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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?"
"Iu tho markets as usual." Harper's
Bazar.
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THE SHOES
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