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The Sioux County Journal,
VOLUME VIII.
HARKISOX, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1890.
NUMBER 22.
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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
u SAY SO" THE SUBJECT OF DR.
TALMAGE'S DISCOURSE.
the Eminent Divine Believes in Oot
, spoken Hclilon-Not hlng Can Stand
Before Prayer-Let the Hedecmed
Show Their Color.
A Practical Permon.
Kev. Dr. Taliuage never produced a
more practical and suggestive sermon
than the oue of last Sunday. Ilia subject
waa "Hay So," and the text selected was
Psalms evil., 2, "Let the redeemed of tho
Lord nay ao."
An overture, an antipbon, a doxology in
this chapter, and in my text David calls
for an outspoken religion and requests all
who bave been rescued and blessed no
longer to hide the aplendid facta, but to
recite them, ptihlUh them and, as far as
possible, let all the world know about it.
"Let the reedeerned of the Lord aay ao."
There la a sinful reticence which has been
almost canonised. The people are quite
aa outspoken aa they ought to be on all
subjects of politic and are fluent and vol
uble on the Venexuelan question and bi
metallism and tariffs, high and low and
remodeled, and female suffrage, and you
have to skillfully watch your chance If
70a want to put into the active conversa
tion a modest suggestion of your own, but
on the subject of divine goodness, religious
experience and eternal blessedness they
re not only silent, but boastful of their
reticence. Now if you have been redeem
ed of the Lord why do you not say so? If
70a bave in your heart the pearl of great
price, worth more than the Kohlnoor
among Victorian jewels, why not let oth
era ace It? If you got off the wreck in the
breakers, why not tell of the crew and the
teat lifeboat that safely landed you? If
from the fourth story you arc rescued in
time of conflagration, why not tell of the
fireman and the ladder down which he
carried you. If you bave a mansion in
heaven awaiting you, why not show the
deed lo those who may by the same proc
ess get an emerald castle oa the same
boulevard? By the last two word of my
tex David calls upon all of us who have
received any mercy at the hand of (Jod to
top impersonating the asylums for the
domb, and In the presence of men, women
angels, devils and all worlds, "say so."
Personal Salvation.
In these January days thouaand of
ministers and private Christians are won
dering about the best waya of starting a
revival of religion. I can tell you a way
of starting a revival, continental, hemi
spheric and worldwide. You say a revival
tarts In heaven. Well, it starts in heaven
joai aa a prosperous harvest starts In
heaven. The sun must shine, and the
rains must descend, but unless you plow
and sow and cultivate the earth you will
not raise a bushel of wheat or a peck of
com between now and tho end of the
world. How, then, shall a universal re
vival start? By all Christian people tell
ing the story of their own conversion. Let
ten men and women get up next week in
your prayer meeting, and, not In a con
ventional or canting or doubtful way,
but in the same tone they employ in fhe
family or place of bualness, tell how they
cToaatd the line, and the revival will begin
then and there if the prayer meeting baa
not been ao dull as to drive out all except
those concerning whom It waa foreordain
ed from all eternity that they should be
there. There are so many different ways
of being converted that we want to bear
all kinds, ao that our own case may be
helped. It always puts me back to hear
only one kind of experience, such aa a man
gives when he tella of bis Pauline con
versionbow he waa knocked aenseiess,
and then had a vision anil heard voices,
and after a certain number of daya of
horror got up and shouted for joy. All
that discourages me, for I waa never
knocked senseless, and I sever had such
a sodden burst of religious rapture rhat
I lost my equilibrium. But after awhile
a Christian man got up In some meeting
and told ua bow he was brought up by a
levoat parentage and bad always been
thoughtful about religious things, and
gradually the peace of the gospel came
into his soul like the dawn of the morning
no perceptible difference between mo
ment and moment but after awhile all
perturbation settled down Into a hope
that had consoled and strengthened him
during all the vicissitudes of a lifetime.
I said, "That h exhilarating; that waa
my experience." And ao I ws strength
ened.
. A Universal Bsvlval.
1 have bat little interest in what people
say abont religion as abstraction, bat
I have UHnltable interest In wat people
ay abont what they bave personalty felt
of reNfioa, It was an expression of his
own gratitude for personal salvation
Wbteb M Chart es Wesley, after a see son
of great despondency about his soul and
fTbriet bad spoken pardon, to write rhat
immortal hymn:
Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Kedeemer'a praise!
It was after Abraham Lincoln had been
comforted In the loss of Tad, the bright
boy of the White House, rhat he said, "I
now see as never before the precioiisiiese
of find's love in Jesus Christ and bow we
are brought near to lod as our Father by
him."
Wlfal a thrill went through the meeting
in Portland, Ore., when au ex attorney
general of the L' oiled Slates arose and
saM: "Iat night 1 got op and asked the
prayers of God's people. I feel now per
fectly sattsaed. Tho burden la soiled off
and ad gene, and I feel that I could ran
or fly ksto the arm of Jeans Christ."
What a record for all Dine and eternity
wai wad by UoHsctaa, ess play aetor, la
the Waster at HeMopsMa. A srissaM of
CMMOMtty was pat a urn rtago. In
MMVJ HM tttfiW, JM Ml ap
afttaCa. ittA
bnrlesned baptism he looked changed
and was changed, and he cried out to the
audience: "I am a Christian. I will die
as a Christian." Though be waa dragged
out and atoned to death, they could not
drown the testimony made under such
awful circumstances. "I a in a Christian.
I will die as a Christian." "Let the re
deemed of the Lord say so."
Efficacy of Prayer.
What a confirmation would come if all
who bad answers to prayers would speak
out; If all merchants in tight places be
cause of hard times would tell how, in re
sponse to supplication, they got the money
to pay the note; if all farmers In time of
drought would tell how, in answer to
prayer, the rain came Just In time to save
the crop; if all parent wbo prayed for a
wandering eon to come home would tell
how, uot long after, they heard the boy's
hand on the latch of the front door.
Hauiuel Hick, an English Methodist
preacher, solicited aid for West India mis
sions from a rich miser and failed. Then
the minister dropped on bis knees, and the
miser said, "I will give thee a guinea If
thou wilt give over." But the minister
continued to pray, until the miser said,
"I will give thee two guineas if thou wilt
give over." Then the money waa taken
to the missionary meeting. Oh, the pow
er of prayerl Melanchthon, utterly dis
couraged, was passing along a place where
children were heard praying, and be came
back, saying: "Brethren, take courage.
The children are praying for ua." Noth
ing can stand before prayer. An infidel
came Into a Bible class to ask puzzling
questions. Many of the neighbors came
in to hear the discussion. The iufldel
arose and said to the leader of the Bible
class, "I hear you allow queations asked '!"
"Oh, yes," said the leader, "but at the
atart let us kneel down and ask (Jod to
guide us!" "Oh, no," said the Infidel, "I
did not come to prayl I came to discuss."
"But," said the leader, "you will of course
submit to our rule, and that Ik always
to begin wlfh prayer." The leader knelt
In prayer, and then arose and mid to the
infidel, "Now you pray." The Infidel re
plied: "I cannot pray. I have no God to
pray to. Let me go! Let me go!" The
spectators, who expected fun, found noth
ing but overpowering solemnity, and a re
vival started, and among the first who
were brought In was the Iufldel. That
prayer did it. In all our lives there bave
been times when we felt that prayer was
answered. Then let us say ao.
The Value of Kind Words,
I yet rhe same outspokenness be employ
ed toward those by whom we bave beeu
personally advantaged. We wait uutll
they are dead before we aay so. l'our
parents have planned for your best inter
ests all these year. They may sometimes
their nervous system used up by the
cares, the losses, the disappointments, the
worrimenta of life, be more Irritable than
they ought to be, and they probably have
faulta which have become oppressive as
the years go by. But those eyes, long
before they took on spectacles, were
watching for your welfare, and their
hands, not as smooth and much more
deeply lined than once, have done for you
many a good day's work. Life has been
to them more of a struggle than you will
ever know about, and much of the struggle
baa been for you, and how muc'h they are
wrapped up in your welfare you will never
appreciate.
Have you by word or gift or behavior
expressed your thanks? Or if you cannot
quite get up to say it face to face, bave
you written it in some holiday salutation?
The time will soou pass and they will be
gone out of your sight, and their ears will
not hear, and their eyes will not see. If
you owe them any kindness of deed or
any words of appreciation, why do you
uot ssy so? How much we might all of
ns save ourselves in the matter of regrets
if we did net delay until too late an ex
pression of obligation that would buve
made the last years of earthly life mote
attractive. The grave is deaf, and epi
taphs on cold marble cannot make repara
tion.
The Christian Ideal.
My subject takes a wider range. The
Ixrd has hundreds of thousands of people
among those who have never joined his
army because of some high Ideal of what a
Christian should be, or because of a fear
that they may not hold out, or because of
a spirit of procrastination. They hare
never publicly professed Christ. They
have as much rkjht to the sacraments and
as much right to all the privileges of the
church aa thousands who have for yean
been enrolled in church membership, and
yet they have made no positive utterance
by which the world may know they love
God and are on the road to heaven. They
arc redeemed of rhe Isord, and yet do uot
ay no. Oh, what an augmentation it
would he if by soma divine impulse all
those outsiders should become insiders! I
tell you what would bring them lo tbeir
right places, and perhaps noising else will.
Days of persecution! If they were com
pelled to take sides aa between Christ ami
his enemies, tbey would take rhe side of
Christ, and the faggots, and the instru
ments of torture, and the anathemas of
all earth and hell would not make them
blanch. Martyrs are made out of such
stuff aa they are. But let them uot wait
for siich days, as I pray to God may never
come. Drawn by tbe sense of fairness and
Justice snd obligation, let them show rbelr
colors. Iet the redeemed of the Iord say
so!
This chapter from which I take my text
lui'tilioiis several classes of persona who
ought to be outspoken. Among them all
those who go on a journey. What an op
portunity you have, you who spend ao
mii( of your time on rail trains or on
shipboard, whether nn lake or river or sea!
Spread the story of God' goodness and
your own redemption wherever you go.
Ton will bave many a long ride beside
some ona whotn you will never see again,
some one who la waiting for mis word of
rosea or roasotatisn. Make every ral)
train and steamer a moving patera of
aools. Casual conversations bar bar
vaMsd a great boat far God.
Tsars are many GbristSta washes ka
Mrpfw, la htfM stattaaav ka BabWlfe
sat far Gas, aa aajr
Taos a'aeJa aMta, aa4
tbey get is harsh criticism or repulse, or
their own fatigue. If you have ever
heard of any good they have done, let them
know about it. If you find someone bene
fited by their alms, or their prayers, or
their cheering word, go and tell them.
They may be almost ready to give up their
mission. Tbey may be almost in despair
because of the seeming luck of results.
Oue word from you may be an ordination
that will start them on the chief work of
their lifetime. A Christian woman said
to her paxtor: "My usefulness is done. I
do not know why my life is spared any
longer, because I can do 110 good." Then
the pastor replied, "You do me great good
every Sabbath." She asked, "How do I
do you any good?" and he replied, "In
the first place you are always in your seat
In the church, and that helps me, and in
the second place you are always wido
awake and alert, looking right up into my
face, and that helps me; and in the third
place I often see tears running down your
cheeks, and that helps me." What a good
tning he did not wait until she was dead
before he said so!
Helpfulness of Appreciation
There are hundreds of ministers who
have hard work to make sermons because
no one expresses any appreciation. Tbey
are afraid of making him vain. The mo
ment the benediction is pronounced they
turn on their heels and go out. Perhaps it
was a subject on which he bad put espe
cial pains. He sought for the right text,
and then did his best to put tbe old thought
into some new shape. He had prayed that
it might go to the hearts of the people,
lie had added to the argument the most
vivid illustrations he could think of. He
had delivered all with a power that left
him nervously exhausted. Five hundred
people may have been blessed by it, aud
resolved upon a higher life and nobler pur
poses. Yet all he hears is the clank of
tue pew door, or the shuffling of feet In
the aisle, or some remark about the weath
er, the last resort of inanity. Why did
not that man come up and aay frankly,
"lou have done me good?" Why did not
some woman come up and say, "I shall
go home to take up the burden of life
more cheerfully?" Why did not soma
professional man come up and say:
"Thank you, dominie, for that good ad
vice. I will take It God bless you." Why
did they not tell him so? I bave known
ministers, in the nervous reaction that
comes to some after the delivery of a ser
mon with no seeming result, to go home
and roll on tbe floor in agony.
But to make up for this lack of out'
poken religion there needs to be and will
be a great day when, amid the solemni
ties and grandeurs of a listening universe,
Ood will "say o." No statistics can
state how many mothers have socked
cradles and hovered over infantile sick
nesses and brought up their families to
manhood and womanhood and launched
them upon useful and successful lives and
yet never rec eived one "Thank you!" that
amounted to anything. Tbe daughters
became queens in social life or were affi
anced in highest realms of prosperity;
the sons took the first honors of the uni
versity and became radiant In monetary
or professional spheres. Now tho secret
of all that uplifted maternal Influence
must come out. Society did not aay so,
the church did not say so, the world did
not say so, but on that day of all other
days, the last day, God will say so.
There are men to whom life la a grind
and a conflict, hereditary tendencies to be
overcome, accidental environments to be
endured, appalling opposition to be met
and conquered, and they never so much as
had a rose pinned to their coat lapel In
admiration. They never had a song dedi
cated to their name. They never had a
book presented to them with a compli
mentary word on the fly leaf. AU they
have to show for their lifetime battle U
scars. But in the last day the story will
come out, and that life will be put In boly
and transcendent rhythm, and their cour
age and persistence and faith and victory
will not only be announced, but rewarded.
"These are they that came out of great
tribulation and bad their robes washed
and made white in the blood of the Lamb."
God will say ao!
Last Judgment.
We miss one of tbe chief ideas of a last
judgment. We put into the picture tbe
fire, and rue smoke, and the earthquake,
and the descending angels, aud tbe upris
ing dead, but we omit to put into the pic
ture that which makes the last judgaient
a magnificent opportunity. We omit the
fact that It is to be a day of glorious ex
planation and commendation. The first
justice that millions of unrewarded aud
unrecognised and unappreciated men and
women get will be on that day when ser
vices rhat never called forth so much as a
newspaper line of finest pearl or diamond
type, aa the printer term it, shall be
called up for coronation. That will be the
day of enthronement for those whom the
world calls "nobodies." Joshua, wbo
commanded the sun and moon to stand
still, needs 110 last judgment to get justice
doue him, but those men do need a last
judgment w ho at times, In all armies, un
der the most violent assault, in obedience
to command, themselves stood still. Deb
orah, wbo encouraged Barak to bravery
In battle against the oppressors of Israel,
needs no laat Judgment to get justice done
her, for thousands of years have clapped
her applause. But the wives who In all
ages have encouraged their husbands In
the battles of life, women wboee names
were hardly known beyond tbe next street
or tbe next farmhouse, must have God
aay to thetn: "You did well! You did glo
riously! I saw you down In that dairy. 1
watched you In the old farmhouse mend
ing those children's clothes. I beard what
you aald in the way of cheer when the
breadwinner of the household was in de
spair. I remember all the sick cradles you
bars sung to. I remember tbe backaches,
tbe headaches, the heartaches. I know
tha atory of your knitting needle as well as
I kaow rba atory af a queans seep sr.
Taar cMda on ths heaveoif kHl la all
ready far poa. Oa at aod Uka ltt" A4
tsralag tha aaiaalaal multitude af
haavon ha arUI aay, Tnxa did wast ah
sobM." Os4 wSU say so.
Sosrsr: la Ua
' Drttas teva fcl Vaatn
M Wnd h BaT$r,
Ombb fa kavtraat
WINTER'S LAST WEAR
BUMMER GOODS INTRUDETHEIR
CHILLY PERSONALITY.
Enongh Cold Weather Left, However,
to Make Timely a Chat Upon Furs
Some of the Mew Bids for Public
Favor.
Fair Woman's World.
Nsw York correspsudsuce:
EW summer cot
tons are appearing
In the shop win
dows, but-rpooh !
tbey look bo terri
fyiugly cold that
they are a discour
aging topic. Linen
color, black and
butter color, the
last somewhat sub
dued, are going' to
be the dominant
shades, to Judge by
tbe present Indications, but tbe woman
that will buy a cotton dress pattern
now must have courage and confidence
enough to start out to whip England
Ingle-banded. Still there's no fun In
sewing In summer, and that must be
tha cause for women' buying July
dreaaea In January, for they really do
It, beginning tbe planning Just as soon
aa the holiday are over and tbe debts
tbey leave are paid. But there' enough
of winter left to make timely the con
alderatlon of dresses now worn. Look
tbe faablonablea over and there'e more
fur than cotton In Bight Indeed, the
awagger woman wear fur collar a
lot more than abe ought to Just because
they are ao pretty. The trouble 1 that
HIS! PRINCESS, BUT WITH JAf KIT ZT-
ritT.
when tbe weather all of a sudden be
comes severe she can't make herself
warm, no matter how tightly abe draw
that collar that ought not to bar been
worn till there was really need for It.
Tbla relegating the wearing of fur to
aueh time aa it la really needed 1
severe doctrine, especially forthe wom
an wbo baa put her all Into a coat or
caps, but It baa sense to support it.
In such a scarf of Norwegian marten
talks aa that In the first picture there
la not enough warmth to condemn It
on warm days, and It makes a very
pretty finish for the lace vest, which I
lined, with white Bilk. Tbe remainder
of tbe bodice Is of blue brocaded silk,
and tbe plain skirt la of tan cloth satin
lined. The muff here Is of marten, of
course, and la worn without ribbon or
chain, which la the ububI way of car
rying muffs thla year, but when tbe
dress Is of a somber sort It may be en
livened by using a ribbon aud a showy
on. 8ah ribbon with dresden figur
ing In blight colors Is then used and Is
tied la a big many-looped bow at the
back of the neck. Ths effect la much
resorted to In skating costumes, and In
soma cases tha bow has streamers that
float back as the akater skims the Ice,
adding much to the plcttjresqueness of
the rig, at small effort or outlay.
11 the talk about the modification of
leeres does not seem to affect rbe
A WSJ.L-KATAHI.ISHBU TYPE.
alswves wsrn In the leaat, and a woman
may uae ber odd six yards to make a
Tanning pair of sleeves. The rest of
tas dress may be Juat as plain aa can
ba, and tbe result la not only drsssy, but
tt la gained In a manner that baa the
MBtJtk of apod taste. ObUui mads
rsks abas), ad behl on ths aboordara
fry trap that aaaw to tha baH, at
MMta T Bsta, rsrroi fttf, of sakjiktat
Its k mi taa mataftal ot tha Mat af
the princess cut, you make the bodice
part severely plain or you may trim It
so freely that it will bave very much
tbe same appearance as a fancy waist
In the costume that was chosen for the
artist's second sketch, the princess fea
ture did not prevent the simulation of
a long jacket by means of bands of
sable that ran over the Blioulders to end
at the base of the yoke in tbe back.
This gown was of dahlia velvet fasten
ing Invisibly at the side, and Its skirt
was untrimnied, but was stiffened Into
deep godets. Tbe Itodlce had a deep
round yoke, alike In back and front, of
white velvet eultjroldered with Jet and
steel spangles, with sleeve caps to
match. The four buttons were ex
tremely handsome affairs of cut steel.
A wall went up from the average
woman when k was reported that fancy
waists were to be permitted no more.
AN RXPERIMKNTAL BID.
Visions of the horrid necessity of mak
ing a whole gown all of one kind of
doth terrified the economical woman of
taste. It seemed as if we simply couldn't
drags unless allowed to make the most
of odds and ends, and as a matter of
fact we decided we couldn't The result
is that the day of odds and ends has
been renewed, and the economical
woman who baa taste Is better off than
before. Nor are silk w&btts gone out;
tbey are no more likely to than Is the
forever-established summer shirt waist
The time Is gone by when fashion dic
tates; she merely offers for approval
now, and when women approve tbey
bold on to what they like, though tbe
wily dame scream herself blue In tbe
face, they won't surender to her whtma.
Turn to the next picture. Doe that
look as If silk bodices were not to be?
Not when you realize that this Is of
cream-wliite silk, Its cut-away edge
embroidered with vari-oolored spangles
and black Jet. The portion left open In
front la filled in with a vest of rose
pink satin, covered with chiffon of the
tame shade, which also gives a small
round yoke In back, edged with narrow
er embroidery like that on the 1830
sleeve trapes. The elbow sleeves, plain
AS BI.ABOHATK JACKXT BODICI.
stock collar and godet skirt are an of
tbe white silk.
It seem odd nowaday to see a dress
that flu tightly and smoothly In front,
but tbe dressmaker are constantly ex
pertmentlng with a view to hitting up
on something that will be ao well liked
aa to bring about a general change, and
this next dress Is a very recent bid. It
was Intended for a simple house wear,
and was In green cloth, plain aa to both
skirt and bodice. A lace ruff and Jabot
garnished this model, and Its maker
pointed out that It whs susceptible of
adornment by all sorts of lace and rib
bon yokes, chiffon fichus, etc. Tbl Is
guile true, and a plain satin belt would
reMeve ths look of severity at the waltit,
too.
Small la tbe effort at plainness 11111 de
In the bodice of tbe final picture. It
hat a amall ripple basque, and 1b em
broidered at either side of tbe plain
vest with green silk soutache braid.
Emersld green velvet gives the jacket
parts, which are short and loose In
front and hare amall tabs falling on ths
tan cloth basque. The high collar !
wired, and a lace Jabot with silk stock
collar arc added. Hlesvss and skirt
are of tha tan ckrth, both boing per
fectly plain.
Oopyrtfbt, 1M.
U pari moat mads laat turomar ta
Baropa show that tha amount of radla
ttoa Psestvsd from tha ana on tha aar
fas of ths sarth la a dsar aa la gvsat
ar wtfh a osk-Ma thaa wtft a Mht
Mawikr. la tha rr aaaa thara k a
bfcjMr tsatfew of tha watar vapor to
iA BURNING MINE.
ft Has Smoldered for Twenty Yearaj
and Uefuses to Be Put Ont. !
It was twenty years ago that some)
rats carried a bit of oily waste intoi
their hole in No. i coal mine in Locust
Mountain, Carbon County, Pennsylva
nia. The waste took fire from sponta
neous combustion, and for two decades
tbe coal iu that very valuable vein has
been burning. The fire has resisted
every effort to put It out the ordinarily
successful means utterly failing, and
as a result 1,000,00 tons of coal nave
gone to waste. When I visited what
had once been a mine, says a corre
spondent, the lire had been marked off
within a distinct area and probably tho
final effort was being made to quench
the flame that was consuming what re
mained of the million tons of coal that
once filled the space. Through the
baked and parched surface there pour
ed Into tbe air great volumes of pollut
ing gases that showed tbe fierceness of
the combustion underneath. The at
mosphere was sickening with tbe
weight of sulphur It carried.
Men just quitting work for tbe day
stopped at a little embankment near
us. One with bis heavy-soled boot
kicked away tbe upper crust and with
a atlck scraped a little hot pebble In
his pipe, aud, after a few drawa, walk
ed on with his companions, leaving a
thin blue trail of tobacco smoke feo-
hlud.
"Old Jim" Andrews opened the mlna
thirty odd years ago, but it history
ouly became eventful after 1873, An
drews started on a water level and
worked along for some years withoot
encountering any serious accident or
producing any considerable quantity
of coal. He had turned gangways earn
and west and opened a small number
of breasts, proving that coal was there
In abundance. Then tbe Lehigh Vattey
and Wllkesburre Coal and Navigation
Company, owners of the bind, reclaim
ed It.
It Is not In tbe length of time this fire
has burned that It la unique. At East
Plus Knot colliery, near Pottsvllle, an
underground fire has raged for mora
than thirty year. At Wades vllle, J
tha same neighborhood, a vein has
burned for forty years. The latter
rain crops out at the Burface, and tha
fire frequently glrsa It a very volcanic
appearance at night But In nsltbec
case, and tbey are cited only aa exam
ples of many, has there been anything
like tbe amount of destruction, nor has
tbe fire shown aueh a stubborn resist
ance, a this at No. 6. In fact, In those
cases the fire was Just blocked off and
allowed to burn away.
Mine No. 0 was flooded, but tbe fire
still burned. It was "sealed," every
possible opening by which air could get
In was cemented up, chemicals sup
posed to be deadly to fire were put iu,
and other means were employed, but
still the fire burns on.
A recent iucldent Illustrates with
what violence the pent-up vapor and
gas force their way to the surface,
Home of the men were aent to tha clay
bank for material to atop a new mamV
festation. One had an Iron drill, which
he thrust two or three times Into ths
embankment, when suddenly there wa4
an explosion, a rush of many strong
winds that blew tbe men a dosen yarda
away and enveloped them in a great
cloud of steam and duf. The drill,
wrenched from the man's hands, wai
found fifty yards below. J
Tba contest was waged, thus uniM
1890, when, the burning area having
been well defined on the surface, dasg
cuts were dug transversely to the vela
on each aide of tbe fire. Tbe strata oi
rock, clay and alatea covering the eooj
wua stripped off, and the uncovered
coal was taken out down to the bottom
slate.
The coal saved by ths stripping In tlw
cuts waa run down tho mountain aiU
by gravity, prepared for the New Yorl
market at the breaker No. 5 colliery
and sold to redeem, in part, the money
so uselessly spent in thla twenty years'
war with an unseen, but none the lost
destructive, Are.
Making Death Certain.
In Germany the view obtains that
the execution of criminal should bs
by some means more certain even thaa
the electric chair. Dr. B. Cuhmann, a
celebrated chemlat, auggests ths uss of
carbolic acid. According to his plan,
the criminal would be carried to a cell
which can be filled noiselessly with
carbolic acid In gaseous form from Boot
to celling. When ths gas reaches the
delinquent's mouth and nose It cause
Instant paralysis of the lungs and un
consciousness, and life departs without
nrevlous pain.
Ornamenting the Smiths.
There Is a Smith family In Ohio with
peculiar givsn names. The father la
the Rev. Jeremiah Prophet Elijah
Hmith. HIa sons are named Most No
ble Festus and Sir Walter Scott Bart,
and his daughters Juan Fernandez 1st
and and Terra Del Fuego.
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