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OUR COUNTRY, MAY SHU EVER BE RIGHT, BUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.-
SIXTY SIXTH YEAR. NO. 39.
SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898-
ESTABLISHED 1832
VhSPWWA TIL'
fe waienman.
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What is
Scott
s
Emulsion?
It Is a strengthening food and
tonic, remarkable In its flesh-forming
properties. It contains Cod
Liver Oil emulsified or partially
digested, combined with the well
known and highly prized Hypo
phosphites of lime and Soda, so
that their potency is materially
increased.
WhatWiUHDo?
It will arrest loss of flesh and
restore to a normal condition the
infant, the child and the adult It
will enrich the blood of the anemic;
will stop the cough, heal the irrita
tion of the throat and lungs, and
cure incipient A consumption We
make this statement because the
experience of twenty-five years has
proven it in tens of thousands of
Cases Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion.
50c. and $1,00, all druggists.
SCOTT U BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
A ONE-WHEEL SULKY.
Its Lightness of Weight and Running
May Re vol u t ioi nze Trotting.
A one-wheel sulky has been Invented
ty Thomas G. Coleman, of Texas, who
believes it will revolutionize Trotting
records. The vehicle, as its name Im
plies, has only one big wheel. The
wheel Is tired with a pneumatic tube.
The frame of the carriage, for the
sake of lightness, strength and elas
ticity, is made of aluminum tubing,
and the shafts are of the same con
struction. .
A sulky of such a pattern ought to
travel at a phenomenal rate with a
capable trotter between the shafts. Its
s weight Is almost nothing, and its con
tact with mother, ear. h is of the slight?
est. Jyt course it would not stand up
right without help when stationary, J
ulU
mm
iit'wimw vtr
nttnehed to the two hafu an a
couple of Staged legs, widen prevent
nuy poNAlUIIHy of tipping over, SVhen
starting off, the leas, by an nutoumtiij
device, fold themselves up alengaJde
of tUt shaft and are out of the wuy,
A Curious Calculation.
Snyder, the calculating barber, bai
been figuring again. It seems thai
he said he had an afternoon off oc
Thursday, and In Journeying to Ken
sington in a trolley car to see his besj
girl was compelled to change his posi.
tion on the seat three or four times to
.tiake room for other passengers. "It'i
A nuisance, this sliding up and dowq
In street cars," said Synder, last night
Did you ever stop to think how much
energy is wasted in that way? Every
time you move to make room for some
body else you edge along perhaps ai
)nches. Every time you1 travel in thq
iara you have to jnove three or foot
times. Call it three that makes eigh.
teen inches. Something like 250,000,
000 people rode in the trolleys last
year.. If only half of them, 01
125,000,000, were seated, the slide
up and down ' amounts to the
extent of 2,250,000,000 inches, of
about miles. Now, If All thli
energy had been expended by one man
he could, in the course of a year, have
slid around the earth, with over 10,000
miles to spare. Does the razor hurt."
Philadelphia Record,
Pacific Fire Insurance Company ' of
New York, to do br sines in thin
State.
George Bryant was burned to death
near Lexington by having his clothing
catch fire while under the influence of
whiskey. v
The sinking ef part of the Isthmus of
Panama is feared from the continued
earthquakes.
Fowler's Cotton Factory at Elizabeth
City has been burned. Theioas is $18,
000; insurance $12,000. Fifty persons
are knocked out of emyloyment The
plant will be rebuilt.
During January there wereonly tw
deaths of white persons in Raleigh
the smallest number in eleven years.
There were fifteen deaths of negroes.
A movement for the secession and
t aparate organization of Southern trade
unionists is said to be gaining ground
rapidly.
Two trains collided on the Boston
and Maine Railway at Winter Hill.
Twelve persons were injured, more or
less seriously, one of vhom will die.
Charles Keller man, cashier for his
brother, Adolpb, the missing banker of
Brownsville. N. Y., has been sent to
jail, charged with stealing $400.
Is-' ' "J? " 3 -
bill ip m 1 111
i
He Relates Some History of the
Creeks and Cherokees. .
THE COURTSHIP OF JOHN RIDGE.
While Attending a Mission School He
Fell In Love With a Beautiful Pale
Face and Married Her.
Fragments of Indian history have ac
cumulated upon me of late and as they
concern the Creeks and Cherokees and
are of a romantic character, I am re
strained to record them. These two
tribes are our Indians and make up
quite a chapter in the history of Geor
gia, Alabama and East Tennessee. North
Georgia was especially the home of the
Cherokees, lor their chiefs lived near
Rome as far back as we have their
history, and the Creeks, of Muscogees,
as they are more properly called, lived
south of the Tallapoosa' river. These
tribes are not to be classed with sav
ages, for they were of a higher grade,
and but for the greed of the white man
would no doubt have continued to ad
vance in civilization and, refinement un
der the lead of such chiefs as Ross,
Ridge, Boudinot and Mcintosh.
Everybody is familiar: with the story
of Pocahontas.
Longfellow wrote a beautiful story
about Hiawatha and William E. Rich
ards penned several " pretty legends
about the Indian girls of Tallulah
Fails, and so I will pen the story of
John Ridge and Boudinot as given to
me by Mrs. Ellen M. Gibbs, of Crystal
Lake, 111. Her mother, Mrs. Taylor,
who died in 1878, wrote this remarkable
sketch in 1877, when she was 75 years
of age, and left it for her children, who
had often heard her repeat it. By some
strange coincidence I hiave recently re
ceived a letter from a lady, Mrs. Vir
ginia Williams, of Bloomfield, Fla. ,
giving the ancestry of John Roar, whose
grandfather was a Scotch r f ugee named
McDonald. The writer, Mrs. Williams,
traces her lineage Lick lo the same
McDonald tree. Her mother was a
daughter of William D ay, who married
Agnes McDonald. Mrs. Williams
would like to learn more about Ross
and his parents and hopes this publica
tion may attract the attention of some
one who can inform her.
And now comes a marked copy of a
New York paper called babbath Read
ing, in which J ohn Ross, a son of the
old chief, appeals for preachers and
teachers to come out to the Cherokee
11 at ion and help to educate and train the
children in the Christian faith, and es
pecially to teach them in their Sunday
schools, This appeal 1 dated Decent'
ber, 1 m'jt. end Mr. Ross' address is No.
101 Gold street, New York.
Aad here is the Vi<a Leader, an
ABia piper, published in the nation,
and AOBiAius General Audi ew .lankwoti'w
letter to the Cherokee ahiefs, writteo in
llftS. Afid wkleU urues tneto tu tteeept
the teraeef the treaty and to muve at
wnos to the territory AftigAed to (new,
Aad Almost by the haws mail euntet
aa iuturubtmg and beautifully writtaa
eketetr of the preaeat oouditiou of the
Museoffoes (or Creeks, l it is written by
Mr. WY Wi Rawhav, of Meryville, Mo,t
a gifted aud soholarly gentlemen who
is deeply interested in Xndien affairs.
Other fragments have come to me aud
if I do "not abridge and 00m pile and
have them published in your paper,
much valuable history of these Indians
will be forever lost
But to the story
"in 1817 a foreign mission school
wad established at Cornwall, Conn. It
was a charity school for Indians main
ly, though there were some white pu
pils there and some defrayed their own
expenses. Students from several In
dian tribes were there to acquire the
English language and a rudimentary
education. Some white children also
f acquired the Indian language and went
out as missionaries to the tribes. Be
sides the Chippewas and Chootaws and
Cherokees, I remember there were two
from the Sandwich islands.
"Mr. Daggett was the first principal
of the school and Mr. Andrews the last
Every May there was a public exhibi
tion and the Indian boys spoke on the
stage, fiiSt in their own language and
then in oars. They were genteel and
graceful in their oratory. They sang
songs in their native tongue, all wav
ing. their bauds in harmony with the
musia ey were never allowed to go
beyond the hums or into peopie'e
houses without invitation. When they
visited us we laid aside our work and
entertained them,
"Among these students was a Chero
kee youth naznek .John Ridge, the son
of a chief a very noble young man, of
fine form and features end a perfect
gentleman in hie mannsrs and deport
ment For two years he was afflicted
with a hip disease. Whilo ho boarded
at Mr. Nortbrup's and Mrs. Northrop
had the care of him, sometimes her
daughter Sarah, a sweet and lovely
girl, waited upon him. One day Dr.
Gould, who was my cousin, said to Mr.
Northrup: "John is about well. He
has no physical diaeose about him and
needs no more medicine, but he is in
trouble and you bad better find out
what is the matter. '
"That afternoon while Sarah was
awav her mother took her knitting and
went to sit and talk with John. While
there ahe took notice of his melancholy
and beesed him to tell her what
troubled him so much of late. At first
he denied having any sorrow, but be
ing pressed told her that he loved
Sarah and knew that he could never
marry her. for he was an Indian.
'Have you ever mentioned it to Sarah?'
she asked. 'No,' said be, 'i dare not,
but how could t help loving her?'
' 'When Sarah came home her mother
said: 'Sarah, do you love John Ridge?'
4 Yes, 1 do, mother,' she said. Then
came the family trouble. Mr. Northrup
at once took Sarah to her grandparents
in New Haven and begged them to wean
Sarah from her Indian lover to give
parties and introduce her to nice young
men, which they did, but it was all in
vain. She remained there three months
and aeemed to be pining away in silent
grief. Her parents became alarmed
and brought her home. What was to be
done, for it would bean awful thing for
Sarah to marry him. As a last resort
Mr. Northrup told John Ridge to go
home and stay two years, and if he got
entirely well he might come back and
marrv Sarah. He did so and when the
time was out came back accompanied 8t"
ma iaiuer. xuajor xuage, me cnioi 01
the Cherokees. ' They traveled la
prinoely style and were handsomely
dressed. I remember that Major
Ridge's coat was trimmed with gold
lace.
Ya UZ-i T:Tj 1 T
went to the i Cherokee nation to liye,
I'TAhn mA C...V. I 1
not as missionaries, for John had to
visit Washington qnite often to transact
business for the tribe. Sarah had ser
vants to wait upon her and lived like at
princess in a large two-story dwelling. '
".Not long after this the little town of
Cornwall had another tumult and grea4
excitement came into its social life.
There was fever heat when it was an
nonnced that Elias Boudinot, who was
John Ridge's cousin, was about to
marry Harriet Gould, the fairest and
m t , 1 1 . 1
beat educated girl in all that region. .
she was the nearest perfection of any
girl I ever knew. She was the idol of
the family. Her brothers and Bisters
had all married into the finest families
in the country and all lived well.
Kindred came from neighboring towns
to intercede with Harriet Ministers
called and pleaded, but all in vain.
She declared she would marry him and
go with him to his people and be a
missionary.
' 'Harriet's greatest distress was the
meeting with tier brother Stephen, who
was nearest her age and devoted to her.
She feared it wonld break his heart.
When he came she burst into tears and
refused to see him. He went away and
did not attend the wedding, but after
it was over he came, and the next morn
ing he waited upon them at breakfast,
and seemed in a measure reconciled.
But he could not see them married.
Boudinot was a very handsome man.
He had a charming voice and was a
splendid singer. He was a very brave
and fearless man, for the roughs of the
town had sworn that he Bhould never
come into it alive, and if he did, he
should never go out alive, but they
were awed by his presence.
"As a result, however, of these two
marriages the Cornwall mission school
was discontinued.
" Boudinot and is wife went to the
Cherokee nation, whore two cbildroh
were born to them. Colonel Gould vis
ited them fthere and was well pleased
with their surroundings, ior tuey uvea
near by to Harah Hidge and their chil
dren were ail happy together and both
familit's had alt the comforts of life and
many ef its luxuries ' The two Corn
wall girls had chosen most excellent
husbands aud had not regretted they
"Utmdifiot taught talianl awhile at
New Kebeta aad published au Indian
newspaper (New sehota ii near (Jal
bone, 1b' (fofdna oounly). After the
removal to the territory, in lew,
Ridge aad Boudinot Uvea about a
m'iU apart, 8arau aad three chil
dren and Harriett six, but died in giv
ing birth to the lest, Boudinot then
went to Vermont and married Harriett's
cousin and she went to the territory
with him. After his assassination she
returned to Cornwall and the children
went with her and were distributed
among their mother's kindred, and
w re highly educated and mingled in
eociil equality with the white peo
ple. " ,
The remainder of the narrative aa
written by Mrs. Taylor and copied for
me by Mrs. Gibbs' relates to the story
of the assassination of Major Ridge and
John Ridge and Elias Boudinot. of
whioh I have told your readers in a
for .11 e v letter and will not repeat it now.
Boudiuot's real Indian name was Kel-le-kec-nah,
but while at school at Corn
Wall attracted the attention of Elias
Boudinot, a PhiladelpLii philanthro-
Sis, who adopted him and gave him
is name and left him a large legacy in
us will. His son, Elias u. Boudinot
became distinguished in the nation.
He was born in Vanns Valley; near
Rome, Ga, in 1885, and died three
years ago at Fort Smith in Arkansas.
1. 8. A friend writes oomplainiugly
and wants Co know why I said in my
last .letter that Stonewall Jacksou was
not so "brave" a man as Lee. I did not
say it I said so broad a man, bnt the
types got on a bender and made it
brave, and they also made Wm. Wirt
Van Wert, and they made protest ont
u tuvjr luauv protest out
3d ;hey jam bled ap things
-Bill Arp in Atlanta (Ga)
of prof ert ana
generally.
l.'otlBtltUtlOU
Shaker Hello Discovered.
In the old shaker settlement at Son
yea, N. Y., a peculiar relic has been
discovered. It consists of a stone about
2Vfcx4V& feet and four inches thick which
is covered with inscriptions, though
most of them r.re so badly defaced that
they cannot be deciphered. But the
words "The Lord's Stone," and the
date, 41847,M are sufficient to identify
the stone as connected with the wor
ship of the Shakers. It was found by
workmen in excavating for a building
that is to stand directly on the site of
the Shaker meeting-house. The stone
la supposed to be a sort of "kissing
stone." It has been turned over to the
Historical Society of Mount Morris
and will be preserved in a glass case.
No doubt some process can be devised
by which Its inscriptions can be de
ciphered more fully. The character
istic reticence of the Shakers has made
information in regard to them difficult
to obtain, and anything of the nature
of a historical relic will be highly
nriaed.
WHY S
PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR
THE FAMILY FIRESIDE.
G lasts" la the Subject of the Twelfth of
the New York Herald's Competitive
Sermons Dr. Talmas Preaches on
the Stylo of the Christian Character.
Tarr: "There were giants in those days."
Genesis, vl., 4.
This text represents the wail of the mor
bid man who refuses to enter into the ac
tivities of life and finds no fit leadership
m the men of to-dav. He views the
a of yesterday, and. bv oomoarlnz them
th his own nothingness, calls them
ants. Unwilllncr to follow his richtful
leaders, he pines for the mighty men of the
past.
If the wail were only the expression of
dissatisfied donothings in the world it
wonld he of little account; bnt the cry re
garding the ancient giants has connected
OTItn lt terence that no giants exist to-
b?-Jfiay, because there is no opportunity for
giant life.
This pseudo reverence for the
of the past carries with It the
great men
Soisonous pessimism that says, "There can
e no giants now." It is discoura&rement
boiled down and sugar-coated with a pious
worship of ancient worthies.
great generals, but there never will be any
"Caesar, Napoleon and Wellington were
more;" "There will never be another poet
like Homer;' "No more orators like Burke,
Pitt and Webster;" "No more preachers like
Wesley, Whltefleld and Edwards;" "No
such statesmen as,Madison and Jefferson."
"There is no chance for such men to-day,
and no demand for them." t
This is a fair specimen of the idle talk of
men who pretend to appreciate the great
ness of the fathers, and! with this pious
plaint unnerve the ambition of youth. Were
his simply the silly talk of imbecility no
protest from the pulpit would be in place,
but in behalf of discouraged youth I pur
pose to enter an unqualified denial of the
spirit of all this word. Did lt not seem
like impious rejection of sacred writ, I
would affirm that there were no giants in
those days. The men of yesterday were
not so great as the men of to-day.
Physically men are better than ever be
fore. The average men of to-day Is too
largs to wear the English armor discarded
by giant warriors of a few centuries back.
The collegian of to-day surpasses the
ancient Olympian. Cicero and Demosthenes
were giants in oratory by comparison.
Orators were few and poor at that time, so
these were easily noted. There are better
preachers to-day than Wesley. Edwards is
far surpassed In truthful presentation of
the word by modern sermon makers. Bis
marck, Blaine and Gladstone overshadow
ancient men in Statecraft. Macauley tells
us that men usually put the golden age of
England at a time "when noblemen were
destitute of comforts which would cause
riot in a modern workhouse."
Se men are constantly placing the age of
mental and spiritual greatness in times
when men were conspicuous not so much
for their own individual merit as because of
the lack of ordinary merit among their fel
lows. In a very true sense we may say that
in the light of the nineteenth century men
there were no giants in those days. There
Is a proper egotism which boasts of to-day,
and imperiously declares that no suchjnen
lived in the past as on generatletf has
produced.
Turning from this, we may bow with def
erence to the coming man. The youth of
to-day may rise above the best of their
fathers, There was never a grmt nr call for
giants than now) not a giant hers ami
there, but a raoe of giants, fiverv profes
lien-Is crowded with little men and Is
Neeki&tf for giants, t'rufpsslnits, Ilk sky
ietaperi, have vacant reeni en the tun
fleer.
ftatlreadp are anxlHus far first lass wn
tutorial offlutt will give haiMlsoma salsr
las te skilfsl writers) pulpits soak aom
maadleg praphrsi nQraoration ek la
vain for properly qualified oounseli the na
tion calls for better statesman, the colleges
for better teachers, the merchants for bet
ter salesmen, the manufacturers for better
artisans, "Top floors for rent" is bung
out at every corner, inviting boys who era
Willing and able to climb the old-fashioned
stairs. There is no elevator tor oarrvinc
idle seekers to the top of business and pro
fessional life. Men who work at the head
of a profession or business must have
strength, and that strength best comes by
toiling up to the high places.
Giants are not born, they are made. In
herlted adaptability will have some bear
ing, but earned qualities will have more.
Common strength, common sense, common
honesty are the first requisites. The gen
ius of hard work, frugality of time and
power, controlled by an indomitable "I
win," must enter into tne makeup 01 a
great man. Tinie.Tnoney and nerve pow
er dissipated by young men, not in true
recreation and relaxation, but in idle loit
ering, would, if truly directed, make many
great.
Nor will we ferget that "Godliness is
profitable." The giants spoken of in Gene
sis were grandsons of God; the giants of
to-day are real sons of God. The strong
est men are they that are strong in the
Lord. Jesus is the giant of the age, and
the nearer related to Jesus the more gi
gantic Is man. Christian qualities are
realisable assets, for Christ rules to-day
more than all earthly potentates. Men
who scoff at religion desire Christlike qual
ities in their employes.
Faith, hope and oharity are fit emblems
for the market, for commerce and the pro
issaion. There are Calvarys along the
wa l to greatness; men must bear crosses
if they would rise. "It is good for a man
ahat he bear the yoke in his youth." It Is
More than good it is essontial; and the
Christ yoke is the typical emblem by which
men may work themselves, by the grace of
God to be present day giants. -
James A. Chambeblix. Ph. D .,
Pastor of First Coagregational Church of
Newark, N. J.
KIND OF PEOPLE NEEDED.
Dr. Talmage Describes the fityle of
Christian Character Required To-day.
e
Text: "Who knoweth whether thou art
come to the kingdom for sneh a time as
this?" Esther iv 14.
Esther the beautiful was' the wife of
Ahasuerus the abominable. The time had
coma for her to present a petition to her
infamous husband In behalf of the Jewish
nation, to whioh she had once belonged.
She was afraid to undertake the Work, lest
she should lose her own life; hut her cousin,
Mordecai, who had brought her up, en
couraged her with the suggestion that
r robably she had been raised up of God for
hat peculiar mission. "Who . knoweth
whether thou art come to the kingdom for
such a time as this,?"
Esther had her God-appointed work.
Ton and I have oars. It is my business to
tell you what style c! men and women you
ought to be in order that you meet the de
mand of the age la which God has cast
your lot. 80 this discourse wilt not deal
with the technicalities, but only with the
practicabilities. What we want is practi-
EMI
arm
M
cal. earnest, concentrated, enthusiastic and
triumphant help.
In the first place, in order to meet the
special demand of this age, you need to be
an unmistakable, aggressive Christian.
Of half-and-half Christians we do not want
any more. The Church of Jesus Christ will
he better without them. They are the
chief obstacle to the church's advance
ment. I am speaking of another kind of
Christian. All the appliances for your be
coming an earnest Christian are at your
band, and there Is a straight path for you
into the broad day light of God's forgive
ness. You may this moment be the bonds
men of the world, and the next moment
you may be princes of the Lord God Al
mighty. But you need to be aggressive Christians,
in d not like those persons who spend their
tives in hugging their Christian graces and
wondering why they do not make progress.
Sow much robustness of health would a
man have If he hid himself in a dark closet?
A great deal of the piety of to-day is too
exclusive. It hides itself. It needs more
fresh air, more outdoor ex jroise. There
are many Christians who are giving their
entire life to self-examination.
This style of self-examination Is a dam
age instead of an advantage to their Chris
tian character. I remember when I was a
boy I used to have a small piece in the
garden that I called my own, and I planted
corn there,, and every few days I would
pull it up to see how fast it was growing.
Now, there are a great many Christian peo
ple in this day whose self examination mere
ly amounts to the pulling up of that which
they only yesterday or the day before
planted. Oh. my friends, if you want to
nave a stalwart Christian character, plant
it right out of doors in the great field of
Christian usefulness, and though storms
may come upon it, and though the hot sun
of trial may try to consume it, it will
thrive until it becomes a great tree, in
which the fowls of heaven may have their
habitation. I have no patience with these
flower-pot Christians. They keep them
seLves under shelter, and all their Chris
tian experience in a small, exclusive circle,
when they ought to plant it in the great
garden ef the Lord, so that the whole at
mosphere could be aromatic with their
Christian usefulness. What we want in
the church of God is more strength of
piety.
Again, if you want to be aualifled'to meet
the duties which this age demands of you,
you must', on the one hand, avoid reckless
ioonoclasm and, on the other hand, not
stick too much to things because they are
old. The air is full of new plans, new pro-'
jects, fnew '.theories ,of government, new
theologies, and I am amazed to see how so
many Christians want only novelty in order
to recommend a thing to their confidence;
and so they vacillate and swing to and fro,
and they are useless and they are unhappy.
New plans secular, ethical, philosophical,
religious, els-Atlantic, trans-Atlantic long
enough to make a line reaching "from the
German universities to Great Bait Lake
City. Ah, my brother, do not take hold of
a thing merely because it is new! Try it by
the (realities of the Judgment Day. But
on the other hand, do not adhere to any
thing merely because it Is old. There is
not a single enterprise of the ohuroh of the
world but has sometime . been scoffed at.
There was a time when men derided oven
Bible societies, and when a few young men
met in Massachusetts and organised the
first missionary society ever organised in
this coantry there went laughter and ridi
cule all around the Christian Church.
All the great enterprises in and out of
the Church have at times been scoffed at,
and there have been a great multitude
who have thought that the chariot of God's
truth would fail to pieces if it once got out
of tns old rut. Ana so there are those who4
have no patienee with atrrtbtng like Im
provement in ehtifgh afehfteeiure, or with
anything tike good, hearly, earnest ehureh
sttiiflbit, natt they derhie any form of re
tin iMiM t1!i!ujan which goes itnwh walk
lag among everyday men, rather than that
wfleb makMs an esewrelaa on rhetorical
stilts, Oh, that the Ohuroh of Ood would
wake up to an adaptibillty ef warkl Wa
must admit tha simple fast that; the
Pburehai of Jesus Christ in this day do not
reach the great masses, There are fifty
thousand people in Edinburgh who never
hear the gospel,, There are one million
people iu London who never hear the
gospel,
An, my friends, there is work for you to
do aud for me to do in order to this grand
accomplishment. I have a pulpit. I preach
in it. Your pulpit is the bank. Your pul
pit is the store. Your pulpit is the editorial
chair. Your pulpit is the anvil. Your pul
pit is the house scaffolding. Your pulpit is
the mechanics' shop. I may stand in my
place and, through cowardice or through
self-seeking, may keep back the word I
ought to utter while yea, with sleeve rolled
up and brow besweated with toil, may utter
the word that will jar the foundations of
heaven with the shout of a great victory.
Oh, that we might all feel that the Lord Al
mighty is putting upon us the hands of or
dlnatloni I tell you, every one, go forth
and preach this Gospel. You have as much
right to preach as I have or any man liv
ing. I remark again that in order to be
qualified to meet your duty in this par
tlcuiar age you want unbounded faith in
the triumph of the truth and the over
throw of wickedness. How dare the
Christian Church ever get discouraged?
Have we not the Lord Almighty on our
side? How long did lt take God to slay
the hosts oi tteunaohorlb or burn Sodom
or shake down Jericho? How long wilt
lt take God, when he once arises to his
strengtb, to overthrow all the forces of
iniquity? Between this time and that
there maybe long seasons of darkuess, and
tha. chariot wheels of God's Gospel may
seem to drag heavily: but here is the
promise and yonder is the throne, and
when omniscience has lost Its eyesight
and omnipotence falls back impotent
and Jehovah is driven from his
throne, then the Church or Jesus Christ
can afford to be despondent, but never
until then. Despots may plan and armies
may march and tha Congresses of tha
nations may seem te think they aro ad
justing all the affairs of the world, but the
mighty men of the' earth are only the dust
of the chariot wheals of God's providence.
And I think before the sun of the next cen
tury shall set the last tyranny will fall, and
with a splendor of demonstration that shall
he the astonishment of the universe God
will set forth the brightness and pomp and
trlorv and rerbtultv of His eternal govern
ment. Out of the starry Hags and the em
blazoned lnslflrnia of this world GOd will
make a path for His own triumph, and re
turning from universal conquest He will sit
down, the grandest, highest throne of earth
Bis footstool,
i I prepare this sermon because I want to
encourage ail Christian workers in every
possible department. Hosts of the living
God. march on! march on! His Spirit will
bless you. His shield will defend you.
His sword-will strike for you. March ont
march oul The despotisms will fail and
paganism will burn its idols, and Mahome
tanism will give up its false prophet, and
the great Walls of superstition will come
down in thunder and wreck at the long,
loud blast of the Gospel trumpet. March
on! march on! The besiegement will soon
be ended. Only a few more steps on
the long way; only a few rnpre
sturdy blows; only a, lew more battle
the food pare,
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cries, then God will put the laurels upon
your brow, and from the living fountains
of heaven will bathe off the sweat and the
heat and the dust of the conflict. March
on! march onl For you the time for work
will soon be passed, and amid the outflnsh
ings of the judgment throne and the trum-
Keting of resurrection angels aad the up
eavlng of a world of graves, and the ho
sanna and the groaning of the saved and
the lost, we shall be rewarded for our faith
fulness or punished for our stupidity.
Blessed be the Lord "God of Israel from
everlasting to everlasting and let the whole
earth be filled with His glory. Amen and
amen.
NEW OCCUPATION FOR WOMEN.
The Breeding of Angora Cats resent
Financial Possibilities.
Forrest Crlasey, In discussing "Th
Breeding of Angora Cats aa a Voca
tion," in the Woman's Home Compan
ion says: ; -i
"It is the general opinion of these
cat fanciers that the culture of Angoras
is an occupation which any young
woman with a fondness for pets and
a little' of ttie commercial instinct maj
pursue with profit as well as pleasure.
It is an occupation in which success
does not depend upon a special talent
One cannot, succeed in literature, mus
ic, the arts, or in teaching, without-
course of -training and an Jribonr adap-'
tability, but the rearing of cats calls
for no mental preparation, or for an)
rare power in any particular direction.
Capital, however, is necessary. An
gora cats bring a good price,-and i
will cost something to establish a ken
nel. The amount will depend Upon the
magnitude of the beginning. One maj .
expend a hundred dollars and secure,
perhaps, three choice thoroughbred
adults, or at an outlay of twenty-ftvi
dollars, or thereabouts, noe may pur
chase a male and a female kitten and
rear them herself, The fitting up of 1
suitable kennel need not cost much,
but there are important points in the
fonitrueilon and ?are ef the ketiue
which ahuulfl not be neglemed, and
whleh any owner tit Annum unto li air
ways ready to explain. . The essential
for a NHfusftil Angora kennel are noi
elaborate, Most Important in en nm.
pie outdoor runway, made of woven
wire, with a roof of the same material,
This should connect with a cosy house
or dormitory. Both apartments
should be provided with elevated
shelves, as the cats like to sleep as
far from the ground aa possible. They
also enjoy the exercise of jumping up .
to and down from their elevated
perches. Fresh grass and pure miiK
are absolute necessities. The Angora
has been a much slandered animal.
The general public believes it to be
delicate in physique and surly and
treacherous in disposition. This is
as far from the truth as is possible.
They are almost uniformly amiable
and affectionate in disposition, and
possess hardy and vigorous constitu
tions. They are full of interesting ec
centricities, however"
N EWE8T U N I CYCLE.
Boston Man Cleverly Treats This Fas
cinating Subject. . .
Just what value there la In a unicycle
has never been successfully proven, yet
Inventors go on turning out new exam
ples with striking regularity. Mr. Thos.
Tolaoh. of Boston, la the creator of the
Jatett example in unlcycles, which baa
been described as follows:
Within the outer rim la arranged a
triangular' frame, with a guide wheel
at each point: the loWer one of the
MR. TOLSOX'S U3UCYCLB.
three wheels serving as
driving
whee! In addition. .j?
Each crank of the driving sprocket
has a double arm plvotedto its outer
end. The downwardly extending arm
baa a stirrup to be operated by the
foot, and the upwardly extending arm
has a handle for hand service. I The
saddle is arranged to be moved back
and forth on Its carrying bar.
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