but ho meant his sacrificial work was finished, All earth nnd nil heaven knows that evangelization Is not finished, but there will como n day iu hcavcu most rapturous. It maybe after our world, which Is thought to have about fifteen hundred million peo ple, shall havo on Its decks twice Its pres ent population, namely three thousand million souls aud all redeemed, nnd it will be after this world shall bo so damaged by conflagration that no human foot can tread its surface nnd no human being can breathe Its air, but most certainly the day will como when heaven will bo finished and the last of the twelve gates of tho eter mil city shall havo clanged shut, never to open except for the udpiisslou of some celestial embassage returning from some other world, nud Christ may strike his scarred but In-alcd baud in emphasis on the arm of tho amethystine throne nnd say in substance, "All my ransomed ones are gathered; the work is done; 1 havefluished my march through the centuries." When Iu lb!3, after the baltlo of Leipslc. it'iifnli ilwifilfil t In fntit decided the fate of tho Mneteenth Cl.utur. j,, fc0,e m,H.c, the lUObt tru- I lnelllloiw battle ever fought, the bridge down, the river Incarnadined, tlio street choked with tho wounded, the fields for miles around strewn with a dead soldiery from whom all traces of humanity had been dashed out, there met iu the public square of that city of Leipslc the allied con querors aud kings who had gained the vie tory the king of Prussia, the emperor of Russia, tLe crown prince of Sweden fol lowed by the chiefs of their armies. Witli drawn swords these monarch saluted each other and chuered for the continental vie tory tl.uy had together gained. History has made tlio scene memorable. Greater nud mure thrilling will be tht, spectacle when tho world Is ail conquered for the truth, nnd In front of tho palaco of heaven tho kings nnd conquerors of nil thf allied powers of Christian usefulness shall salute each other nml recount the strug gles by which they gained tho triumph and then hand over their swords to him wiio Is the chief of tho conquerors, crying, "Thine, oh, Christ, Is tho kingdom. Tak the crown of victory, the crown of domln Ion, the crown of grace, tho crown ol glory." "Ou his head wero many crowns.' I.I v I UK on tlin Ilunf. "Von will find Mr. S. on tho roof," re piled the low voiced girl to our Interroga tory. "Ho told mo to tell you to walk right upstairs," Slightly wondering, wo mounted one flight, then another, still n third, nml, tlrril nt tho knees aud half out of breath, Hi rlltnlii.il I.Iim Mti-t'ti tmlr fif MtnlrM llmt. Iiwl In tho roof. Onco ou tlio root wo had como upon a scene of domestic felicity. There sat out uenlal host, louimliig in negllgo nttiru lu -i big armchair Smoking thu pipe of peace, ho looked the picture of comfort. Hy hl side, swinging to aud fro with the liree.o his mate urllncd in u hammock. Near nt hand two children wero playing and enjoy lug themselves to their hearts' content. Afturtho first greetings wero exchanged the host said: "This Is our summer tea room. What do you think of It?" Then wo took iu tho situation, Tho rem was the kitchen, dining ami drawing room It was also u blooming flower garden. All uloug the edges of thu roof was a douhlt row of boxes, ei.ch ouo lilted with plants c different colors Tho air wns heavily laden with a pleas nit perfume. The nostrils wero tickled by a stealing odorof geranium ami by the delicate heliotrope. Aitogethei It was a desirable change und relief from thu smells that rise from tho dusty streets below. Ono corner of tho roof seemed to lie regular bower of vines aud climbing plants. Morning glories, scarlet beans and nsters overrun an arbor made of heavy wire. He neath all this mass of green and color a rustic chair was almost hid from view. Thu other corner of the housetop had been arranged for solid comfort. The root wns covered with Spanish matting, aud iu convenient places lay several Hue rugs. A pretty Japanese screen shuts off t lie en tranco to u tent, tbo luslilo ot which con tallied kitchen utensils. Thus protected tho mistress of thu household brewed ten ou an alcohol stove, Two or three low sized tables were decorated with bouquets and dainty bits of china uml cut glass. Now York Cor. Ixmlsvillo Courier-Journal. Woman Swiilluwvil by n Snuke. Thu steamship Oceanic, which has nr rived iu San Francisco from Hong Kong ami Yokolmui'i, brings copies of u native paper culled Kokkai, which publishes a re markable story of u monster serpent. It says that n man called Noemura Talil chl, twenty-five years of age, went out with bis wife, Otoru, who was forty-eight, to pursuo his usual avocation of tree cut ting iu Kushltiunuru, province of Bumbo. The husband and wife separated at a place called Mustu Yamu. Shortly afterward, whllo engaged felling n tree, Tnhlchl thought ho heard his wife cry out. Hunnlng to tho place, ho wat horrified to find that u huge snake, de scribed as Iteiug three feet in circumfer ence, had Otoru's head lu his mouth aud was engaged in swallowing her, despite her struggles. Tahlchl ran off to the ham let uml summoned seven or eight of tils neighbors, who, when thoy reached the scetio of thu catastrophe, found that tlu snnko had swallowed the woman as far as her feet, aud was slowly making Its way to its homo. They weru too much terrified to touch it, uml it finally effected its es capo unmolested. Tho province of Lambn is ono of the most desolatu in Japan, aud monster lep tiles aud wild animals aro frequently killed there. Duittli's Infantile llurvent. "Tho hot weather, so terrible lu Its ef fects on Infant bhlldrcu, reminds me of a sad incident iu my own experience several years ago,'' Id u well known physician recently. " o ufternoon during a spell of blazing .) j weather I noticed that my baby boy seemed ailing Hu was so much worse at night that I told my wife to take him to Capo May the first thing lu the morning, and that In tho meautimo I would carry him out today's Ferrybridge aud keep him there all night to get as much fresh air as possible. I thought 1 would bu alone on the bridge, but when I got theiu I found it so crowded with moth ers aud fathers who had comu there with their sick llttlu ones that I could scarcely ti ml room for my baby carriage. "it was an awful torrid night. I know that a nuinlier of babies died on thu bridge before morning, aud that many a mothei carried away her littlu one either to have it die ou thu way home or soon after reach ing there. Never before did 1 reallzu tht sufferings of the poor lu tho crowded city during a hot summer. When tho morning light came at last wu hastened away with thu littlu fellow to thu seashore, but it wtu too late. Thu city heat had done Its work, nud thu next day hu died." Philadelphia Record llml I.uck lu the Spot. There seems to boa singular fatality rest ing ou thu locality wheru young Will Ross wns killed hy thu explosion of his guu on Okobojo creek, Sully county. Near this same spot In thu summer of 18S3 two young ladles, tho Misses Waiter nnd Keuney, were drowned while bathing. Within a few rods stood tho houso of Wil liam McCune, which was destroyed by fire inthosummerof 1SS" during the absence of both parents, nnd three youugchildreu were cremated. Later, ouo Dr. Veazie attempted suicide iu this same spot. He afterward died from tho effects of poison. Within a short distance a man mimed Porter was killed by lightning. In the same locality George Henderson was frozen to death. A school teacher, Miss Yates, was thrown from her pony and dragged to death over the prairie, ami a German herder was killed by a bucking bronco. South Dakota Cor. St. Paul Globe. lllng Lee's Auriferous ltuck. Ding Lee, of Chinatown, found n gold uugget worth seventy-five cents In the crop of a duck yesterday. Tho fliul created grent excitement in Celestinl minds, ami the killing of fowls proceeded with dispatch. Up to date enough poultry has been sacri ficed to feed all Chinatown, but It ha- panned out no more gold. Tho one wealthy fowl hailed f-oin Alpine, where thu people fuid out nuggets when the corn runs low. ?an Diego Sun. Til Ural IMlieo to Hunt. "Well, Nlmrod, how is sport?" "Lively." "Where tire tho fattest birds to bo found now?" 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