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Enemy to Con(l"?Jc.
In a recent sermon at Brooklyn Rev
T. De Witt
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remnant of giants, Ul-""
of iron; is it not in BabbatU of the
children of Ammon? Nine cubits yas
the length thereof and four cubits the
breadth of it" Talmage said-
Tbe story " giants is mixed vith
myth. AVUIiam the Conqueror was
said to have been of over-toworing
altitude, but, when in after time, his
tomb was'opened, his bones indicated
that he had been physically of only
ordinary size. Roland the hero va
said to have been of astoundingstature,
but when his sepulchre was examined,
his armor was found only large
enough to fit an ordinary man. Alex
ander the Great had helmets and
.hields of enormous size made and left
among the people whom he had con
quered, so as to give the impression
that he was a giant, although he
was rather under than over the usual
height of a man. Rut that in other
days and lands there were real giants
is authentic. One of the guards of the
duke of Brunswick was eight and a
Jialf feet high. In a museum in Lon
don is the skeleton of Charles Birne,
-eight feet four inches in stature. The
emperor Maximin was over eight feet
Pliny tells of a giant nine feet high
and two other giants nine and a -half
feet So I am not incredulous when-1
come to my text and find King Og a
giant, and the size of his bcadstead,
turning the cubits of the text into feet
the beadsteai of Og, the king, must
have been about thirteen and a-half
feet long. Judging from that the
giant who occupied it was probably
about eleven feet in stature, or nearly
twice the average human size. There
was no need of Rabbinical writers try
ing to account for the presence of this
giant. King Og, as they did, by saying
that he came down from the other side
of the flood, being tall enough to wade
the waters beside Noan's ark, or that
he rodo on the top of the ark, the pas
sengers insi le the ark daily providing
him with fooi. There was nothing
supernatural about him. lie was sim
ply a monster in size.
Cyrus and Solomon slept on beds of
rgold and Sardanapalus had 150 bed--steads
of gold burned up with him, but
this bedstead of my text was of iron
-everything sacrificed for strength to
Jiold this excessive avoirdupois, this
-Alp of bone and flesh. No wonder this
couch was kept as a curiosity at Rab
bath, and people went from far and
near to see it, just as now the people
.go to museums to behold the armor of
' the ancients. You say what a fighter
this giant, King Og, must have been.
No doubt of it I suppose the size of
1 his sword and breastplate corresponded
to the size of his bedstead, and his
stride across the battle field and the
full stroke of his arm must have been
appalling. With an armed host he
comes down to drive back the Israel
ites, who are marching on from- Egypt
to Canaan. We have no particulars of
the battle, but I think the Israelites
trembled when they saw this monster
of a man moving down to crush them.
Alas for the Israelites! Will their
(roubles never cease? What can men
five and a half feet high do against
this warrior of eleven feet, and
what can short swords do against
a sword whose gleam must
have been like a flash of lightning?
The battle of Edrei opened. Moses
and bis army met the giant and his
army. The Lord of hosts descended
into the fight and the gigantic strides
that Og had made when advancing into
the battle were more than equaled by
the gigantic strides with which he re
treated. Huzza for triumphant Israel!
Sixty fortified cities surrendered to
them. A land of indescribable opu
lence comes into their possession, and
all that is left of the giant king is the
.iron bedstead. "Nine cubits was the
:length thereof and four cubits was the
breadth thereof."
Why did not the Bible give us the
-size of the giant instead of the size of
the bedstead? Why did it not indicate
that the man was eleven feet high in
stead of telling us that his couch was
thirteen and a-half feet long? No
doubt among other things it was to
teach us that you can judge a man by
hb surroundings. Show me a man's
associates, show mo a man's books,
' show me a man's home, and I will tell
you what he is without your telling me
one word about him. You cannot
only tell a man according to the old
.adage, "By the company he keeps,"
dmt by the books he reads, by the pict
ures he admires, by the church he at
'tends, by the places he visits. Moral
giants and moral pigmies, intellectual
giants and intellectual pigmies, like
physical giants or physical pigmies,
may be judged by their surroundings.
That man has been thirty years faith
ful in attendance upon churches and
prayer meetings and Sunday schools,
and putting himself amongintensely re
ligious associations. lie may have his
imperfections, but he is a very good
man. Great is his religious stature.
That other man has been for thirty
years among influences intensely world
ly and he has shut himself out from all
other influences, and his religious
stature is that of a dwarf. No man
ever has been or can be indepsndent of
his surroundings social, intellectual,
moral, religious. The Bible indicates
the length of the giant by the length
of his bedstead. Let no man say: "I
will be good," and yet keep evil snr
Toundings. Let no man sav: "I will be
faithful as a Christian." andyetcon
sort chiefly with worldlings. You arc
proposing an everlasting impossibilitr.
When a man departs this li.o you can
tell what has been his influence in a
community for good by those who
mourn for him and by how sincere and
' long continued are the regrets of his
taking off. Thai may be no pomp or
obsequies, and no pretense at epitaphe
ology, but you can tell how high he
was in consecration and how high in
usefulness by how long is his shadow
when ho comes to lie down.
What is true of individuals is true of
cities and nations. Show m the free
libraries and schools of a city, and I
will tell you the intelligence of its peo
ple. Show mo its gallery of painting
and sculpture, and I will tall you the
artistic advancement of it3 citizens.
Show me its churches, and I will tell
you the moral and religious status of
the place. From the fact that Og's
bedstead was thirteen and a-half feet
long, I conclude the giant himself was
about eleven feet high. But let no one
by this thought be induced to surrender
to unfavorable environments. A man
can make his own bedstead. Chantrey
and Hugh Miller were born stone
masons, but the one became an im
mortal sculptor and the other a Chris
tian scientist whose name will never
die. Turner, the painter, in whose
praise John Ruskin expended the
greatest genius of his life, was the son
of a barber who advertised "a penny a
shave.'' Dr. Pridcaux, one of the
greatest scholars of all time, earned
his wa3' through college by scouring
pots and pans. The late Judge Rrad
lny worked his own way up from a
charcoal burner to the bench of the su
preme court of the United States. Yes,
a man can decide the size of his own
bedstead.
Notice furthermore that even giants
must rest Such enormous physical
endowment on the part of King Og
might suggest the capacity to stride
across all fatigue and. omit slumber.
No. He required an iron bedstead.
Giants must rest Not apnreciating
that fact, how man' of the giants
yearly break down. Giants in busi
ness, giants in art, giants in eloquence,
giants in usefulness. They live not
out more than half their days. They
try to escape the consequence of over
work by a voyage across the sea or a
sail in a summer yacht, or call on
physician for relief from insomnia or
restoration of unstrung nerves or the
arrest of apoplexies, when all they
need is what this giant of my text re
sorted to an iron bedstead. Let no
one think becausehehasgrcatstrength
of body or mind that he can afford
to trifle with his unusual gifts- The
commercial world, the literary world,
the artistic world, the political world,
the religious world, are all time aqnakc
with the crash of falling giants. King
Og, no doubt, had a throne but the Bible
never mentions his throne. King Og. no
doubt had a crown, but the Bible never
mentions his crown. King Og, no
doubt, had a scepter, but the Bible docs
not mention his scepter. Yet, one of
the largest verses of the Bible is taken
up in describing his bedstead. Sd God
all up and down the Bible honors sleep.
Adam, with his head on a pillow of
Edenic roses, has his slumber blest by
a divine gift of bcautifut companion
ship. Jacob, with his head on a pillow
of rock, has his sleep glorified with a
ladder filled with descending and
ascending angels. Christ, with a pillow
made out of the folJed up coat of a
fisherman, honors slumber in the back
part of the storm tossed boat
The only case of accident to sleep
mentioned in the Bible was when
Eutychus fell from a window during a
sermon of Paul, who had preached until
midnight but that was not so much a
condemnation of sleep as a censure of
long sermons. More sleep is what the
world wants. Economize in every
thing but sleep.
Notice, furthermore, that God's peo
ple on the way to Canaan need not be
surprised if they confront some sort of
a giant Had not the Israelitifh host
had trouble enough already? No! Red
sea not enough. Water famine not
enough. Long marches not enough.
Opposition by enemies of ordinary
stature not enough. They must meet
Og. the giant of the iron bedstead.
"Nine cubits was the length thereof
and four cubits the breadth of it"
Why not let these Israelites go smooth
ly into Canaan without this gigantic
opposition? O, they needed to have
their courage and faith further tested
and developed! And blessed the man,
who, in our time, in his march toward
the promised land does not meet more
than one giant
Brethren, I have made up my mind
that e will have to fight all the way
up to the promised land. I used to
think that after a while I would get
into a time where it would be smooth
and easy, but the time does not come
and it will never come in this world.
By the time King Og is used up so that
he cannot get into his iron bedstead
some other giant of opposition looms
up to dispute our way. Let us stop
looking for an easy time and make it a
thirty years' war, or a sixty years' war,
or a hundred years' war if we live so
long.
Must I be caricd to the sides
On flowery beds of case,
While others fought to win the prize
And sailed throusn bloody seas
Do you know the name of the big
gest giant that you can possibly meet
and you will meet him? He is not
eleven feet high, but one hundred feet
high. His bedstead is as long as the
continent His name is Doubt His
common food is infidel books and skep
tical lectures and ministers who do not
know whether the Bible is inspired at
all or inspired in spots, and Christians
who are more infidel than Christian.
You will never reach the promised
land unless you slay that giant. Kill
Doubt or Doubt will kill you. How to
overcome this giant? Pray for faith,
go with people who have faith, read
everything that encourages faith,
avoid as you would ship fever and
smatl-pox the people who lack faith.
In tnis battle against King Og use not
for weapons the crutch of a limping
Christian or the sharp pen of a con
troversialist, but the sword of truth,
which is the word of God. The word
"if" is made up of the same number of
letters as the word Og," and it is just
as big a giant If the Bible be true.
If the soul be immortal. If Christ bo
God. If our belief and behavior here
decide our future destiny. If. If. If.
I hate that word "if." Noah Webster
iays it is a conjunction; I say it is an
aimed giant Satan breathed upon it
a curse when he said to Christ: "If
Thou be the Son of God." What a
dastardly and infamous "it" Against
that giant "it" hurl Job's "I know"
and Paul's "I know." "I know
that my Redeemer livcth." "I know
in whom I have believed." Down
with the "if"' and up with
"I know." O, that giant Doubt is such
a cruel giant! It attacks many in the
last hour.
Another impression from my subject:
The march of the church cannot bo im
peded by gigantic opposition. That
Israelitish host led on by Moses was
the church and when Og, the giant,
him of the iron bedstead, came out
against him with another host a fresh
host against one that seemed worn out
things must have looked bad for
Israel. No account is given of the bed
stead of Moses, except that one in
which he first slept tho cradle of
aquatic vegetation oa the Nile, where
the wife of Chcnephres, the king, found
the floating babe and, having no child
of her own, adopted him. Moses of
ordinary size against Og of extraordi
nary dimensions. Besides that Og was
backed by sixty fortified cities,
Moses was backed up seemingly
by nothing but the d;ssrt that
had worn him and his army into
a group of undisciplined and ex
hausted stragglers. But the Israelites
triumphed. If you spell the name of
Og backward, you turn it into the word
"Go," and Og was turned backward
and made to go. With Og's downfall
all the sixty cities surrendered. Noth
ing was left of the giant except his
iron bedstead, which was kept in a
museum at Rabbath to show how tall
and stout he once was. So shall the
last giant of opposition in the church's
march succumb. Not sixty cities cap
tured, but all the cities. Not only on
one side of Jordon, but on both sides
of all the rivers. The day is corning.
Hear it all ye who are doing something
for the conquest of the world for God
and the truth, the time will come when,
as there was nothing left of Og, the
giant, but the iron bedstead kopt at
Rabbath as a curiosity, there will be
nothing left of the giants of iniquity
except something for the relic hunters
to examine.
Which of the giants will be the last
slain I know not but there will be a
museum somewhere to hold the relics
of what they once were. A rusted
sword will be hung up the only relio
of the giant of war. A demijohn the
only relic of the giant of inebriation.
A roulette ball the only relic of the
giant of hazard. A pictured certificate
of watered stock the only relic of
stock gambling. A broken knife the
only relic of the giant of assassination.
A yellow copy of Tom Paine the only
relic of the giant of unbelief. And
that museum will do for the later ages
of the world what the iron bedstead at
Rabbath did for the earlier ages. Do
you not see it makes all the difference
in the world whether we are fighting
on toward a miserable defeat or to
ward a final victory? All the Bible
promises prophesy tho latter, and
so I cheer you who are tho
troops of God, and though many
things are dark now, like Alex
ander, I review the army by torchlight
and I give you the watchword which
Martin Luther proclaimed: "The Lorfl
of hosts!" "The Lord of hosts!" and I
cry out exultingly, with Oliver Crom
well at the battle of Dunbar: "Let God
arise; let His enemies be scattered."
Make all the preparations for the
world's evangelization. Have the faith
of Robert and Mary Moffatt, the mis
sionaries, who after preaching in
Bcchuanaland for ton years without
one convert were asked what they
would like to have sent them by way
of gift from England, said: "Send a
communion service for it will suroly be
needed," and sure enough the expected
ingathering of many souls was realized
and the communion service arrived in
time to celebrate it Appropriately
did that missionary write in an album
when his autograph was requested:
My album is the savage breast
Where darkness reiens and tempests wrest.
Without one ray of light,
To write the name ot Jesus there,
And point to worlds both bright and fair,
And see the savage bowed in prayer,
Is my supremo delight.
Whatever your work and wherever
your work for God forward! Yon in
your way and I in my way. With holy
pluck fight on with something of the
strength of Thomas Troubridge, who
at Inkermann had one leg shot off and
the foot of the other leg, and when they
proposed to carry him off the field re
plied: "No, I do not move until tha
battle is won." Whatever be
the rocking of the church or
state, hava the calmness of
the aged woman in an earthquake that
frightened everybody else, and who,
when asked if she was not afraid, said:
"No, I am glad that I have a God who
can shake the world." Whether your
work bo to teach a Sabbath class, or
nurse an invalid, or reform a wanderer,
or print a tract, or train a household,
or bear the querulousncss of senility,
or cheer the disheartened, or lead a
soul to Christ, know that by fidelity
you may help hasten the time when
the world shall be snowed under
with white lily and incardined
with red rose. And now I bargain
with you that we will come back
some day from our superstellar abode
to see how the world looks when it
shall be fully emparadised its last
tear wept, its last wound healed, its
last shackle broken, its last desert
gardenized, its last giant of iniquity
decapitated. And when we land may
it be somewhere near this spot of earth
where wo have together toiled and
struggled for the kingdom of God, and
may it bs about this hour in the high
noon of some glorious Sabbath, look
ing into the upturned faces of some
great audience radiant with holiness
and triumph.
Torture.
"Did you hear of tho horrible tortura
Mrs. Gabble was put to yesterday?"
"No. What was it?"
"She had a tooth filled."
"Fudge! That didn't hurt her much."
"Didn't hurt her at all. but she had
to stop talking for two hours," Brook
lyn Eagle, A
LAND SHARPERS.
Hbarka Reaping a Harvest at the Rxpens
or Old Soldier The swindling Schema
Coming to Light.
Washington, March 15. Letters
from old soldiers in regard to the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe lands are pouring
in upon Missouri and Kansas Consress
men. They show that unscrupulous
persons are reaping a great harvest at
the expsnsc of the veterans. The lat
ter are being led to believe that b
giving a power of attorney and a feo
of $20, or thereabouts they can
have filed for them a declaratory
statement which will entitle them
to enter ICO acres of this Chey
enne and Arapahoe land auy time
within six months. From the number
of letters received here by congress
men within the pastfew weeks it looks
as if this new trick had been p!ayed
upon hundreds if not thousands of old
soldiers in the southwestern states.
Said a Missouri congressman: "No
such declaratory statements can bo
filed now. The Cheyenne and Arapa
hoe lands have not been allotted, much
less thrown open to settlement. The
acceptance of those fees on the under
standing that the statements can be
filed now is a great fraud."
Many of the letters which have come
are evidently inspired from a common
source. They are in identically the
same form, and call attention to the
following clause in the Harvey b.ll
pending for the opening of the Chey
enne and Arapahoe reservations: "And
personal settlement Ibn said Cheyenne
and Arapahoe reservations shall be a
condition precedent to entry thereon
at the proper land office, and each set
tler upen any of said reservations shall
be allowed a period of six months after
the settlement thereon in which to
make such filing."
The writers then go on to say that
this will practically repeal the United
States statute which allows old soldiers
to file declaratory statements through
an agent and have six months to make
entry upon the land. In other words,
the narvey bill stands in the way of
the persons who are gathering in the
S20 bills right and left in Missouri and
Kansas and promising to file declara
tory statements as agents for the old
soldiers.
'COAL AND IRON SYNDICATES.
Two ImmriMn fine .Merged Negotiations
Fending For Some Time Successfully L'oa
miinmated. New York. March 13. The negotia
tions which have been pending for tho
past two weeks for a combination of
the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway
Co. with the Debardelban Coal & Iron
Co. have been successfully consum
mated. The capital of the Debardel
ban company was 510,000,000 in
stock and S3.030.000 in bonds; that
of the Tennessee was So.000,000 in
bonds, 51,000,003 in preferred stock and
59,000,000 common stock. That is to
say, the two companies represented a
capitalization of S19.030.000 in common
stock, Sl.000.000 in preferred stock and
58,000,000 of bonded indebtedness.
The capital stock of what may be
termed the new company will be
517.000,000 common and Sl.-
000,000 preferred stock; 51.000,000
of this 517,000,000 will remain in the
treasury. It will be seen that the
joint capital stock has been scaled
down, not increased. The Tennesseo
Coal & Iron Co. at present owns 23,000
acres of coal and iron land, chiefly in
Alabama, and has ten blast furnaces
and 1,100 coke ovens. Its daily output
is about 1,000 tons of pig iron and
0,300 tons of coaL The Debardel
ban company represents the con
solidation of a half dozen corpora
tions. It at first absorbed the Besse
mer Iron & Steel Co., then the Littla
Belle and next the Eureka and the
Henry Ellen. All this absorption has
taken place within the last four years.
This company owns 100,000 acres of
coal and iron lands in the Warrior and
Tehaba coal basins of Alabama. It
has seven blast furnaces and 1,040 coko
ovens. Its daily output is 700 tons of
pig iron and 3,000 tons of coal.
CHARGED TO GARZA.
Twu iJodles Fonml Hanging Near tlie Mex
ican Line Suppixed to llave Iteen the
Work oi (iarza'n Men.
Laredo, Tex.. March 13. A Mexican
came into Laredo and reported a ghast
ly find to the authorities. He says t.iat !
on last Monday while engaged in cut- j
ting grass not far from LI Pato ranch,
in Ensinal county, he came suddenly
upon the body of a man hang
ing to the limb of a mesquite.
The bodv was that of a Mcxi an,
about 30 years old. and apparently j
had not been hanging more than
twenty hours. The rope used was a
small grass rope, which was well se
cured to tho limb. On the ground not
far from the body were several empty
Winchester cartridges. The locality is
a wild and unsettled stretch of country
and several miles from the nearest
ranch. The reason given by the Mexi
can why he had not reported the mat
ter wi that hCs master was absent
from the ranch and he could not leave.
Tie relation of this find had hardly
beeti made when another reported the
finding of another body hanging not
many miles from where the first ono
was located. Sheriff Renavides sent
out immediately a deputy sheriff to in
vestigate the affair. There is no clew
yet as to whom these lawless acts are
to be attributed, though there is an
opinion" expressed that these hangings
are the deeds of Garza's men, who thus
seek revenge upon those Mexicans
whom they suspect of havingaided and
abetted the United States troops id
hunting down Garza's revolutionists.
Death of Grand Duke Luilwlg IV.
Darmstadt. March 13. Grand Duko
Ludwig IV. died at 1:15 yesterday morn
ing. He was unconcious throughout
the preceding part of the night. Three
of hi daughters and Prince Ernst Lud
wig. his heir, wore at his bedside at
the time of his death. The city is in
mourning. In the English quarter,
where the grand dnke was especially
popular, many houses are draped.
A Prominent Republican of Texas ried.
Austin, Tes., March li J. L lielL
; a prominent republican of thio state, is
j dead. "He was well known in. "Washing
I ton.
DYNAMITE IN PARIS.
Attempt to Wreck the Harrack of the Re
publican Guard-Narrow Escape of Sol
diers. Paris. March 10. It is very evident
that the anarchists, or whoever it was
who stole the dynamite cartridges from
the Seine quarries, are endeavoring to
inaugurate a reign of terror in this city,
and. to judge from the consternation
that prevai.s in certain quarter., it is
also evident that they are succeeding.
It does not, of course, follow that all
the explosions that have recently oc
curred were caused by these stolen
cartridges, but there is no doubt that
the anarchists have a large quantity of
dynamite that the police in their raids
have not succeeding in cap luring.
At 1:-J3 o'clock this morning a terrific
explosion occurred at the Lobau bar
racks, occupicl by the "Republican
guard," adjoining the Hotel de Ville.
In a moment a scene of the wildest ex
citement prevailed. The barracks aro
occupied by S00 guards, but they were
not all in the building. There were,
however, a largo number of people in
the barracks. Suddenly awakened by
the tremendous roar and shock that
seemed ti threaten the demolition of
the structure, the men sprang through
the windows, thinking that any mo
ment the walls would come toppling
down upon them.
The people who were in the streets at
that early hour hastened to the scene,
and tho streets in the vicinity were
soon filled with an excited crowd. Tho
police at once began an investigation
and soon learned that a dynamite car
tridge had been placed upon the ledge
of a window of the mess room, which
is on the ground flour of the barracks.
Pieces of the copper casing of the
cartridge and bits of a fuse were found
and these explained the methods the
miscreants had employed. Uv the
greatest good luck all the guards es
caped without injury, and the only
harm done was to the barracks and the
buildings in the vicinity. Hundreds of
windows were shattered and the walls
of the barracks and other buildings
bear traces of the explosion.
Experts have been examining the
fragments of copper found by the po
lice and their investigation leads to the
belief that the shell used was one of
the melinite cartridges used by the
army, but that the melinite had been
removed and the shell filled with a
specially prepared powder.
A cabinet council was held this after
noon at which President Carnot signed
a bill introducing a clause in the penal
code, making the wilful destruction of
property bv means of explosives pun
ishable with death. This clause will
be introduced in the chamber of depu
ties this afternoon.
The frequency of anarchistic out
rages of late has caused a general feel
ing of consternation in Paris. It is be
lieved that the anarchists will gain
courage from their immunity from ar
rest, for the police have not succeeded
in detecting the authors of any of the
explosions, and serious apprehension is
felt regarding the action they may take
on May day.
WITHOUT THE PALE.
Colombia. Ilayti and Venezuela to IJo Pro
claimed Outside the Lines or ICeciproclty
With This Country.
Washington, March 16. In accord
ance with the provisions of section 3
of tbe tariff act of 1890, known as the
reciprocity section, on January 7
last Secretary Blaine informed
the representatives in this city of
Austria-Hungary, Colombia. Ilayti,
Honduras. Nicaragua and Spain for
the Phillipine islands and Venezuela
that unless some understanding was
reached as to a commercial arrange
ment before March 15 the president
would be compelled to issue his procla
mation imposing the duties fixed in that
section on sugar, molasses, coffee and
hides, products of the countries named.
A commercial arrangement with Nicar
agua has already been published.
It is understood that a similar arrange
ment has been agreed upon with Hon
duras and will be announced within a
few days; also that Austrii-Hungary
has made a definite proposition, as like
wise Spain regarding the Phillippine isl
ands, which give promise of early
and satisfactory adjustment. This
leaves only Colombia, Ilayti and Vene
zuela subject to action under the tariff
law, and to these countries the presi
dent to-day issued his proclamation de
claring the duties set forth in sec
tion 3 in force as to sugar, molasses,
coffee and hides imported from them.
Separate proclamations of the same
purport are issued to each country.
The English Coal Strikers.
London, March 10. The Times sng
rractc tlint. lindins of roval engineers
should be sent by the government to j
keep the mine pumps working during .
the contmuauce of the miner.-,' strike
in order to prevent the destruction of
valuable property and to -insure tho t
people in the vicinity a supply of water.
It declares that the condition of the
people in the poorest part of the town
is deplorable.
Ali the young men without families
depending on them are reckless in con
sequence of the strike. The older men
are more concerned as to the result of
the contest and have entered the strug
gle with reluctance. In Leeds the
streets are full of idle", listless men.
The men engaged in the saltworks in
Cheshire have stopped work.
Coal shipments from the Tyne are at
a standstill in consequerjee of the
miners holiday. Forty coal stealers
are lying at the docks there unable to
get cargoes.
A I-athbed Confession.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. March Id
The story of a murder for the
commission of which two slayers
obtained but twenty cents in booty
x made public through tho death
bed confession of Rud Collins, ic
Kancock county. His story is that he
and Sterling Collins murdered an un-
' known traveling doctor a few years
ago near their place of residence. Two
years ago Sterling Collins and his mis
tress were killed by a stroke of light
ning while seeking shelter undpr a
large tree on the very hill on which he
and his brother had committed the
murder.
ON A TEAR.
The Liquor Interest Excited Over a fro
vision in tbe Pure Food Kill.
Washington, March 10. Represent
atives of the liquor interests have been,
aroused rather suddenly to the impres
sion that there is grave danger for
them in the so-called pure food bill
which passed the senate last week.
They were at the capital yesterday in
numbers, and were canvassing tho
prospect of changes by the house. The
bill has gone to the house committee
on inter-state commerce. Mr. Hatch's
committee on agriculture has a,
similar bill, and before the chairman
left for Missouri last week had al
most finished consideration of it. Had
Mr. Hatch been here he could probably
have insisted" on the reference of tho
senate bill to his committee, where it
belonged. Since it has gone to the inter-state
commerce committee that
body has decided to hear interested
parties. The temperance people see an
opportunity to get in some work and
have applied for a day before the com
mittee. They have discovered simul
taneously with the liquormen that tho
bill which was primarily intended in
the interest of pure food really puts
a check on certain brands of
whisky and wines. The bill prohibits
any adulteration of "drink" as well as
food which is calculated to lower the
quality or strength and deceive the
purchaser. It forbids mixing and col
oring. It also strikes at faKe brands.
The saving clause, which is all that
stands between tho liquormen and
who'esale condemnation of many of
their products, is this: "Provided that
an article of food or drug which does
not contain any added poisonous in
gredient shall not be deemed to bo
adulterated."
This clause the temperance peoplo
will try to have amended to read in a.
form much more sweeping against the
liquor business as follows: "Provided,
that an article of food or drug which
docs not contain any added or mixed
ingredient, deleterious or poisonous to
health, shall not be deemed to bo
adulterated." That would give wide
latitude to reach tho handlers of
liquors. The liquor lobby Ls up in
arms to fight this, and defeat the
whole bill, if possible.
SHOOTS THREE AND HIMSELF.
The 1'erpetrator a I'opulnr Itimlnet 3Iao
or litlln, O. No Doubt limine.
Tiffin, O., March 10. Walter A.
Snyder, aged about 43 years, unmarried
and one of tho most popular men in
the city, this morning attempted tho
life of Edward T. Naylor and Rurton W.
Crobaugh, members of the firm by which
he was employed, and that of Thomas
Downey, a fellow clerk, and then,
killed himself. He was no doubt in
sane. Snyder entered the store as usual this
morning and found the others already
there. He made a pretense of desiring
Naylor and Crobaugh to examine the
contents of a box which he had just re
ceived by express, and when they were
at his side he shot them both, and then
turned his revolver on Downey, who
had entered to save the lives of tho
others.
All the men in the tragedy stand high
in the community and business in thT
city is practically suspended, while
hundreds of people throng the street in
front of the store where the bloody
work was done.
Snyder was a member of the Forty
ninth regiment du-ing the late war and
Naylor was with the Eighth Ohio. All
save Snyder are married and havo
families.
TARIFF TALK TIME EXTENDED.
The Vote on the Free Wool Illll Cannot lie
Taken on the 21st.
Washington. March 10. On account
of the large number of members who
want to speak on the tariff, the vote
on the free wool bill cannot be ta.;en
on the Slit. As the silver bill is tho
special order for three days, beginning
with thc22d,the tariff debate willbc cut
off for that time and be resumed after
the free coinage bill has been voted
upon. It will last until the 1st of
April or later. In the meantime, how
ever, several appropriation bills will
be'passed at interims in the debate.
Mr. McMillin said this morning that
there would be no delay in reporting;
bills from the ways and means com
mittee and that the tariff question
would not delay the adjournment of
congress.
Hill In :lI8Ulpii.
Jackson, Miss., March 1G. Several
thousand people had assembled at tho
depot in Meridian, Miss., this morning?
when the train bearing Senator Hill
and his party rolled into that city. Ho
was received by themusicof bands and
a salute of musketry from the ".Missis
sippi Southrons," a military organiza
tion of Meridian. Senator Hill was in
troduced by Capt W. H. Hardy, chair
man of the citizens committee in a few
words of adnlation in which among
other things he said: "To-day all eyes.
are tnrned to him (Hill) as tbe great
and wise leader, under- whose ban
ner the democratic hosts of this
country shall march to victory next
November." The speech was cheered.
Senator Hill spoke briefly on national
political issues and was loudly cheered.
He denounced the force bill and the
billion-dollar congress and said tha
people would pronounce against tha
republican party in the coming elec
tion. Senator Hill became the guest of
Gov. Stone during-his stay in Jackson.
A reception was held at the executives
mansion at 12 o'clock, where the sena
tor shook hands with a stream of visi
tors for over an hour.
A Subterranean 4tram.
Plaisfielu, N. J., March 10. Tes
have been made by the water compaajr
here, whose driven we-lls at Nethc
wood supply millions of barrels every
day, to discover the source of supply.
It has been found that the wells actu
ally tap a vast underground river Sow
ing from northeast to southwest direct
ly under the city. Soundings havo
been taken by competent engineers
that prove tho existence of a stream ot
extraordinary extent. It has a swift
J current and sweeps over a bed of beau
j tifully white, smooth pebbles. Th
J quality of the water is ot tho rjuresU
