CAPITAL CITY COURIKK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1892
AT THE TAMEMACLE.
THE INGATHERING SEASON THE OC
CASION OF AN IMPORTANT LESSON.
Dr. Tntmngc Thliilm tlm Anrltnt( Were Ac
qunlntett with Our American Corn Tlm
Ilitnrrnt or tint Year hut u rrctiuliiw
Iiir 11 f tho lliiricst of Kurlli.
Hiiooklyn, Nov. i!7.-ltcv. Dr. Tnlmugc
ioday clioso for lilt subject of dist-oiitse
one eminently suited to tho timi following
tho ingathering of tho harvests mill to thu
thanksgiving season. Tim decorations of
tho Thanksgiving day still remained on
tho platform and tho naileries, mid long
rows of yellow and whlto corn on tho fiont
ninl Imck of tho platform were In accord
with tho sermon. Tho text selected was
Job v, so, "As u shock of corn conieth In In
Ills K'UMIII."
This Is thu tlio of thu year for husking
corn. If you have recently been In thu
fields of Pennsylvania, or Now .Jersey, in
Now York, or JJuw Ktighiud, or in any of
tho country districts, you know that thu
corn is nil cut. Tho sharp knlfo sttuck
through thu stalks and left them all along
the fields until a man camo with a bundle
of straw anil twisted a few of these wisps
of straw Into a band, and then, gathering
upns much of thu comas hu could compass
with his arms, ho bound It with this wisp
of straw, and then stood it in the Held In
what Is called a shock. Thero are now at
least two billion bushels of com either
standing in thu shock or having been al
ready busked. Tho farmers wither one
day on otio farm and then another day on
another farm, and they put on thulr rough
husking apron, and they take thu husking
JH'K, which Is a pieco of Iron with a leath
ern loop fastened to thu hand, and with it
unshcath thu corn from thu husk and toss
it into thu golden heap. Then thu wagons
come alone and taku it to thu corner! b.
tiii: nint.i: usks coiin as a type.
About corn as an Important cereal ot
coxu nsta metaphor thu Hililo Is constantly
" speaking. You know about thu peoplu In
famlim coining to buy corn of Joseph, and
tho foxes on flru runnliiK into thu "stand
ing corn," and about lliu oxen treading out
tho corn, and about tlitt suven thin ears of
corn that In Phnroah's dream devoured the
sevun good ears, mid tho "parched corn"
handed to beautiful Kuth by thu harvest
ers of Bethlehem, and Abigail's live meas
ures of "parched corn," with which she
hoped to appease tho eiiemlesof hcrdrunk
cn liusbaml, and David's description of the
valleys "covered over with corn," and "the
umulnil of corn in tho earth," and "thu full
com in thu ear," and Christ's Sabbath
morning walk through com Ileitis, and thu
disciples "plucking ears of corn," and so 1
am not surprised to llutl comhuskingtline
referred to in my tuxt, "As n shock of corn
cometh in in his season."
How vividly to all those of us who wen
born in tho country comes thu remem
brance of husking time. Wo waltetl for i:
us for a gala day of thu year. It was called
a frolic. TIk; trees having for thu most
part shed their foliage, thu farmers waded
through thu fallen leaves and euti.c
through thu keen morning air to the glee
ful company. Thu frosts, which hail sil
vered everything during the night, began
to melt off thu top of I he corn slim Us.
While thu farmers wuru waiting for others
they stood blowing their breath through
their Angers or thrashing their am.:
around their body to keep up warmth of
circulation. Hearing mirth greeted the
lato farmer as liu crawled over thu fence.
Joku and reparteu and rustic salutation
abounded. All ready now!
Thu men taku hold of thu shock of ,10m
and hurl it prostrate, wlillu thu moles and
nilco which ltuvu secreted themselves t her .
for warmth nttumpt escape. Tho withe of
straw is unwound from thu com shuck,
nnd the stalks heavy-with thu wealth of
grain. am rolled into two bundles, between
Pilch thu busker sltsdown. Thu husking
'peg is thrust in until it strikes the corn.
anil then the llnrs I In oil' the sheathing
of thu ear, and flkru Is a crack as thu root
kof tho corn is snapped olT from the husk,
Smiinu grain disimprisoned Is hurled up
to thu sunlight. Thu air is so tonic, the
ork is so very exhilarating, thu company
i to blithe that somu laugh, and some
shout, and somu sing, and somu banter,
and somu teaso a neighbor for a romantic
rldu along thu etlgu of thu woods in an
eventide fu a carriage that holds but two.
nnd somu prophesy as to thu number of
bushel to thu Held, and others go into
competition ro which shall rifluthumcst
corn shocks ncfoyu sundown.
After nwhilu 'hu dinner horn sound.4
from thu ftuvulin.se, and thu table issue
rounded by u group of jolly and hungry
men., From all the pantries and thu cel
lars anil thu perches of fowl on thu place
tho richest nullities come, nnd there is
carnival antl neighborhood reunion, and a
scene which 1111s our memory, part with
smiles, but more witli tears, as wu remem
ber that thu farm belongs now to other
owners, anil other hands gather in the
Held, and many of those who mingled In
that merry husking scene have themselves
been reaped "like as a shock of com com
eth in in ills season."
tiii:ri: is no death to thk christian.
Theru is a dlll'ereneu of opinion as to
whether the orientals knew anything
ultout thu corn as it stands In our fields,
but recent discoveries have found out that
thu Hebrew knew all about Indian maize
jor thero havu been grains of corn picked
uji out of ancient crypts and exhumed
t ijum hiding places where they weru put
vn many centuries ago, and they have .
euu planted In our tlmu and havo come
p just sttclr Indian maize as wu raise in
w lork and Ohio: so 1 am right when I
.that IllVtl'Vt mill- refill- Inn uIhu,L' rtt
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Justus you and I bound It; just as I
mil I threw It; just as you and I
Intl
sked It. Thero may comu somu nractlcal
fud useful nnd comforting lessons to all
our souls while wu think of coming in at
last "like a shock of com cometh in in his
season."
It is high tlmu that thu King of Terrors
were thrown out of the Christian vocab
ulary. A vast multitude of people talk of
death ns though It wero the disaster of
-disasters, Inutead of being to a good man
the blesslogof blessings. It Is moving out
of a cold vestthulu Into a warm temple. It
.is migrating Into groves of redolence and
perpetual fruitage. It Is a change from
.bleak March to roseate June. It Is u
ingeof manacles for garlands. It is the
ksmutlng of thu iron liandctiirs of
ijily Incarceration into thu diamonded
tlets of a bridal party, or, to usu thu
estton of my text, It is only husking
It Is thu tearing oil of the rough
lb of thu body that thu bright and the
Itlful soul may go free. Coming in
1 a shock of corn comet Ii lu In his sea-
Christ bioko up a funeral pinccR-
Fat the gnto of Naln'by making a
riTcctlon ilay for a young man and Ids
Ihother, and I would that I could break
tip your sadnesses mid halt the long
funeral procession of thu world's grief by
i,()ine cheering mid cheerful view of tlm
-lust transition,
Wo all kluw lint) husking 1 1 mo was a
time of frost. Fronton thu fuiees frot
on thu stubbles frcst on the gtound; host
an thu bare branches of thu trees; frost In
tho air; frost on thu hands of thu htiskcM
You tcmeinbcr wu used to hide bctwein
the com stacks so as to keep oil' the wind,
but still you remember how shivering n
the body and how painful was the elieel.
and how benumbed were thu hainls. lint
I after awhile the sun was high up, and al.
i the frosts went out of thu air, and hllatl
lies awakened thu echoes, and Joy from mi
com shock went up, "Aha, ahal" and n
nuswercd by joy from another corn slus k
"Aha, aha!" So wu all reullzu that tli
death of our friend Is the nipping of main
expectations, the freezing, thu chilling, the
frosting of many of our hopes. It Is fat
from being a south wind.
It comes out of the frigid north, and
when they go a way from us wo stand he
numbed in body and hcmiinhcd in mind
nnd benumbed I4 soul. Wu stand among
our dead neighbors, our dead families, and
wo say, "Will we over get over It?" Y--s,
wo will getover Itnmlil tho shoutings of
heavenly le'iiilon, nnd wu will look back to
nil these ills) t esses of bereavement only as
thu temporary distresses of husking time.
"Weeping may endure for a night, but Jnv
comet h In the morning." "Light, and but
for a moment," said thu apostlu as he
clapped his hands; "light, and but for a
moment." Thu chill of tho frosts followed
by tho gladness that cometh In "like a
shock of corn cometh in In his season."
Of course thu husking tlmu Hindu tough
work with tho earof com. Thu husking
peg had to bo thrust In. and the hunt
thumb of tlie husker had to come down
oil theswatliiugof thu ear, and then there
was a pull and theru was a ruthless tear
lug, and then a complete snapping nu b.
fore thu corn was free, and If thu husk
could havu spoken It would havu said
"Why do you lacerato mis Why do you
wrench nief" Ah, my friends, that Isthe
way (its! has arranged that thu ear and
husk shall part, and that is the way he
has arranged that thu body and tho soul
shall separate. You can alTord to have
your physical distresses when you know
that they aro only forwarding the soul's
liberation. Kvery rheumatic pain Is onlj
a plunge of tho husking peg. Kvery lieu
ralglo twinge hi only 11 twist by thu busker,
There is gold In ytmihat must comu out
Somu way thu BMBr must he broken.
Somu way thu jBt bo launched for
heavenly vnyugJHfiust let thu Ileav
cnly HushuiiilmiUTJPi olT thu mortality
from thu immortality. Theru ought, to bV
great consolation In this for all who hae
chronic ailments, slncu thu Lord Isgradu
ally and inoru mildly taking away from
you that which hinders your soul's libera
tion, doing gradually for you what for
many of us In robur.t health perhaps he
will do In emu fell blow at thu last. At t'.e
close of every Illness, at thu close of even
paroxysm, you ought to say, "Thank (ii .1
that is all past now; thank God. I will
never havu to stiller that again; th. 1 '
God, I am so much nearer thu hour of lib
t-ratlon."
You will never suffer thu same ikiim
twice. You may havo a nuwpalu In an nl.i
place, but never thu satnu pain twice. TIk
pain does its work and then It dies. .In -t
so many plunges of tho crew-bar to free tin
quarry stouo for thu building. Just n
many strokes of thu chisel to complete tie
statue. Just so many pangs to sepai.iii
thu soul from tho body. You who li.ivi
chronic ailments and disorders are nulx
paying in Installments that which some ol
us will have to pay In ouu payment win i
we pay tho debt of nature. Thank God.
therefore, ye who havu chronic dl-ordeis,
that you havo mi much less suffering at
thu last. Thank God that you will havi
so much less to feel ill the way of pain at
thu hands of thu Heavenly lluslmtulniii;i
when "thu shock of corn cometh In in hi
season."
tiii; soititowB or this i.in;.
Perhaps now this may be an answer to a
question which I ifsked one Sabbath morn
ing, but did not answer, Why Is It tln.i
so many really good peoplu have so dii-iul
fully to sutler!' You often find a good
man with enough pains ami aches and ili
tresses, you would think, to discipline a
whole colony, while you will find a in. 111
who Is perfectly useless going about with
easy digestion and steady nerves and shin
Ing health, nnd his exit from the world N
comparatively painless. How do you ex
plain thatr Well, I noticed in tho husking
tlmu that tho husking peg was thrust into
thu corn, and then theru must be, a stout
pull before thu swathing was taken off the
car and thu full, round, healthy, luxuriant
com was developed, while, 011 the olln.
hand, then- was com that hardly seemed
worth husking.
Wu threw that into a place all by itself,
and wu called it nubbins. Some of it
was mildewed, and somu of it was mice
nibbled, and somu of it was great promise
and no fulfillment. All cobs and no corn,
Nubbins! After tho good corn had been
driven up to thu barn wu came around
witli thu corn basket, and we picked up
these nubbins. They wero wortli saving,
but not wortli much. So all around us
there aru peoplu who amount to compara
tively nothing. They develop into no kind
of usefulness. They are nibbled 011 onu side
by thu world, and nibbled on thu other
side by the devil, and mildewed all over.
Great promise and no fulfillment. All cob?
and no corn. Nubbins! They aru wortli
saving. I suppose many of them will get
to heaven, but they are not worthy to be
mentioned in thu same day with those who
J)'1'"1,
k"'K'
went through great tribulation into thu
loin of our God
Who would not rather have tho iialns of '
this life, Hie misfortunes of this lift who minute!" Great sociality. Great neigh
would not rather bu torn anil wounded and ' borhood kindness. Go in and dine. What
lacerated and wrenched and husked and though John .Milton sit down on one side
at last go lu i-.mlil t liu very best grain of 1 mid John Howard sit down on thu other
thu grauery- than to bu pronounced jot shlef No embarrassment. What thoiieh
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"""" "'"Mugm-niir .uiminsr in other
J?'8!,1 w,,ia ." hnyl" )0" ,K',,nU' "'"'
nut 1- iimni-sri tu iiuiij nun iiisiress III oilnl
ness and distress of all sorts, thu Lord has
not any grudge against you. It is not de
rogatory; it is complimentary. "Whom
the Lord loveth he chasteuetli," and it Is
proof positive that thero is something
valuable in you, or thu Lord would not
have husked you.
iiuoici: tooktiikk.
You remember also that In the tlmu of
husking it was a neighborhood reunion,
Ily thu great llieplace In the winter, the
fires roaring r.round thu glorified backlogs
on an old fashioned hearth, of which the
modern stoves and registers are only the
degeneratu ilesceiidants, the farmers used
to gather anil spend tho evening, and theie
would bu much sociality; but It was not
anything llku thu joy of thu husking time,
for then all thu farmers came, and they
came in the very best humor, and they
camu from beyond thu meadow, and they
camo from beyond the brook, and they
camu from regions two and three miles
around,
Good spirits reigned nnprfine, and thero
weie great handshakings, and there was
carnival, and there was thu recital of the
brightest experience in all their lives, and
there was a neighborhood leiiulou the
memory of which makes all the nerves of
my body itcmhlu with emotion as thu
trlngs of a harp when thu flngeri" of It
player havu swept thu choids. Tlielni-'
lug tlmu was the time of ncluhhorhii..ii 1
union, and mi heaven will ho Jusi M 1
Tliexu they come tip! They slept In 1
old vlllagu church) unl. There I 1
Upl They reclined amid the nuur 1 1. . 1
tho sculpture and (ho partcitvs i.f (
cemetery. There they come .-; ' 1
went down when the ship round ! 1
Capo llalleras. They come up 11.1 1
sides- from potter's Held and out m
solid masonry of Westminster a'i .
They come upl They conm tip
All the hindrances to their belter n u
husked olT. All their spiritual ilest .,.
nicies husked olT. All their hlndi u
to usefulness husked olT. The grain 1
golden grain, tho God fashioned in
visible nnd conspicuous. Sonic of t m ,
earth weie such disagreeable Cm , ,
ou could hardly stand it. In their pn s
Now In heaven they are so radi.it 1 m
haully know them. The fact N, all r,. .
Imperfections havu been husked oil' T ,
did not mean 011 eatth tiibedisami '
They meant, well enough, but they ,
you how sluk joit looked, mid thev i.
you how many hind things they had' , 1
about you, ami they told jou Imw ,. ,,,
they had to stand up for jolt In soie 1 1.
ties until you wished almost thm (l(. 1 ,
been slain In some of thu battles (', i
pious, concentrated, well ineanri;: -agreeables.
Xow In heaven all I Inn 1.1
fetislveness has been husked olT. L.icli .u
Is as happy as hu can be. Kvery otu ' .
meets as happy as hu can bu
Heaven one gieat neighborhood r
union. All kings and queens, all ....
sters, all millionaires, all batiqueteis i
tlio Father with Ids chlliheu all amiiil
him. No "goislby" In all the air. N
grave cut In all tho hills, Hlver of enstnl
rolling over bid of pearl, under arch i
chrysoprase, into seas of glass mln ,1 1
with lire. Stand at. thu gatu of the griiuut.i
and seethe grain come in; out of the fn .'
into the sunshine, out, of the daikness Ii m
thu light, out of thu tearing, and the 11
ping, and the twisting, and thu wreiiehin;i
mid lacerating, and the husking tliueii
eatth Into the wldo open door of Ihekin-'
granary "likens a shock of corn cometh
in in Ids season."
tiii; Rociirrv or iii:avi:s.
Yes, heaven Is a great sociable, with J
llku thu Joy of hushing time. No one tin
feeling so big he declines to speak to si
0110 that Is not so large. Archangel will
Ing to listen to smallest cherub. No boll
ing of thu door of castu at one he.ivi nly
mansion tokeepout thu citizen of a smallet
mansion. No clique In one corner whisper
Ing about a clique In aiiothercorner. David
taking none of the airs of a giant killer;
Joshua making iioouuhalt until liupassis,
because he madu thu sun ami moon ball;
Paul inakln.'; no assumption over the most
ordinary pieacher of righteousness; Nun
man, captain of thu Syrian host, no more
honored than the captive maid who told
111 111 where ho could get 11 good doctor. Oh,
my soul, what a country! Thu humlm-il
man a king, the poorest woman a queen,
tlie meanest house a palace, tho slim tea
lifetime el ei nit j. And what Is more straiiL'e
about it all is we may all get there.
"Not I," sajs somu onu standing back
under I lie galleries. Yes, you. "Not I,"
says some one w ho has not been in church
in llfteeli ear.s befoie. Yes, you. "Not
I," says some one who lias been for lift
years tilling up bis life v lib nil kinds o'f
wickedness. Yes, j 011. There urn moiiup
olles 011 earth monopolist lu railroads and
monopolistic elegraph companies and mo
nopolistic, grain dealers, but no nionopo
lies lu religion. All who want to bo saved
may bo saved, "without money and with
out price." Salvation by thu Lord Jesus
Christ for all tlie piople. Of couiso use
common seno In this matter. You can
not expect to get to Charleston by taking
the ship for Portland, and you cannot get
to heaven b going in an opposite direc
tion. Ilelluve In thu Lord Jesus Chivt
and tlmu shalt bu saved. Thiough that
onu gatu of pardon and peacuall therme
may go In.
ALL will 111: at iiomi: Turin:.
"Hut," says somu one, "do you real j
think I would bunt homo in that siipern..'i
society if I should reach Itf" I think jo.i
would. I know 3011 would. 1 reineml
that in tlio husking tlmu theru was a rre.n
equality of 'cling among the nclghlmts.
Theie at 0110 corn shock a farmer would ta
ut work who owned two hundred acres 1,1
ground. The man whom he was talkm-j
with at the next corn shock owned but
thirty ncii-s of ground, and tierhans nil
that covered by a mortgage. 1
That evening, at theclosu of tho husking 1
day, ouu mail drove homo a roan span t 1
frisky, so full of life they got their fee I
over tho traces. Thu other man walked '
home. Great illlfurencu in education, great 1
difTerenco In worldly means, but I notle.-il !
at the husking time they all seemed to
enjoy each other's society. They did not
ask any man how much property he owned
or what his education had been. Tliej all
seemed to be happy together In those good
times. And so it will liu in heaven. Our
Father will gather his children around
him, and thu neighbors will come in. ami
the past will bo rehearsed. And some one
will tell of victory, and wu will all celebrate
It. And some ouu will tell of great strug
gle, and we will all pralsu thu gracu that
fetched him out of it. And somu onu will
say: "Heie Ih my old father that I put
away with heartbreak. Just look at him!
Hu is as young as any of usl"
And somu one will say: "Here Is my dar
ling child thi.t I burled In Greenwood, and
all thu after years of my life wuru shad
owed with desolation. Just look at her!
Shu doesn't seem as If shu had been slnL- ,
Charlotte Llizabeth sit down 011 0110 side
and Hannah .More sit down on thu other
siduf No embarrassment. A nionaich
yourself, why lie embarrassed among inon
nrchsr A tJtigstor yourself, why bo em
barrassed among glorllled songsters? Go
in and dine.
All thu shocks of corn coming in in their
season. Oil, yes, in their season. Not one
of you having died too soon, or having died
too late, or having died at haphazard.
Planted at just the right time. Plowed
at just tlie right time. Cut down at just
the right time. Husked at just thu right
tlmu. Garnered at just tho right time.
Coming In in your seaton. Oh, 1 wish
that the two billion bushels of core now in
thu fields or on their way to tlm seaboard
might ben type of the grand )le!d of honor
and glory anil immiirialln vhcu all tu
shocks come lu. .
Tin. mi Moiuiljnr Yorni. J
Idonotkno. ho. you aru constituted,
but 1 am so eoiirtililtPil that there Is uoth
lug that so awukc;ay reminiscences in me
as the odors of n jprn Held when I cross it
at this time of ,r after the corn liasbeuu
cut mid It i.t.toJs'in FiocLt. nw so I have
thought It nnjli't be practically useful for
us toibi) to i',osi die cot n Held, and I liavi
thought pirhaps theru might, bu some
icmiiiisftaivc roused in our soul th r
mlghtb salut.ii) and might In s.imii.
In Swuleii u prima donna, while her lums
In the city was being repaired, took 1
housti In thn country for temporal-) 11
dence, and she btought out. hergteat 11
of Jewels tn show a ftleiul who whin I
sen I hem.
One night after displaying these ji ,1
nnd leaving them 011 tlie table, and u.l t
friends had gone, and the servants hu
gone ouusuiumernlght sliesattiln . -mid
looking lulo 11 mirror Just in Mm-t .
her chair, when she saw lutliatmlr ,
face of a robber looking In at the win- n
behind her and gaiignl thosu Jewels :;i ,
was In great, flight, but sat stlil. m
hardly knowing why she did so slu- b .
to slug an old nuiseiy song, her feai ,m 1
Ing the pathos of the song mole ti liu-.-Suddenly
she not Iced, while looking it I-
minor, that the robber's face had it- .
fiom the window, and It did not conic b ,
A few ilas after tin- prima dunlin 1
celved a letter fiom I lie robber, nylii ,,
heanl that the Jewels weiu to he until-.
Iilghl. and I came to take them at w'm
ever himinl, but when I heanl jmi si,
that niii-serv song with which my nun 1- .
so often sang tne to sleep I could iiot si -i,i
It, and I lied, and I liavo tesolved up .
new and honest life,"
Oh, lit) fi lends, thcto mo Jewels In pi ,
richer t linn IIiom' which lay Upon thai t 1
lilethat night. They aru the Jewels of Im
Itiimotlal soul. Would God that so,,,,
song rolling up out, of the deserted nut-.. 1
of your childhood, or somu song tnllllu u,
out of tlie col 11 llehls, (hu snug of the hu-'
ers twenty 1.1- forty ) eats ago, might in: ,
all our feet out of the paths of sin Into fn
paths of tlghteoiisiiess. Would Gml II. ,1
those meinoiles wafled In on odor or so 1
might st, ut us this moment with huh.
fist tnwaiil thai blessed place where so
many of ourloed ones have alreadv pit-
ceded lis "as a shuck of c 1 lellilliiii
his season."
'I lie Color or tin. lltiinil,
Having 11 cent I) i-amlui-d a large nun,
her of specimens of Immaii blood fiom
persons of illilen-nt ages, ranging f
four to seventy six )ears, some being ilinv
III robust health, others belngtube lotf.
I was struck with the gieut dllTeieiiei It.
the shade of 1 olor pi.-setiteil, some being or
a very ileh tint, others wry pale. T. ,
richest color was In the blood of a girl
twenly-slx ) cms of age, n graduate of Va
sar college, who had the highest aiitlirop't
luetic nieasiin-uii-Mt for respiratory capi-.i I
ty in a class if about .'Oflglils, Her health
was excellent, and she consumed wither
mine llesh ioml than Is usual.
The next highest Hut was found lu the
blood of a woman about seventy years old,
with u somewhat unusual chest measiiie
mint, having also excellent, respiratory
capacity and being lu line health. This
woman, on the contrary, does not eat llesh
at all. I expected III her ease to llud a
more than iiriliu.xy minihirof wldte blood
corpuscles, but there were far less than
Usual, it being ililllculttofliid them, the)
Were so few.
The palest blood was from a chloiotlc
servant girl of twenty five ) ears and in a
tuberculous boy of f -. Theie was not
milch peiceplilih-illllelenee ilithelrca is
Tim gill hail uatuially good lesplratory
power, but -he had lessened it by light
clothing and an almost constant Indoor lite
for a long in a-. After spending a month
at tho seaside I examined her blood au-ain
and found 1 - tint somewhat deeper than
oeioic ai. is. iiiiinrool; In .Science.
.nla's I)i fciiKi-,
M. .ola altul. i his ei It les for being an
gry with him for slating the whole tiitth
about I he war. To ilos,, was, he dcclnn-,
a duty. Fiance was nearly ruined because
she believed in the Flench Hooper "as the
conqtietorof Hie world, singing as hu runs
across fallen kingdoms." II 11 resolved to
teach hit- f"ll..w i oiintrj men that war
was "a thiiiK 100 serious, too terrible for
us to lie about." "I eoncealiil nothing, I
sought to show how a nation like out-own,
after su man) vlctoi les. could Ix-sohiIm-i
ably beaten, and I w ished also to show nut
of what depths we have raised ourselves in
twenty ) cars, and in what a blood bail, a
strong people can be regenerated. Ah
profound convict Inn is tliat if the fiil-i h
patriotic lie begins again Hl.
shall again be health." That at least
is sound advice. Loudon Spectator.
A I'lueu of Itefugu.
Tom Anjcrry has heretofore been one ol
tlie most trilling students at college, but
of late liu has attended thu lectllles legu
larly. Onu of the professors observed t his
change for thu butter, and took occasion
to remark to his friend, Judge Cowing,
wlio is ncqu-ilntcil with thu young man:
"I'm very glad to see that jotiug man
Tom AnJerr) attending tho lectures regu
larly. IU seems to havu turned over a
nuw leaf."
"Turned over a new leaf be Mowed,"
exclaimed JuilgeCnwIng, ''don't you know
why hu attends the lectures regularly)'"
"To improve his mind, 1 suppose."
"Nothing of thu kind. He goes to the
lecture room becaitso that Is thu only phieu
thu bill collectors don't hunt for him. Hu
goes theru to throw them oil the scent."
Texas Slftlngs.
Kilt rigs nnd lie llrlllliint.
Stimulation of some branch or other of
the fifth net vu seems to Incteasu thu circu
lation in the brain, and thosu who un
making their utmost calls upon their
mental powers are accustomed to stimu
late this ni-rwi in one way or another. The
latu Lord Derby used to eat brandied cher
ries, and an 1 xpcriiiient of Marcy's proves
that mastication will accelerate thu How of
bloisl through the carotid art cry, and serves
to show the wisdom of an editor whom I
knew who used to eat figs wlillu writing a
leading article, and even of those who in
dlllge in tlie practice so disagreeable to
their neighbors of chewing tobacco. - Pop
uliir Science Monthly.
Thunder Years Ago.
For hundreds of )c.irs thunder accom
panied by hail, nr thunder in tin- north 01
west, was thought to portend evil to all
Htltis.li subjects. During the time when
this superstition was nfc the great bell at
Malmeshury abbey, Kugland, the oiu
known as St Adelm's bell, was always!
rung for the purpose of driving away tho
thunder nnd lightning. St. Louis llepuli
lie.
luilgmi'iit of the People,
lu thu eyes of myriads of persons the one
thing ill done wipes out thu memory of a
dozen tilings well done. That is one of the
penalties of greatness. And It shall be the
same with the great man for geiieiatini s
after he has gone. Thiough ail iuioi
shall loom thu shadow of that ill ilmi,
overshadowing the good. All the Ve.u
Hound. si. Hot mention.
An Lugllsh In ah Ii ollicer lecentl) iu
celved the following note fiom one of the
rtildcuts of Ids district; "Dear sir. I beg
to tell )ou tliil my child eight months is
siilVerllu of mi ,isi s as rtqiilteil b) m t of
parliament '- hicliange.
AN liMWWIIiKASYIiUJH
A OmmopoNDENT DCSCHIUES A'I
INTCIIESTINQ INSTITUTION.
Hnw Hillilrcn r feeble Intellect An,
Tmhn-il to II mo, Nt-lf Ntmtitlolug- Th,.
('loiiiliii A)hini lias 11 -Ihoiisiinil lu.
iiiati-11 unit Admirably Muniim-il.
INpeeiiil Ciirri'spniiih-nci'.)
(.'ol.tlMIII'H, )., Nov. Ul. -(lliiwlllgo.il
of any rellei-ting glory upon our Nine
leeiith century civilization is tlm gn-ai
linpoilaiu-o given In tho education of tin
physical mid mmtal tiiiforlunatcH or lln
Iiiiiiiiih race.
Literally almost tho blind see mid the
ileiif bear, mid now tlm child of feeble
Intellect, tho most titirortmmtn or all, id
beginning to understand ami know. It
Is wotiiUiiful what has been and In bi-ln-r
dono with tlio liubecllo. Ftoinahelph
dependent member of snclnty, otu- gi, 1
stato iiiKtittltliiHsuro traiisfotiulug Join
Into a Holf supporting Individual and
lilting him in ninny liisliiin-es to ill! t
least a lilliulilo sphere iu life.
MAIN lll'II.IHNII. COI.PMIH'M AHVMM.
Porltaps tho must notable school for
thu training of feeble minded chihlii-u is
ill till city, it is the largest olio in the
country, having nearly 1,01m Inmates.
It is bcuuttritlly situated, and h-tlng
been under 0110 capable lnaniigeinent for
a good many years has been developed
systematically, intelligently and stead
ily. Tho Mtiperliilendent, Dr. Doren, 1ms
uxeetitlvo ability ,iml tho instinct of or
der to a marked dog , ami Willi these
qualities combines sympathy for tho tin
fortunate with an Intense, love of bin
work, which is unusual.
Tho asyliiin is ptiiiiarily for imbeciles
that is, children of feeble intellect
who can learn if stilllcient care and pa
tience in given to (iieir training, but who
aro utterly unable to advance by in
ordinary methods of education outside
Very often the first thing to bo done
with them is to teach them to use their
physical nioiiibor.s. Home children 1110
literally taught to walk who, before
coining to the institution, were ut'erlv
tiuablo to, not from physical dl-uhilii,
but from niituinl backwardness anil ..
cause no one liml sulllcleiit, patience to
try to teach them. The hands are made
is largely aftor kindergaiten methods
Ho is taught color, form and arrange
ment. Tho molding in clay and sand
dono in souieof tlioschoolrooiusis really
remarkable, and when otto considers the
material with which the teacher labors,
tho patience and tact which shoinust
bring to her work, 0110 realizes that she
Is truly a missionary, bringing light mid
iimleistaiiding to the intellectually
titilte.
After tlio kindergarten training th-.-child
is taught tu rend. To begin w itli,
lio is given words 011 cardboard nanus
of objects around the schoolroom, of
domestic animals ami of things about
tho farm witli which ho is familiar. Uo
learns to inline all these cards, point out
tho objects to you or tell whero they 1
aro in words or if ho cannot talk
by signs, Then charts aro given lilin 1
with simple seutuueos illustrated timiii '
them. Afterward hu is put into a
very easy reader, arranged uccording to
tho word method that is, tlm words hid
taught before tho letters. Obj.-ct teach
ing is necessarily ust-illn tho beginning
almost entirely, and largely throughout
his entire courso of study. From thu
word muthoil ho goeH into tho first re.id-
or, and theuco on bis course ofstudv
is very much that of tlio ordinary child,
but his progress is necessarily very slow.
He must bo tntight indivhlyfnlly al
most everything. It is finite imjMissiblo
until ho lias attained some degree of ad
vancement to put him into u cities with
others, mid oven when so placed he has
to havo many little diiliculties explained
to mm separately, hvery
device must 1
bo used to attract and hold hint to tin
subject of study. Ho is tmuflit counting
by tho objects with which ha is familiar,
by different colored balls, by buttons,
corn, by bits of cardboard and overv
device which thu teacher can inWnt.
Thero must always bo as nearly as pos
sible it material tepreseutation of the
idea which sho is trying to convey.
From molding figures iu kindergarten
schools he advances iu tho higher
grades to molding maps, and so gains 11
better idea of geography than by an
other method. Iu connection with tin
work in the schoolroom, and following
out thu manual training idea, the pupil
is taught to sew. The girls make under
clothing, diessesand bedding. Tlie boys
learn tailoring. Physical culture, too,
iccvives a large share of attention.
Kvery child who is not helpless and
crippled is put into a gymnastic diss
and spends une-half hour each day 111
oxercise. Thobenellt isincalculbale, for
many of the children aro physieall
weak and imperfectly developed!
In tho lower classes tho child is taught
to propel ly lift his feet, uso his arms
follow a leader, oltoy an order and keep
time. In ciuiM-queiieo of such drill ho
nilvances little by ltttlo until ho is able
to execute complicated movements 111 a
reinaikably perfect manner. The love
of melody is as often an instinct with
the feeblo minded child as with the
bright one, nnd music is a powerful factor
in hi education. It attracts and holds
him as notiuiiiC else can.
Thu th'.ldien sing beuutitully patt
songs as well as simple melodies, mid
learn from dictation by heart the wm-ls
of all their s nigs, so that they sing In
"ueiuh with an abandon nut t'oaud
III llll limit- Ulltll II ilP lilt. it'. .fir 1 .1...
wanderimr ..tt,.,.tl Is 11, .,1 ii"" ., Hnitur) lo.idition of tho liouso, too,
.1..1.1... ti ir . '....v.. .,.' ".",. foiiHtniniy watched. Uislnfcctnntn
i ..;. '.. .1.. '...:. "'?""'""' "'" '" used iu every comer, nnd during
.V;r -v v...?;.,.,. ' ' T . , , '" ly " .l-nultorh-s aro thorough
...,.. .t . u.l, limn mis 101 iv minimi.' i,..i t.. 11...1-
runoiiK children who read tholr songa by
ntitoiind word,
After the boy has ptogiusi.ed anf.
llclently In the schoolioom to etiablo
him to lei.in a trade he Is put to work
at one timliir the Immediate stipur
vlslonof a liiilneil iiieuliimlu. A largo
number of boys mo in tho shoe nhon.
iiialin till of the shoes worn by tho chil
dren mid do all or tho inentUiig. In tho
tailor Mitip tho suits aro made for all tho
boyH In tlm Institution, ami tlm plumber,
blacksmllh, carpeuler ami painter i:i
niuh a teacher lu his siK-clalty of a titnii
bef of pupils.
Tho rami employs tho largest number
of boys naturally, mid employn a clasn
incapable or employment elsewhere ex
cept in tho cleaning department. Many
or tho children can be taught (ho sim
plest brunches or farniwork who could
not understand the mote complicated
trades.
All of the cleaning about tho house is
dono under direction by tho lunmti.H,
mul out) fuels almost tempted during n.
morning journey to the institution to
iuniiliriiso tl Hong of the Hhlrl." nntl
iiuiko it ".Scrub, semi), scrub," thero aro
such ai inli-s of scriibbets everywhere.
Thu girls after leaving dm schoolroom
aro taught dressmaking mid inondltiir.
cooking, laundry work and general
I housework, lu the sewing room aro
1 nuidn all the dresses worn by tho pupils.
J After the training given at tho Inslitu-
Hon is completed the child, if eupahlo of
I I.,. I, ,,..,.,. I. ,,!.. ......I.... 1-.... 1.1 ir 1
"i'"'l ii-iiiiiij lining nir niiuni'ii, in Mini.
out into the world to earn his living. If
not, bo is kept ami nmdo useful at tho
Institution until his place is required by
smaller children coining in, when ho in
returned to tlm olllcials of tho county
from which he camo as being tho only
agents responsible for him, JUany of tlio
children could bo made self mippoiting
under competent supervision who, if
allowed to go out into tlio world iilono,
become burdens to society and propaga
tors of their kind.
Menial weakness means invariably
moral Weakness, mul though tho institu
tion limy make the child ordinarily ca
pable and seir supporting under Hh man
agement it cannot iu all instances make
him so when he is sent out into tlio
world. However, Homo ilo go out who
are enabled by the education given them
to make a fair living.
Among tho greatest benellts conferred
by t ho institution is tho orderlhtess which
it teaches its pupils. Tho lives they
lead are perfectly regular and directed
according to the best known principles
of health. Hvery child is given each
day, unless it Is stormy, it largo amount
of outdoor exercise. In case of storms
thero are long covered corridors attached
to tho buildings so arranged that thu
sides ci n In- almost entirely opened up,
and in these corridors, clothed as for
outdoors, the children promenade. Tho
is
aro
tho
ly
sitting rooms nnd slcon-i
ing rooits ami during iiicuIh tho childrcid
aro under lio care of nttondmits.
The liibtlluTftlfrWMiTn
of tho best literattiro extant for tho
young, which is iu constant usu in schooh
nnd leading rooms, and which, by means
of its illustrated books, its siniplo hlsto-
tiii: toweh.
ries and its great fund of information o
general topics, is an aid to tho teacher
greater almost than any othor she can re
ceive. It would Imi impossible to more than
outline tho great work dono by such an
institution, and that Ohio has one so per-
feet in all respects is duo entirely to Dr.
Doren, a man whoso every thought bus
been for tho unfortunate, whoso lifo has
been given to the work, and who is 11 phi
lanthropist mid leader par excellence.
Louisk Manette.
A IVrnlliir Aiilninl.
(Special Correnponilcnco.
Nouwicii, Conn., Nov. 21. Whiloont
hunting a day or two ago James 1). Peck
ham, a well known resident of the neigh
Isiring town c,f Preston, caugVt and
killed a jieculiar animal, tho exact pedi
greo of which ho is very curious to k-nrn.
Ho was tramping through tho woods
whun his attention was attracted to tho
animal, which somewhat resembles thu
polecat. Carefully approaching it in tho
renr, ho succeeded iu killing it with n
club and brought the freak home.
Tho animal is about eighteen inches in
length, ami with tho exception of its
tail is covered with lino soft hair of a
dark gray color, tipjK-d with brown.
Tho head is of a very jieculiar slinpo,
with a long, stioutliko mouth, nnd l.oso
and ears that closely resomblo those of a
raccoon. 1 ho teeth aro very long and
sharp and very regularly sot. Tho tail
is several inched in length, witltoi t a
hair, and a pinkish white in color. Tho
feet also are hairless to tho nnklo ji una.
, and are tipped with long, sharp cl iws,
1 ideiitly used for digging. There is a
very slight odor aooitt tlie bodv similar
uie noiiy similar
ul the uuimY is
s. Not hiiu oil. Im
uro iu this vicjni-
to that if a skunk, mul
prnnai-iv in unit species.
kind was ever set n before i
l. .fid Mr. Pet kbaiu is very anxiouJ to
I le.iru just what ilu- animal is. IIohtu,
, t.iki-u 1 ale t preserve tho lxdy, nnd thu
cun"it now occupies a prominent
i.l... 1 .. his museum. J, F. ,
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