The Sioux County Journal
VOLUME VII.
HARKISON, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1895.
NUMBER 26.
OLD, YET EVER NEW.
REV.
DR. TALMAQE ON
GLORIOUS GOSPEL.'
' THE
Thoaaaada Tarned Away froat tha
Acadesay' or Maalc ia New Terk-A
HaSa BaiMlas Filled to Overflow
a Mala Ooapel Talk.
Tka Foaatala of Life.
Several tbouuad persons were turned
away Sunday afternoon from the door
of the Academy ef Maat after the huge
building bad been filled to overflowing,
the crowds having begun to aaaetnble
fully two hoars before the time fixed for
opening the service. Rev. Dr. T aimer
took for bla subject "The Glorious Gos
pel," the tett choeen being. "According
to tha glorious gospel of the bleated God,
which waa committed to my trurt" I.
Timothy L 11).
The greatest novelty of oar time is the
.gospel. It Is so old that It la new. As
potters and artists sre now attempting to
fashion pictures and cups and curious
ware like those of 1800 years ago recently
brought ap from buried Pompeii, and
each cups and pitchers and curious ware
re universally admired, so any one who
can unahovel the real gospel from the
mountains of stuff under which it has
been buried will be able to present some
thing that will attract the gase and ad
miration and adoption of all the people.
It It amasiag what substitutes have been
presented for what my text calls "the
glorious gospel." There haa been a hemi
spheric apostasy.
There are many people in this and all
other large assemblages who hare no
more idea of what the gospel really is than
they have of what is contained In the
rourteentn chapter of Zend-Avesta, the
Bible of the Hindoo, the first copy of
which I ever ssw I purchased in Calcutta
last September. The old gospel Is 50 feet
under, and the work has been done by the
shovels of those who have been trying to
contrive the philosophy of religion. There
it no philosophy about It. It It a plain
matter of Bible statement and of childlike
faith. Some of the theological seminaries
have been hotbeds of infidelity because
they have tried to teach the "philosophy
of religion." By the time that many a
young theological student gets half
through bis preparatory course he Is so
filled with doubts about plenary Inspira
tion, and the divinity of Christ, and the
questions of eternal destiny that he is
more fit for the lowest bench In the Infant
class of a Sunday school than to become a
v leacher and leader of the people. The
blest theological professor it a Chrittlan
mother, who out of her own experience
can tell the 4-year-old how beautiful
Christ was on earth, and how beautiful
he now is in heaven, and how dearly he
lovet little folks, and then the kneels
down and putt one arm around the boy,
ana, wltn her somewhat faded cheek
against the roseate cheek of the little one,
consecrates him for time and eternity to
him who said, "Suffer them to come unto
me. What an awful work Paul made
with the I). D.'t, and the LU D.'t, and
the F. H. H.'s when he cleared the decks
of the old gospel ship by saying, "Not
many wise men, not many noble, are call
ed, but God hath chosen the weak things
of the world to confound the mighty."
The Gospel Light.
There sits the dear old theologian with
Ilia table piled up with all the (rreut bunks
on inspiration and exegesis and npnlnget-ii-s
for the Almighty anil writing out bis
own elaborate work on the philosophy of
religiou, and his little grandchild coming
tip to him for a good night kiss he acci
dentally knock off the biggest book from
the table, and U falls on the head of the
chiiil, of whom Christ himself said, "Out
of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou
hast perfected praise." Ah, my friends,
the Bible wants no apologetics. The
throne of the last, judgment wants no
apologetics. Eternity wants no apologet
ics. Scientists may tell us that natural
light is the "propagation of undulatlone
in an elastic medium, and thus set In vi
bratory motion by the action of luminous
bodies," but no one knows what gospel
light is until his own blind eyes by the
touch of the Divine Spirit have opened to
ee the noonday of pardon and peace. Sci
entists may tell ns that natural sound is
"the effect of an impression made on the
organs of bearing by an. impulse of the
air, caused by a collision of bodies or by
other means," but those only know what
the gospel sound Is who have heard the
voice of Christ directly, saying: "Thy sins
are forgiven thee. (Jo in pence. The
-theological dude unrolls upon the plush of
the exquisitely carved pulpit a learned
discourse showing that the garden of
Eden was on allegory, and Solomon's
Song a rather Indelicate love ditty, and
the book or Jon a drama in which sutan
was the star actor, and that Kenan was
three-quarters right about the miracles of
Jesus, and that the Bible was gradually
evolutea a no tne Dest thought of the dif
ferent ages, Moses and David and Paul
-doing the best they could under the cir
cumstances, and therefore to be encour
aged. Lord of heaven and earth, get ut
out of the London fog of higher criticism!
The night It dark, and the way Is
rough, and we have a lantern which God
tins put in our bands, but Ins'.ead of em
ploying that lantern to show ourselves and
others the right way we or discussing
lanterns, their shape, their size, their
material and which Is the better light,
kerosene, lamp oil or candle, and while we
discuss it we stand all around the lantern,
so that we shut out the light from the
multitudes who are stumbling on the dark
mountains of sin and death. Twelve hun
dred de,td birds were found one morning
around Bartholin's statue la New York
harbor. They had dashed their life out
against the lighthouse the night before.
Poor things! And the great lighthouse of
the gospel how many high soaring think
ers bar beaten all their religious Ufa out
gainst It, while It waa Intended for only
one thing, and that to show nil nations
the way Into tha harbor of Ood'i msrey
sud to tha crystalline wharves of tha
heavenly city, where tka InunarUat art
waiting for new arrivals. Dead skylarks
when they might have been flying seraphs.
A Falee Idea.
Here also come, covering up the old gos-
pei, some wno think tbey can by law and
exposure of crime save the world, and
from Portland, Me., across to San Fran
cisco and back again to New Orleans and
Savannah many of the ministers have
gone into the detective business. Worldly
reform by all means, but unless it be also
gospel reform It will be dead failure. In
New York its chief work has been to give
as a change of bosses. We bad a Dem
ocratic boss, and now It la to be a Bepu to
ucan boss, but tha quarrel is. Who shall
bs the Republican ? Politics will save tha
cities the same day that aaun evangelisea
peraiuon.
Here cornea another class of people who
In pulpit and ontslde of it cover up the
gospel with the theory that It makes no
final difference what ymi believe or how
you act you are bound for heaven any
how. There they sit. side by side, la
heaven Gartield, and Oulteau, who shot
him; Lincoln, and John Wilkes Booth,
who assassinated him; Washington, and
Thomas Paine, who slandered him; Nana
Sahib and the missionaries whom he clrfb
bed to death at Cawnpur; Herod, and the
children whom he massacred; Paul, and
Nero, who beheaded him. As a result of
the promulgation of such a mongrel and
conglomerate heaven, there are millions
of people In Christendom who expect to go
straight to heaven from their seraglios,
and their Inebriation, and their suicides,
when among the loudest thunders that
break over the basaltic Island to. which
St John waa expatriated waa the one in
which God announced that "the abomina
ble and the murderers and whoremongers
and sorcerers and Idolaters and all liars
shall have their place in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone, which Is
the second death." I correct what I said
when I declared the gospel waa buried
fifty feat deep. It is buried a thousand
feet deep. Had the glorious gospel been
given full opportunity I think before this
the world would have had no need of pul
pit or sermon or prayer or church, but
thanksgiving and bosannas would have
resounded In the temple, to which the
monntsins would have been pillars, and
the bloe skies the dome, and the rivers the
baptistry, and all nations the worshipers
in the auditorium of the outspread world.
But so fsr from that, as I remarked in
the opening sentence of this sermon, the
greatest novelty of our time ia the gospel.
And let ms say to the hundreds and thou
sands of educated and splendid young
men about to enter the gospel ministry
from the theological seminaries of all de
nominations, on thia and the other side
of the seas, that there is no drawing pow
er like the glorious gospel. "Him hath
God lifted up to draw all men unto him."
Get your souls charged and surcharged
with this gospel, and you will have large
audiences and will not have to announce.
in order to assemble such audiences.
Sunday night sacred concert, with a brie
address by the pastor, or the presence of
Hlaek 1'attis," or Creole minstrels, or
tome new exposure of Tammany, or
sermon accompanied by a magic lantern
or stereopticon views.
Glorious Good News.
The glorious gospel of the blessed God
as spoken of iu my text will have more
drawing power, and when that gospel gets
lull swing It will have a momentum and
a power mightier thun that of the Atlan
tic ocean when under the force of the
September equinox it strikes the high
lauds of the Navesink. The meaning of
the word "gospel" is ."good news," and
my text nays it is glorious good news, and
we must tell it in our churches, and over
our dry goods counters, and in our fac
tories, and over our thrashing machines.
and behind our plows, and on our ships'
decks, ami in our parlors, our nurseries
and kitchens, as though it were glorious
good news, and not with a dismal drawl
iu our voice uuu a aismai looK on our
faces, as though religion were a rheumatic
twinge, or a dysjieptic pang, or a malarial
chill, or an attack of nervous prostration.
W ith nine "blesseds" or "happys" Christ
began his sermon on the mountblessed
the poor, blessed the mourner, blessed the
meek, blessed the hungry, blessed the
merciful, blessed the pure, blessed the
peacemakers, blessed the persecuted,
blessed the reviled, blessed, blessed, bless
ed, happy, happy, happy. Glorious good
news for the young at through Christ they
may have their coming yeart ennobled,
and for a lifetime all the angels of God
their coadjutor! and all the armies of hea
ven their allies. Glorious good news for
the middle-aged as through Christ they
may have their perplexities disentangled,
and their courage rallied, and their vic
tory over all obstacles and hindrances
mads forever sure. Glorious good news
for the aged at they may have the sym
pathy of him of whom St. John wrote,
"Hit head and his hairs were white like
wool, as white as snow," and the defense
of the everlasting arms. Glorious good
newt for the dying as they may have min
istering spirits to escort them, and open
ing gates to receive them, and a sweep of
eternal glories to encircle them, and the
welcome of a loving God to embosom
them.
The Test Ia Rluht.
Oh, my text is right when it speaks of
the glorious gospel. It is an Invitation
from the most radiant twin,? that ever
trod the earth or ascended the heavens
to you and nic to come and be made hap
py and then take after that a royal castle
for everlasting residence, the angels of
God our cupbearers. The price paid for
all of this on the cliff of limestone about
at high bs this house, about seven min
utes' walk from the wall of Jerusalem,
where with an agony that with one hand
tor down the rocks and wilh the othor
drew midnight blncknest orer the hea
vens, our Iord set us forever free. Mak
ing no apology for any one of the million
sins of our life, but confessing all of them,
we can point to that cliff of limestone
nd say, "There was paid our Indebted
ness, and God never collects a bill twice."
Glad am I that all tha Christian poets
hart exerted their pan In extolling the
matchless one of this gospeL Isaac
Watts, bow do roa faal concernlns him?
And ha writes, '1 am not ashamed to own
say Lord." Newton, what do rati think
or tnis gospel T And ha writes, "Amas
ing grace, bow sweet the sound!" Cow
per, what do yon think of him ? And the
answer comes, "There ia a fountain filled
with blood." Charles Wesley, what do
you minx of him? And he answers, "Je
sus, lover or my soul." Horatlus Bonar,
what do you think of hlmT And he re
sponds, "I lay my sins on Jesus." Ray
rainier, what do you think of hlmT And
ne writes, "My faith looks no t the
Fannie Crosby, what do you think of hlmT
Ana sue writes, "Blessed assurance, Ja-
sus is mine." But I take higher teeti
mony. Solomon, what do you think of
aim i Ana the answer Is. "Lilr of tha val
ley." Eseklel, what do you think of hunt
And the answer is, "Plant of renown."
AJsvid, what do you think of him?
me answer is, "My shepherd." St John,
wuai ao you tblnk of bim? Arfl tha an
swer is, "Bright and morning star." St
Paul, what do yon think of him J And
the answer comes, "Chriat la all In all."
Do you think aa wall of him, O man, 6
woman or tha blood bought Immortal
ptntr lea. Paul was right whan ha
styled It "the glorious gosoel."
And then as a druggist while yon are
waiting for him to make no tha doctor's
prescription, puts into a bottle so many
grains of this, and so many grains of that
ana so many drops of this, and ao many
drops of that and the intermixture taken,
though sour or bitter, restores to health,
so Christ tha divine nhrslclan. nrcuaraa
this trouble of our lifetime, and that dis
appointment, and this prescription, and
that hardship, and that tear, and wo must
take the Intermixture, yet though It be a
bitter draft Under the divine nrescrlD-
tlon It administers to our restoration and
spiritual health, "all things working to
gether for good." Glorious gospel!
And then the royal castle into which
we step out of this life without so much aa
soiling our foot with the uDturned earth
of the grave. "They shall reign forever
and ever. Does not that mean that yon
are, if saved, to be kings and queens, and
do not kings and queens have castles? But
the one that you are offered was for thirty-three
years an abandoned cattle,
though now gloriously inhabited. There
la an abandoned royal castle at Amber,
India. One hundred and seventy years
ago a king moved out of it never to re
turn. But the castle still stands in Inde
scribable grandeur, and you go through
braxen doorway after bra ten doorway,
and carved room after carved room, and'
under embellished ceiling after embellish'
ed ceiling, and through halls precious ston
ed into wider halls precious stoned, and
on that hill are pavilions deeply dyed and
tasseled and arched, the fire of colored
gardens cooled by the snow of white archi
tecture, birds in arabesque so natural to
life that while you cannot hear their
voices you Imagine you see the flutter of
their wings while you are passing, walls
pictured with triumphal procession, rooms
that were called "alcove of light" and
"hall of victory," marble, white and
black, like a mixture of morn and night
alabaster and mother of pearl and lacquer
work.
Standing before it, the eye climbs from
step to latticed balcony, and from latticed
balcony to oriel, and from oriel to arch,
and from arch to roof, and then descends
jn ladder of all colors and by stairs of per
fect lines to tropical gardens of pome
granate and pineapple. Seven stories of
resplendent architecture. But the royal
castle provided for you, If you will only
take it on the prescribed terms, Is grander
than all that, and, though an abandoned
castle while Christ was there, achieving
your redemption, is again occupied by the
chief among ten thousand, and some
of your owu kindred who have gone up
and waiting for you are leaning from the
balcony. The windows of that castle
look off on the King's gardens where Im
mortals walk linked in eternal friendship,
and the banqueting hall of that castle has
princes aud princesses at the table, and
the wine is "the new wine of the king
dom," and the supper la the marriage sup
Ir of the Lamb, and there are fountains
Into which no tear ever fell, and there Is
music that trembles with no grief, and
the light that falls upon that scene is
never beclouded, and there is the kiss of
those reunited after long separation. More
nerve will we have there than now, or wo
would swoon away under the raptures.
Stronger vision will we have there than
now, or our eyesight would be blinded by
the brilliance. Stronger ear will we have
there than now, or under the roll of that
minstrelsy, and the clapping of that ac
clamation, and the boom of that hallelu
jah we would be deafened.
WOMAN AND HER FACE
THe HOLY HORROR WITH WHICH
SOME REGARD COSMETICS.
0
How a Little Harmless Trickery Kay
Be Mads to Add Oraatlr to Foaalalaa
A ttvacHvstmi -Powder and Massaas
-tries for tha Hair.
Ootkaat Oosario.
Haw York correspondence:
R EAT la the Data-
bar of women
who consider tha
use of "anything
on tha face" aa
oc of tha atfa
posts aloo tha
downward path.
At the thought
of tMtng ooomet
lea, brush or pan
ldl to supply na
tore's lacks, thee
woman a t a nd
a g b a a t . Bat
those women whoae positions In so
ciety bring them Into the center of tha
social 'fray think otherwise, and they
excuse their Indulgence by asserting
mat a woman's flrat duty Is to look
attractive, no matter what her pbysl
cai drawbacks may be. Some go much
further and claim the right to enhance
their good looks by any means at hand.
It Is not the purpose of this descriD-
tlon to urge either the cause or the
abolishment of cosmetics, but merely
to point out bow the skilled manipula
tor utilises Its trickery. Women fol
low pretty closely the laws laid down
by Dame Fashion for their attire, but
as to face and hair, every woman
takes the course she deems moat be
coming to herself. For Instance, a lot
hi said these days about the central
parting, and the "Mlaa Prim" style for
tha hair. Still, the girl with an Irreg-
JL FACE HAD! TO SEBM LOSGKB.
severely in rront and combed down
orer the ears. But the wise woman
whoae hair line at the back of the neck
la not pretty, and whose hair beat dis
poses Itself In soft knots at the back
ef the head, will combine both fash
Ions. What ia more, though she may
tak advantage of the downward side
sweep of the hair over the ear tips, she
will wear a little bang, If her forehead
need It, and if the face need length, she
will raise he hair softly back of the
bang. The result of this Independ
ence of treatment can be Judged from
the first picture of full slxe. it will be
aaen that to make the face seem long
ar, a amall aigrette Is put atop the last
mentioned soft puff
By the third Illustration still another
type of face that tempts IU owner to
Improving devices Is presented. It Is
the often seen creamy skinned woman,
with deep red krlnkly hair and red
Drown eyes, if aha cava any Idea of
MaMAQB NEEDED TO PREVENT.
Worth the Hansom.
Glorious gospel! Vou thought religiou
was a strait-jacket; that it put you on the
limits; that thereafter you must go cowed
down. No, no, no. It Is to be castellated.
By tho cleansing power of the ihed blood
of Golgotha set your fncea toward the
shining pinnacles. Oh, It does not matter
much what becomes of us here for at the
longest our stay is short if we can only
ana there, iou see there are so many I
no want to meet there. Joshua, my fa
vorlte prophet, aud John among the evan
gelists, and 1'i.ul among the apostles, and
Wyclif among the martyrs, and Bourda-
lone among the preachers, and Dante
among the poets, and Ilavelock among the
heroes, and our loved ones whom we have
so much missed since they left us, so
many darlings of tho heart, their absence
sometimes almost unbearable, and, men
tioned In this sentence Inst of all because
want the thought climacteric, our bless
ed Iord without whom wo could never
reach the old castle at all. 11 took our
place. lie purchased our ransom. Ho
wept our woes. Ho suffered our stripes.
He died our death. Ho assured our resur
rection. Blessed bo his glorious name
forever! Surging to his ear be all the an
thems! Facing him be all the thrones!
ular, vivacious face may draw her hair
down over her ears If she thinks It be
coming, but discard all other conces
slon to the Prim fashion, do her locks
in all sorts of frivolous little perkles
In the back and round It softly from
her forehead In the front. 8uch
coiffure is seen beside the Initial pic
ture and Is In the best taste for Its
wearer, though not In line . with the
trying smoothness that la demanded
from slavish followers of fashion's
laws.
So far the steps of progress have been
of even length, but the next one la
stride at which many will falter. But
the knowing ones take It and claim
that It Is but right, If the eyebrows
give out of a sudden at the outer cor
ner, or their arch be Interrupted, to
tinish out what nature Intended by
shadowing In what Is needed with a bit
of burnt match. This Is very different
from vulgarly tracing a heavy black
mark over the arch of the brows, they
will tell you; the one Is necessary and
therefore excusable for the footlights.
the other Is as legitimate for all other
times as wearing a best gown or put
ting on a bow of becoming ribbon,
And this argument is very effective
The owner of brows that are perfect Is
Alexander Dumas says ho has out
lived tho taste for most things that
money can procure. The chief pleas
ure of his life now Is meditation, which
he Indulges by taking long walks In
the forest of Marl. M. Dumas Is now
a white-haired old roan, but his old
age Is vigorous. Ha II res with his In
valid wife at his country place near
Marty on tha $100,000 or to realised
by the sals of his collection ut pictures.
AT HER BEST WITH TIAIR TOtTSEI.ED.
not moved by It, naturally enough, but
the other sort thinks It a telling one.
Returning again to tha point where
women are much Inclined to make each
her own fashions that la, tha hair 't
will be found that the style now Is to
either draw the lock smoothly up very
high or to hare It la a low knot, parted
what Is becoming to herself, she will
need no bidding to let her Lair tousle
as It will about her forehead, for the
closer It comes to the eyes, the more
their red brown color Is set off. What
a goose she would be to take her hair
off her forehead or to Interfere with its
vital crinkle by either an effort to
brush It glossy, or to curl It In soft
rings. Bo much, doubtless, will I
granted by anyone. In case her skin Is
a creamy white without color. If It lie
marred by an all over florldness. the
believer In Improvers will declare It
to be her downright duty to cream her
face thoroughly, wiping It dry and ap
plying a dull brunette powder, one that
baa a deep Ivory tone, neither white
nor pink. Sometimes a powder largely
made of sulphur Is not only a becoming1
color, but Is also excellent for the skin
This woman's lips must be red, so sho
will nib Just the least bit of cochineal
powder, the merest dust of It, Into
min paste with cold cream, and put
this on each Up right In the center, rub
bing It lu dry before It reaches the cor
ners, it must not show anywhere
when It is done, but the lips must have
a deep.rosy color. This woman wants
no shadowy look about her eyes. She
will let the powder rest on the lids, rub
blng It from the lashes with a damp
finger.
1 here Is yet another thing; why
should the pale woman with brown hair
allow her cheeks to grow hollow and
MILLIONS IN DIAMONDS,
laoraou Iacreaac in tha) Prod act
Mince the Diecoverlaa In Africa.
The discovery and working of tha
treat South African mine Iiava enor
mously increased the prodoefloa or
lUmouds. During the last ruuter
sentury ten tons of these gwms, sailing
'or $3(KVoo,000 uncut and for SS00,
XXl.OOO after cutting, hare bean added
to the world's wealth. This jaaatlty
of stones is twice as great as tho sajm
total of all that were known to ax tat
before, the value represented being In
the most concentrated possible form.
A single corporation controls mora
than nine-tenths of the entire world's
output of diamonds, owning practical
ly the whole of the mines In Sooth Afri
ca. Thus It is enabled to regulate and
maintain prices, restricting tha pro
duction so that the supply may not ex
ceed the demand. Up to date It has
placed upon the market about 2300,
000 carats. During the last year It dug
and sold 116,000,000 worth of dia
monds. During 1893 diamonds to the
value of about $16,000,000 were Im
ported Into this country. Since 1868
I1T5.000.000 worth of these gems have
been brought Into the United States,
The cutting of diamonds Is carried
on in the United States by fifteen
Arms, employing 150 cutters, cleavers
and polishers. The American public
demands a much higher quality of cut
ting than is required by European
markets. At the same time, leas Is
paid for the work here than abroad,
$2 being considered fair wages per
diem. The pioneer cutter on thia side
of the water was Henry D. Morse, of
Boston. In I860 he cut the famous
Dewey diamond the biggest gem of
the kind ever found In this country
which was dug out of a clay bank near
Richmond, weighing twenty-flve car
ats In the rough. In his shop was In
vented the first diamond-cutting ma
chine, which made It possible to do the
work faster and with more precision.
It has not been adopted abroad to any
extent as yet Amsterdam, the great
est center of diamond-cutting, has seventy-two
factories engaged In that In
dustry. The largest employs 1,000
hands. Next in Importance Is Ant
werp. London ranks third. In the
world there are 6,500 cutters of dia
monds and 8,000 dealers. The latter
carry in stock $350,000,000 worth of
stones, representing probably one
third of all the diamonds possessed
by human beings to-day. New York
News.
COSMETICS HEED NOT APPLY.
her eyes to wrinkle Just because she
has that sort of skin? Massage will
prevent It Rub softly about the cor
ners of the eyes and under them. The
droop about the lids of the fourth pic
tured face Is charming, but why take
the crow's-feet that come early with
that sort of droop? Hair like this, If
of dull brown, must be brushed glossy
and curled In big soft rings that will
gather shadows, no matter what the
fashion. These eyes will look well
shadowed and sometimes a very dark
Ivory powder reddened Just the least
bit, will give a tone to the skin that
nature left out
Of course the woman with smooth,
round cheeks and the coloring of youth
ought to be spanked If she resorts to
these devices. Ixt her lean her demure
cheek on her hand, droop her pretty
lids and simply not know there Is such
a thing as powder in the world. She
Is sure to be lovely, whether she Is
dressed In the latest way or not; In
deed, she Is the lovelier for being a bit
old fashioned. As she appears In the
final sketch, the little fringe at the fore
head gives a suggestion of youth that
Is almost Infantile.
Copyright, ism.
Fox Rlrer, 111., was called by the In
diana Annemoslng, "Place of the Young
rozea. '
She Spoke Too Soon.
In front of Trinity Church a stylishly
dressed young woman stepped from
the sidewalk directly In front of a team
of heavy horses attached to a well-loaded
truck. She was endeavoring to catch
the eye of a cable car gripman, and did
not see the rapidly moving truck bear
ing down upou her. Passers-by ex
pected to see her ground to the earth,
but one of two fashionably aDDearine
oung fellows with slightly dudlsh pro
clivities rushed to the curb and, lifting
the woman by the arms, quickly swung
her around and landed her out of dan
ger on the sidewalk.
She, all unconscious of her dangerous
predicament, turned on the young man
sharply with an Indignant,. "How dare
you, sir," and looked as If she was con
templating an assault on him with her
parasol.
The young fellow looked aurpdged,
and then, taking off his hat, bowddahd,
with an "Excuse me, madam," passed
on with his friend.
She turned toward the street again.
and for the first time observed the truck
which now stood In her path. The dri
ver of this calmly remarked: "That
dude saved your life, lady; why don't
you scratch his eyes out?"
The woman, for the first time realiz
ing her narrow escape, hurried after
the rapidly disappearing youths, who
had nearly reached Rector street bv
that time. Touching her rescuer's arm,
she quickly apologized for her rudeness
and thanked him for his timely act.
"Don't mention it, please, the pleas
ure Is entirely mine, I assure you," was
the response. Two hats were doffed,
and the blushing woman wag left
on the sidewalk with a humiliating
sense of her previous rudeness.
"Beastly queer things these girls are.
Harvey," said one to the other as thev
disappeared lu the arcade leading to
the L station. Commercial Advertiser
Malaria In Italy.
A malarial map of Italy has lust
been Issued by the Government Bu
reau of Statlstlce, based on the deaths
urlng the years 1890 '02, and showluir
the Intensity of the disease by modi
fications of color. In three years there
were 50,000 deaths from malarial
auses, or 54 In 100,000. The worst
.11. I . . . ...
iiibuutb, wuere uie mortality is ns
high as 8 lu 1,000, are In Southwestern
Sardinia, Southeastern Sicily, the Pon
tine marshes, the district at the head
of the Gulf of Taranto, and the south
eastern slope, jfroni the Promontory
of Gnrgnno south to the Ionlnu Sea.
Districts where malaria prevails, but
not so Intensely aa to bo fatal, are the
lower reaches of the To, Urosseto (n
Tuscany, the mouth of the Tiber, and
the district near Salerno and the tem
ples of Pa-stum. In Roma Itself ma
larla has sensibly declined; the deaths
In 1881 were 600, In 1893 only 188. Tha
general mortality from this cause In
Italy has remained pretty constant;
the average la IS or IS par 100,000.