Wam " ' WENS T HE CAMPAIGN.
H BV' VIC2 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
Hf Rfl , VATS ON SPEAKS.
H Mfvi * ° D clnrc tlmt the Populist * arc Going
Hff'jRet to Vote for ISryun Whether Howell . Is
Hm "Withdrawn or Not IIo's Going : to
M | . ML TSIannRO Ills Own Cnmpaicu In a Way
O HH "thut is Going to Insure tlio l'onullst
H 4HlHrt , Vote for Sir. Bryan.
| A •
HV Er' Tom "Watson Speaks.
HP K Atlanta , Ga. , Aug. 8. Thomas E.
K < [ flH | "Watson opened lib vice presidential
HPHfJicampaign last night with an address
K nPiltv wo k ° urs in length , delivered before
"Tar an au ienco of 3,000 people in the
WBil'r ° ugh shed used for the Moody re-
HwBRft vival meetings several months ago.
HpjflH 11 r. Watson appealed at the outset for
K JHk ' u non-partisan hearing , declaring
DK > that he spoke with bitterness to none
B Be/ . -and in behalf of the men who held
HnuHp } the plow , who used the hoe , who
H v Pfl "wielded the hammer. If God gave
Ksi&sjiir , Jiim strength , he declared , he would
IMbP Jj. * plead the cause of these people
KrmSt * through pens of reporters present be-
Lvra "fore G5O00Oi'O people in the morning.
KHQft. • He entered into an enumeration of
HflEgtt , the reform demands of the Populists ,
Kdp .indicting the government for hisrh
H K -crimes and misdemeanors in the grant-
H R\ ing of the governmental power of
P 9pf making money to a special class ; in
rJm 'the unfair levying of taxes which laid
ntfJyflHL' i > e heavy hand of tribute upon those
HRk .least able to sustain it ; in closing the
Br * "jblr mints to the free and unlimited coin-
mBJkSBi ! * bc of silver ; in leaving the great
KllHt public highways of the country in
u9rf the control of grasping corporations ,
BMRj ! who levied tribute upon the people
Hi4PwP who were compelled to use them , and
"
KfjhJw ) : in the corruption of the ballot.
IvflPfc Air. Watson explained at length his
'
j K't course in leaving the Democratic
K J H l party after having been elected to
vl w Congress as a Democrat and by the
Hi K ( machiner3r of the Democratic party.
B' * J Bfts He said that his opponent had run as
B nFvK 'a straight platform Democrat , while
B' . 'jfWJ ; 2 he had made his race on the Alliance
" 'fe t \ platform and was pledged to stand by
B01 that platform though the heavens
Kipi ( ! ia.ll. furthermore , the national Alli-
mMWm -ance convention had instructed those
H , K , " " Congressmen elected on the Alliance
kI 'platform not to go into the caucuses of
kl
Bft > ,3tvV either of the two great parties Not
Bfedgij | [ . only hac he felt bound to stand
HvaL principles rather than party ,
HPw" ? ut nc natl1 seen then as he saw now
HPj mv that the only chance for Jeffersonian
P > / ' \ . 'ljr' Democracy was to unite the farmers
He'ViBi ' ° L'le ' South with the farmers of the
BflR B * Wct > t. To do that required a new
BwBrV jparty. The Southern Democrat could
B v R -not be induced to go into the Repub-
BWjB lican party , nor could the Western
BalvB' llcpubiican be induced to enter the
BwIW' Democratic party. A common rally-
P Nyl ing point was absolutely necessary.
! jMi When Gongress met "in 1S92 eleven
HKr \ Western Congressmen stepped out of
BB B I * DC Republican party.
BlpB/ "Of the thirty Southern Congresses
4Rf men elected on the Alliance platform ,
es ?
K1 * how many stepped out of the Demo-
BSy -cratic party ? " exclaimed Mr. Watson.
i
P fjjaR "Only one , and thank God I can say
fcfJB'i it , 1 was that one. "
RgfE ? He explained further that he had
% 3v allowed himself to be run for speaker
MB ' I simply to emphasize the Sonth's desire
BfV'j h to meet the West half way in the com-
Hsi&l/ / mon battle against the East.
llwi\ ! \ In conclusion Mr. Watson mart e this
VMTmh significant statement : "We are not
| HeSh [ poing' to pat up any candidate against
Mfffip Bryan. We are going to vote for
ixflK , Bryan , whether Sewall is withdrawn
HEiSPi "or DOtm * S ° ' mS to manage this
fPI' ] ' -campaign s0 lnat V- * * • lJl'3"aa # ets
Ifpa4 * , everv vote we've got. I see the dread
ffe evils of McKinleyism threatening us
SfflBjgv , and I fear that if we are defeated in
jtw * ' * this fight McKinleyism will be en-
jgftJE | "throned forever and the battle for
i l V -freedom had just as well be given up.
fjgyl I shall tell my people to stand by
J fj' the cont-ract made at St. Louis.
( P I'Ct Bryan have every vote you
US' " ' -can muster. Let Jones say what
he likes. Let him insult you if
he will. Make no answer. Pray for
.your country. Work for her interests.
Do your dutj' . Here's what we ' re go
ing to do in our state convention :
'We're going to put out a fnll electoral
ticket for Br van and Watson. We
can't vote for Sewall. Then we'll
empower our committee to take off a
part of our electors and put ou a part
-of yours whenever the Democratic
• committee retires Mr. Sewali. The
Democratic managers may have made
up their miuds to put Tom Watson
down and keep him down , but 1 thanlc
1 God the people of the South have en
tered him into no such contract. Let
it be known , henceforth that the
South and West will never again sit
at the footstool of the North. ' *
FUSION DEAL CLOSED.
Democrat * Imlor-c tljo PoputUt Nomin
ations a Pant as iMatle.
* IlirrciiixsoN , Kan. . Aug 7. The
Democrats of Kansas , in State con
tention here , adopted the report of
Uie conference committee which was
tent , to abilcne to meet , with the 1'opu-
hrM - 'isti. and every Populist nomination
IEft .jyas indorsed as fast as made.
Mf\ Kussell Mt Q an Octoenari.in.
Bnl Nfiw York , Aug. S. Wednesday
HBnT { was Russell Sage 's SOth birthday an-
BBf ) > aiive rsary. He was besieged by con-
BRit * .gratulatory friends an hour before
B $ * the stock market opened. He has
Bn "thrown away his glasses , bears him-
vv sejf erectly and looks as vigorous as
H | ? -most men at 50. He attributes his
B health to methodical habits and early
Bfj 3-isiivr. He has not had a vacation
B' the last decade because , so he says , he
Bl -has been too busy.
B/ flro at Swift's Kansas Citj Packing
H Hy [ Eloiise Loss S30.000.
Hr | Kansas Citt , Mo. , Aug. 6. A fire
Bp- / t the Swift packing plant in Armour-
® s ) / -dale last night burned out one of the
Hcl/ / smoke houses. The total loss was
B.b ut S 0,00i ) , fully covered by insur-
S v 4ince. Joseph Hoblawetz , the night
K3 watchman at the smoke house , was
> &
m § ftPy " burned to death and buried in the
B'lWi xuins , and eight other men were
m W # seriously injured. The eight men
K gis had narrow escapes from death and it
ftiE * was only because there was scarcely
HtH reath of wind blowing that the fire
" ' not sPreaci to other buildings of
HB | < * &he plant.
R
COLD DEMOCRATS MEET.
A National Convention Rare and a Third
Ticket Likely.
Inwanai'Olis , Ind. , Aug. 6. The
provisional national committee of the
gold standard Democrats who posi
tively refuse to accept the Chicago
platform and ticket , began its initial
meeting here this afternoon , first con
sidering the question of calling an
other national Democratic conven
tion.
tion.That
That a convention will bo called
there is almost no reason to doubt ,
but whether another ticket will be
called for is still an open question ,
for several of those present are
strongly in favor of ex-Congressman
Bourke Uockran's plan of adopting an
old line Democratic platform and in
directly indorsing McKinley by not
naming/.another ticket. The members
of the executive committee , General
Bragg of Wisconsin , ox-Minister
Broadhead of St. Louts , Editor Halde-
man of Kentucky , Mr. llobbins of
Illinois and ex-Congressman Bynura
of Indiana , are all opposed to any
thing but the most decisive action ,
though it will present letters from
several men of national note in the
East and South in favor of only a
national sound money platform.
While over two-thirds of the States
have representatives here as members
of the provisional national committee ,
there are more advisory visitors than
committeemen , for the occasion is
more in the nature of a general con
ference of the gold standard Demo
crats than that of a committee meet
ing.The
The executive committee has re
ceived the following credentials :
Alabama. J. M. JCalkner of Montgom
ery ; California. E. B. Pond of San
Francisco ; Connecticut , David Wells
of Norwich ; Florida. J. L. Gaskins of
Jacksonville ; Illinois , John M. Palmer
of Springfield ; Indiana , John R. Wil
son of Indianapolis ; Iowa , L. M. Mar
tin of Marshalltown ; Kansas , Eugene
Hagau of Topeka ; Kentucky , K. T.
Tyler of Hickman ; Massachusetts ,
Nathan Matthews , jr. , of Boston ;
Michigan , Thomas A. Wilson of
Jacksonville ; Minnesota , F. W. Mc-
Cutcheon.
There is talk of Senator Palmer ,
Secretary Carlisle and General Bragg
for the nominee for President , and
General Buckner of Kentucky , ex-
Governor Francis of Missouri and ex-
Congressman Bynum of Indiana for
second place.
KANSAS POPULISTS.
A. Straight Ticket Nominated After an
Ail Night Session.
Abilene , Kan. , Aug. 8. Yesterday
afternoon the Populists in state con
vention , after a bitter attack had
been made on Cliggitt the Democratic
nominee for presidential electorin the
first district , because of charges that
he had carried a gun against the
striking miners of Cherokee couuty in
1893. adopted the fusion agreement
offered by the Democrats with the
understanding- that if the Cliggitt
charge should be proved true his name
would be dropped.
Following is the ticket complete :
For Governor John W. Leedy of
Ccffey county.
For Chief Justice Frank Doster of
Marion county.
For ongressman-at-Large Eev.
Jerry Botkin of Wilson county.
Lieutenant Governor A. M.
Fpr
Darvey of Shawnee county.
For Attorney General L. C , Boyle
of Bourbon county.
For Secretary of State William E.
Bush of Jewell county.
For State Treasurer D. H. Hefile-
bower of Miami county.
For State Auditor W. H. Morris of
Crawford county.
For Superintendent of Public In
struction W. D. Stryker of Barton
countv. , . . .
The State central committee was
named as follows : First district , G.
W Herrin"-lon and J. L- . Simpson ;
Second , Chris Ititter and II. S. Clark ;
Third J. M. Allen and M. L. Walters ;
and William
Fourth , Taylor Riddle
Tipton : Fifth , P. H. Dolan and D. E.
Ballard ; Sixth , F. E. Jo "soa and u-
M. Ross ; Seventh , E. J. Westgate and
Rufe Cone.
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS ,
A Candidate for Governor Named on the
Sixth Ballot Thnrstoa's Prediction.
Milwaukee , Wis. , Aug. S. The Re
publican State convention nominated
Major Edward Schofield , of Oconto ,
for Governor on the sixth ballot. The
remit is a victorv for the Philetus
oawyer iacnon or tne party and a cor
responding defeat for ex-Governor
Heard and his followers.
United States Senator Thurston ad
dressed the convention , saying , among
other things : "I received word to
day from a trusted friend in my state
confirminsr what I already knew , that
William J. Bryan , great as he may
appear to other parts of the country ,
on election day in November next ,
will be defeated in his ward , in his
city , in his county , in his congres
sional district and in the state where
he lives. "
NO ADVICE BY CLEVELAND.
The Presdent Denies Having Expressed
Any Gold Ticket Opinion.
New York , Aug. 8. In answer to
an inquiry as to the truth of a report
published in this city yesterday that
President Cleveland had made known
his disapproval of the proposed gold
standard ticket project , the President
telegraphs as follows to the Evening
Post :
"Buzzard's Bay , Mass. , Aug. 6. It
is abolutcly untrue that I have given
any advice touching the course of the
Indianapolis conference.
"Grover Ceeveland. "
Discouraged and Committed Snicide.
Kansas CiTr , Mo. , Aug. 8. Dis
couraged because of his poverty , un
able to secure employment and phys
ically almost a wreck , T. P. Wltten ,
formerly a clerk in the city treasur
er 's office , committed suicide at the
boardine house kept by Mrs. Nichols
at i > 3l Cherry street this afternoon.
10G at Little Rock.
Little Rock , Ark. , Aug. S. The
heat hereabouts was almost unbeara
ble to-day , thethermometer , reaching
106 degrees , ttKjb highest recorded
since 1872. IK
j HOW CAN BRYAN ACCEPT ?
i So Asks Senator Jones as to the Popu
list Nomination.
Washington , Aug.4. Senator Jones ,
of Arkansas , chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee , has re
turned to Washington. When asked :
"Will Mr. Bryan accept the nomina
tion offered him by the Populists ? " ho
answered slowly and deliberately :
"How can he ? Ho was nominated
with Mr. Sewall on the Democratic
platform , and he will do nothing that
will reflect upon him as a gentleman
or as a Democratic candidate.
"I see that some of the Populists
are declaring that unless Mr. Bryan
accepts their nomination by August 5
the central committee will withdraw
his name and nominate some one else
in his place. Well , let them do so.
Mr. Bryan having been the nominee
of the Democrats , and of the silver
party , common decency would at least
suggest the propriety of his accepting
those nominations first But suppose
the Populists do nominate another
candidate for the Presidency , what
would be the situation ? Mr. Bryan
received a thousand votes in their
convention , and th"n this central com
mittee , composed of a few men , comes
along and nominates a new man. It
will simply mean the disruption and
disorganization of the Populist
party. "
"We all know that we are going to
have either Bryan and Sewall or Mc
Kinley and Hobart. The best men
and the most intelligent of the Popu
list party " will vote for Bryan and
Sewall. "
In conclusion Senator Jones com
plimented the Populists of the North
and West as broad-minded and patri
otic men. On the other hand , he said
the Populists of the South were out
for "nothing but spoil. " Mr. Jones
said he did not propose to allow Mr.
Watson to "bluff" him into - withdrawing
drawing Sewall. He said he was will
ing to make fair and proper arrange
ments with the Populists in the mat
ter of electoral tickets , but he did not
propose to consent to any improper
arrangements.
1WUKK1SON FUR BRYAN-
The Noted lllinoisnn Does Not Fear a
ranic if Silver Should Win.
Chicago , Aug 4. Congressman W.
R. Morrison , member of the interstate
commerce commission , in an inter
view in the Journal , is quoted as say
ing that he will vote for Bryan and
free silver. He added : "I did not
favor the adoption of a free silver
platform , it is true , and 1 do
not believe that the success
of free silver would in any way
realize the expectations of those
who are urging it. But I do not be
lieve that the adoption of free coin
age at the ratio of 1G to 1 and the
election of Bryan would necessari
ly precipitate a panic. It would if
the men who control the money mar
ket chose to have a panic , but not
otherwise. If these men should in
that event do as they are doing now ,
and' do their best to strengthen the
credit of the government , things
would run along without a financial
jar during the four year of Bryan's
administration. Of course , if a presi
dent and Congress were elected who
were bent on smashing things right
and left , they could undoubtedly do it.
FILIBUSTERS SHOT.
Spaniards Deal Summarily With Ameri
cans of the Three Friends Expedition.
Havana , Aug. 4. A pacifico , who
lives near Jaruco , arrived here yester
day with the report that a number of
Americans of the Three Friends expe
dition which landed upon the island
recently were captured by General
Ochoa , tied in liues along a roadside
and shot to death. One body was left
unburied. It had been mutilated with
machetes almost beyond recognition ,
but was supposed to be that of Perry
Atkinson. The belongings of the vic
tims were sold in Jaruco. Consul
General Lee has been urged to de
mand an investigation.
It is said the naturalized American
insurgent leader , Capero , whose re
lease was ordered by Campos and
countermanded by Weyler , has been
sentenced to pass the rest of his life in
chains in a Spanish dungeon in Africa.
Other tales of injustice and cruelty
are coming in constantly.
Crazed by the Silver Issue.
Columbia , Mo. , Aug. 4. Thomas
Wilhite , a negro living in Rocheport
has become violently insane after
reading "Coin's Financial School. "
He says that he is Bryan and is going
to be President. He was captured
Friday on the banks of the Missouri
river , with a copy of Coin's book in
his hand and speaking on the financial
question to the bluffs. He will be
taken to the asylum.
Shot and Almost Beheaded In Church.
Thomasville , Ga. , Aug. 4. Colonel
James F. Tilley was shot down in the
Baptist church at Metcalt , ten miles
from here , yesterday afternoon by
John T. Ruslrn , who then , taking a
razor from his coat pocket , almost
severed the prostrate man's head from
his body. Ruskin then attempted to
commit suicide by taking laudanum ,
but failed.
Gorman to Lend His Aid.
Washington. Aug. 5. Senator Gor
man has decided to aid Chairman
Jones in the conduct of the Democrat
ic campaign. He has stipulated , how
ever , that he shall be a silent partner ,
giving his advice and the benefit of
his experience as a political gen
eral , but not being known publicly as
a member of the executive or any
other committee.
Sngar Bounties Paid.
Washington , Aug. 4. The war
rants for the payment of the sugar
bounties earned in 1S94 except maple
sugar the ' payment of which were
provided for in the appropriation ol
85,000,000 in the last deficiency act ,
were issued to-day. The proved
claims were pro rated , each claimant
receiving 84 per cent of his claim. The
number and amount of the beet sugai
payments are insignificant. In all 49S
warrants were issued for $4,9SS,036.
Three warrants amounting to 511,94
were withheld.
TALMAGE'S SEEMON.
j "ANOTHER CHANCE" WAS LAST
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
"Toxt : " If the Tree Tall Toward the
'
South , Or the North , in the l'laco
"Whoro the Tree Falloth , There It
Shall bo Eccl. 11 : 3.
HERE 19 a hover
ing hope in the
minds of a vast
multitude of people
that there will bean
an opportunity in
the next world of
correcting the mis
takes of this ; that
however complete
a shipwreck we
v&r' may make or our
earthly life , it will be on a beach up
which we may walk to a palace ; that as
the defendant may lose his case in a
Circuit Court and appeal it and have it
go up to the Supreme Court or Court
of Chancery and all the costs thrown
over on the other party , so a man may
lose his case in this world , but in the
higher jurisdiction of eternity have the
decision of the earthly case set aside ,
all the costs remitted and the defendant
be triumphant forever.
The object of my sermon is to show
you that common sense declares with
the text that such an expectation is
chimerical. "If the tree fall toward the
south , or toward the north , in the place
where the tree falleth , there shall it
be. " There are those who say that if
the impenitent and unfortunate man
enters the next world and sees the dis
aster , as a result of that disaster he
will turn , the distress the cause of his
reformation ; but we have tan thousand
Instances all around about us of people
who have done wrong and disaster sud
denly came upon them did the disaster
heal them ? No , they went on. There
is a man flung of dissipations. The
doctor says to him : "Now , my friend ,
if you don't stop drinking and don't
stop this fast life you are living , you
will die. " The patient thanks the phy
sician for his warning and gets better ;
he begins to sit up , begins to walk
around the room , begins to go to busi
ness and takes the same round of grog
shops where he got his morning dram
and his evening dram and the drams
between. Down again. Same doctor.
Same physical anguish. Same medical
warning. But now the sickness is more
protracted , the liver more obstinate , the
stomach more irritable , the digestive
organs more rebellious. But still , un
der medical skill , he gets better , goes
forth , commits the same sacrilege
against his physical health. Some
times he wakes up to see what he is
doing , and he realizes he is destroying
his family and that his life is a per
petual perjury against his marriage
vows , and that that broken-hearted
woman is so different from the roseate
wife M married that her old school
mates do not recognize her on the
street , and that his sons are going out
in life under the taunt of a father'6
drunkenness , and that his daughters
are going out in life under the scarifica
tion of a disreputable ancestry. His
nerves are all a jangle. From crov/n of
head to sole of foot he is one aching
rasping , crucifying , damning torture.
Where is he ? He is in hell on earth.
Does it stop him ? Ah , no. After
awhile delirium tremens pours out upon
hie pillow a whole jungle of hissing
reptiles. His screams horrify the
neighbors as he dashes out of bed cry
ing : "Take these things off me ! " He
is drinking down the comfort of the
family , the education of his children ,
their prospects for this life and per
haps their prospects for the life to
come. Pale and convalescent he sits
up. Physicians say to him : "Now , my
good fellow , I am going to have a plain
talk with you. If you ever have an at
tack of this kind again you will die. I
can't save you , and all the doctors in
creation can't save you. " The patient
gets up , starts out , goes the same round
of dissipation and is down again ; but
this time medicines do not touch his
race. Consultations of physicians says
there is no hope. Death ends the scene.
That process of inebriation and physi
cal suffering and medical warning and
dissolution is taking place within a
stone's throw of where you sit and in
every neighborhood of Christendom.
Pain does not reform. Suffering does
not cure. What is true in regard to one
sin is true in regard to all sins , and
yet men are expecting in the next life
there will be opportunity for purga
torial regeneration. Take up the
printed reports of the prisons of the
United States and find that the vast
majority of the criminals were there
before , some for two times , three times ,
four times , six times. Punished again
and again , but they go righi on. Mil
lions of incidents and instances work
ing the other way , and yet men think
that in the next world punishment will
work out for them salvable effects.
Why you and I cannot imagine any
worse torture from another world than
we have seen men in in this world , and
without any salutary consequence.
Furthermore , the prosDsct of reformation
mation in anotner worm is more im
probable than here. Do you not realize
the fact that a man starts in this world
with the innocence of infancy ? In the
ether case , starting in the other world ,
he starts with the accumulated bad
habits of a life time. Is it not to be
expected that you could build a better
chip out of new timber than out of an
c' .d hulk that has been ground up on
t > breakers ? If starting with com-
7 ° rative innocency the man does not
become godly , is it possible that start-
.ng with sin a seraph can be evoiuted'
Ij there not more prospect that a sculp
tor will make a finer statue out of a
j Llosk of pure , white Parian marble
>
than out of a black rock that has been
cracked and twisted and split and
scarred with the storms of a half cen
tury ? Could you not write a last will
and testament , or write a deed , or write
an important document on a pure white
sheet of paper easier than you could
write it upon a sheet scribbled all over
with infamy and blotted and torn from
top to bottom ? And yet there are those
who are so uncommon-senslcal as to
believe that though a man starts in
this world with infancy and its inno
cence and turns out badly , in the next
world he can start with a dead failure
and turn out well. "But , " say some
people , "we ought to have another
chance in the next world because our
life here is so very brief ; we scarcely
have room to turn around between the
cradle and the grave , the wood of the
one almost striking against the marble
of the other. We ought to have another
chance because of the brevity of this
life. " My friends , do you know what
made the ancient deluge a necessity ?
It was the longevity of the antedi
luvians. They were worse in the second
end century than in the first , and worse
when they got three hundred years old ,
and woree at four hundred , and worse
at five hundred , and worse at six hun
dred , and worse at eight hundred ; until
the world had to be washed and
scoured and scrubbed and soaked and
sunk and anchored a whole month un
der water before It was fit for decent
people to live in. I have seen many
pictures of old Time with his scythe to
cut , but I never saw any picture of
Time with a chest of medicines to heal.
Seneca said that in the first few years
of his puhlic life Nero was set up as an
example of clemency and kindness , but
he got worse and worse , the path de
scending , until at sixty-eight years of
age he was the suicide. If eight hun
dred years of lifetime could not cure
the antediluvians of their iniquity , I
undertake to say that all the ages of
eternity would be only prolongation of
depravity. "But , " says some one , "in
the next life the ' evil surroundings will
be withdrawn and good influences will
be substituted , and hence , expurgation ,
sublimity , glorification. " But you must
remember that the righteous , all their
Gins forgiven , pass right up into a beat
ific state , and then having passed up
into the beatific state , not need
ing any other chance , that will
leave all those who have never
been forgiven , and who were impeni
tent , alone alone ! and where are the
salvable influences to come from ? Can
it be expected that Dr. Duff , who spent
his whole life in pointing the Hindoos
to heaven , and Dr. Abeel , who spent
his life in evangelizing China , and that
Judson , who spent his life in preach
ing the Gospel to Burmah can it be
expected that they will be sent down
from some celestial Missionary Society
to educate and to save those who
wasted their earthly existence ? No.
We are told distinctly that all mission
ary and evangelistic influences will be
ended forever and the good having
passed up to their beatific state , all the
morally bankrupt will be together , and
where are the salvable influences to
come from ? Will a specked or bad
apple put in a barrel of diseased apples
make the other apples good ? Will one
who is down be able to lift others up ?
Will these who have miserably failed
in the business of this life be able to
pay the debts of other spiritual insol
vents ? Will a million wrongs make
one right ? Poneropolis was the city
where King Rufus of Thracia , put all
bad people of his kingdom , and when
ever there were iniquitous people found
in any part of the land they were all
sent to Poneropolis. It was the great
capital of wickedness. Suppose a man
or a woman had opened a primary
school in Poneropolis , would the par
ents of other cities have sent their chil
dren there to be educated and re
formed * * *
Again , I wish you further to notice
that another chance in another world
means the ruin of this. Now , sup
pose a wicked man Is assured that
after a lifetime of wickedness , he
can fix it all right up in the
future. That would be the demorali
zation of soeiety , that would be the
demolition of the human race. There
arc men who are now kept on the limits
of sin by their fear. The fear that if
we are bad and unforgiven here it will
not be well with us in the next exist
ence , is the chief influence that keeps
civilization from rushing back into
semi-barbarism , and keeps semi-bar
barism from rushing back into mid
night savagery , and keeps midnight
savagery from rushing back into ex-
limits of sin. But this idea coming faito
his soul , this idea of another chance , he
says , "Go to , now ; I'll get out of this
world all there is in It. " Come glut
tony and revenge and uncleanness and
all sensualities , and wait upon me. It
may abbreviate my earthly life by dis
soluteness , but that will only give me
heavenly indulgence on a larger scale
in a shorter length of time. I will over
take the righteous before long. I will
only come in heaven a little late , and I
will be a little more fortunate than
those who have behaved themselves on
earth and went straight to the bosom
of God , because I will see more and have
wider excursion , and I will come into
heaven via Gehenna , via Sheol ! " Hear
ers ! Readers ! Another chance in the
next world means free license and the
demolition of this. Suppose you had
a case in court , and all the judges and
all the attorneys agreed in telling you
the first trial of it it would be tried
twice the first trial would not be of
very much importance , but the second
trial would decide everything. On
which trial would you put the most
expenditure ? on which trial would you
employ the abkst counsel ? on which
frial would you be most anxious to
lave the attendance of all the wit-
.eoscs ? "Oh , " you would say , "if there
ire to be two trials , and the first trial
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doea not amount to much , the 3ecoui
trial being everything , everything de
pending upon that. I must have th
moat eloquent attorney , and I niuol
have nil my witnesses present , and I
will expend my money on that. " It
these men who are Impenitent and who
are wicked felt there wrre two trials ,
and the first was of no very great im
portance , and the second trial waa the
one of vast and infinite importance ,
all the preparations for eternity would
he post-mortem , post-fuucrnl , post-
sepuichral , and this world would bo
jerked off into impenitency and god-
lessnes3. Another chance In another
world means the domilition of this
world.
* *
A dream. I am in the burnished
judgment hall on the last day. The
great white throne is lifted , but the
Judge has not yet taken it. While wo
are waiting for his arrival I hear the
immortals in conversation. "What are
you waiting for ? " says a soul that went
up from Madagascar to a soul that went
up from America. The latter responds :
"I was in America forty year3 ago ,
and I heard the Gospel preachc 1. and I
had plenty of Bibles in my house , and
from the time that I knelt at my moth
er's knee in prayer until my last hour.
I had great opportunities ; but I did
not improve them , and I am here to
day waiting % for another chance. "
"Strange , strange , " says the soul just
come up from Madagascar. "Strange ;
why I never heard the Gospel call but
once in all my life , and I accepted It ,
and I don't want another chance. "
"What are you waiting for ? " says ono
" who on earth had very feeble Intellect
to one who had great brain and whose
voice was silvery , and who had scep
tres of power. The latter replies : "I
had great power on earth , I must admit ,
and I mastered languages and I mas
tered libraries , and colleges conferred
upon me learned titles , and my name
was a synonym for eloquence and
power ; but somehow I neglected the
matters of my soul , and I must con
fess to you I am here to-day waiting for
another chance. " Now , the ground
trembles with the advancing chariot.
The great folding doors of the bur
nished hall of judgment are thrown
open. "Stand back , " cry the U3hers ,
"and let the Judge of quick and dead
pass through. " He takes the throne.
He looks off upon the throngs of na
tions come to the last judgment , come
to the only judgment , and one flash
from the throne reveals each man's
history to himself , and reveals it to all
the others. And then the Judge says ,
"Divide ! " and the burnished walls echo
It , "Divide ! " and the guides angelic an
swer , "Divide ! " and the immortals are
rushing this way and that , until there
is an aisle between them , a great aisl-
and then a vacuum , widening , and
widening and widening , until the Judge
looks to one side of that vacuum , and
addresses the throng , and says : "Let
him that is righteous be righteous still ,
and let him that is holy be holy still. "
And then , turning to the throng on the
other side of the vacuum , he says
"Let him that is unjust be unjust still ,
and let him that is filthy be filthy still. "
And then he stretches out both hand" ?
one toward the throng on each side ai
the vacuum , and says : "If the tree fall
toward the south , or toward the nor'i
in the place where the tree falleth
there it shall be ! " And then I hear
something jar with a great sound ; it is
the closing of the Book of Judgment
The Judge ascends the stairs behnd he
throne. The Hall of the last Assizp is
cleared and shut. The High Court ol
Eternity adjourned forever.
The Church in Politics.
The time is coming when the church
will demand that all the chief places in
the city government shall be filled with
men whose personal character dc =
command high respect. It is high timr
to cease tolerating the presence of anv
man as a city official who is hims ll
hand and glove with that which i ?
most degrading. The democratic Chris
tian church has a right to make demands
mands and enforce them. Rev. E. M
Fairchild , Unitarian. Troy , N. Y.
SOME STRANGE TREES.
There is an oak tree in the state of
Georgia that is twenty-seven feet in
diameter.
A blue gum tree in Ne"v South
Wales , 482 feet high , is thought to be
the tallest tree in the world.
At Oroville , Cal. , there is a cherry
tree only IS years old , which is six fict
through the trunk.
The magnolia tree was named aft r
a French professor , Magnol , a natural
ist , who died in 1715.
One variety of the Indian rubber
tree has bright green leaves that ar-
edged . ; th flaming rod.
The sacred bo-tree of Ceylon is said
to have sprung from a slip of the tre ?
under which Buddha was born.
The estimated age of a dragon trep
at Orotava is 5,000 years , but it is not
authentic , like the record of the Lcra-
bardy cypress.
Two large white gum trees in Guate
mala have grown in such a mannf-r
that the foundations of a church have
been shifted seven inches.
The empress of Russia recently chose
a white veil with a fine v b-like
ground and a black border , consisting
of a single row of black chenille spots.
The combination of black and white
is to be much worn this summer. It
has the advantage of looking cool and
being stunning as well.
Some of the pretty veils selected by
European royalties soon to be married
are crescent-shaped and drawn up tc
fit the hat. They are of brown with
white spots , white with black spots and
pure white.
There is no truth in the rumor that
black stockings are no longer to be
worn. Though brevn are often worn
for cycling , the biauk are just as fash
ionable as ever , and open-work espfr.
I cially so. _
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