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How do they succeed? - No " better than ; did the govern ment that tried to crush Joseph,-a Scripture character, upon which we speak to-day. It would be an insult to suppose that -you were not all familiar with the life of Joseph; how his jealous brothers threw him into the pit, but, seeing a caravan of Arabian merchants moving along on their camels with spices and gums, that loaded the air with aroma, sold their brother to these merchants, who carried him down into Egypt; how Joseph was sold to Potip&ar, a man of influence and office; how by his integrity he raised himself to liigh posi tion in the realm, until under the false charge of a vile wretch he was hurled into the peni tentiary; how in prison he commanded re spect and confidence; how by the interpreta tion of Paraoh's dream he was freed and be came the chief man in government, the Bis marck of the nation; how in time of famine Joseph had the control of a r storehouse which he had filled during - tb.3 seven years of plenty how when his brothers who had thrown him into the pit and sold him into captivity applied for corn he sant them home with their , beasts borne down under the heft of the corn sacks; how the sin against their brother which had so long been hidden came out at last, and was returned by that brother's forgiveness and kindness, an il lustrious triumph of Christian principle. .' . i Learn from this story in tha first p!ace, that the world is compelled to honor Christian oharacter. Potiphar was only a man of the world, yefc Joseph roe in his estimation unt il all the affairs of that great house were com mitted to his charge, i From this servant no nonors or confidences were withheld, vv hen Joseph was in prison he soon won the heart of the i keeper, and, ; : though placed there for being a scoundrel, he soon convinced the jailer that ? he was . an in nocent man, and, releasad from close confine ment, he ! became ,a general superintendent of prison - affairs.- Wharever Josaph was placed, whether a servant in the house of Potiphar or a prisioner in the penitentiary.he became the first man everywhere aid is an illustration of the truth I lay d)w.i, that the world is compelled to honor Christian character.;.--. : . i . - There are those who affect to despise a re ligious life. They speak of it as a system of phlebotomy by which a man is bled of all his courage and nobility They say he has be moaned himself. They pretend to have no more confidence in him since his conversion than before his conversion. But all that is nypocrisy. . it is impossible for any man not to admire and confide in a Chris tian who shows that he has really become a child of God and is what he professes to be. You cannot despise a son or a daughter pf the Lord God Almighty. Of course half and half religious character iwin3 no approba tion. Bedwald, the King of the Saxons, after Christian baptism had two altars, one for the worship of God and I the other for the sacrifice of devils. You indy have a contempt for: such men, , for mere pretensions - of religion, but when you behold the excellency of Jesus Christ come out in the life of one of his disciples, all that there is good and noble in your soul rises up ' into admiration. Though that Christian be as far beneath you in estate as the Egyptian slave of whom we ; are i discussing, by-: an irrevocable law- of our nature Potiphar and Pharoah will always esteem Joseph. Chrysostom when threatened with death by Eudoxia, tha Empress, sent word to her saying: "Go tell her that I fear nothing but sin." Such no bility of character will always be applauded. There was something in Agrippa and Felix which demanded their respect for Paul, the rebel against government. I doubt not they would willingly have yielded their office and dignity for the thousandth ; part of that true - heroism which beamed in the eye and beat in the heart of the unconquer able apostle. Th8 infidel and wordling are compelled to honor in their hearts, though they may not eulogize with their lips, a Christian flrm"in persecution, cheerful in poverty, trustful in losses, triumphant in death. I find Christian men in aU professions and occupations, and I find them respected, and honored, and successful. John Frederick Oberlin alleviating ignorance and distress, John Howard passing from dungeon to laz aretto with healing for the body and the souL Elizabeth Frye coming to the profligate of Newgate prison to shake down their obdu racy as the angel came to the prison at Phil-, lippi, driving open ; the !-doors and "snap ping locks and chains, as well as the ; lives of , thousands of the - follow ers I of Jesus who f have devoted thorn-selves.-, to t the temporal ; and spiritual welfare of the race,- are monuments of the Christian -religion that shall not crumble while the world lasts, A man in tha cars said: "I would like to become a Christian if I only knew what religion is. . But if this lying and cheating and Dad behavior among men who profess to be good is religion, I want none of it." But, my friends, if I am an artist in Rome and a man comss to me and asks what the art of painting is, 1 must not show him the daub of some mere pretender. I will take him to the Rnh?pl3 and Ihi W ictiael Anglos. It is most unfair and dis honest to take the ignominious failures in Christian profession instead of the glorious successes. The Bible and the church are great picture galleries filled with masterpieces. I Furthermore, we learn from this story of Joseph that the result of persecution is eleva tion. Had it not been for his being sold into Egyptian bondage by his malicious brothers and his falsa imprisonment," Joseph would never have become Prime Minister. Every body accepts the ? promise : " Blessed are , they, that are '. persecuted for ;. right eousness ; sake, for " theirs is the kingdom ? of : heaven," ' but they " . do not realize the i fact : that this principle ap plies to worldly as well as spiritual success. Had it not been for JEschines who brought impeachment against Demosthenes,' the im mortal oration Be Corona, would never have been delivered. Men rise to high political position through misrepresentation and the assault of the public. Public abuse is all that some of our public ; men - have had to rely upon for ' their elevation. It has brought to : them what talent and executive force could never have achieved.. Many of those who are making great effort for place and power will never succeeed just because they are not of enough r importance to , be abused. ; It is -the nature of man to gather about those who are persecuted -and : aeiena tnem, ana tney are apt to forget tne faults of thosa who are the subjects of at tack while attempting to drive back -the slanderers. Helen Stirk, a Scotch martyr condemned with her husband - to death for Christ's sake, said to her husband: "Rejoice; we have lived together many joyful davs. but this day wherein we must die together ought to be most joyful to us both. Therefore I will not bid vou eool nieht. for soon we shall meet in the heavenly kingdom."; By the flash of the furnace best ; Christian character is demonstrated. ... 5 '- ' - .-1 go into another ' department, " and I find that those ereat denominations of Christians which have been most abused have spread the most rapidly. No eood man was ever more vilely maltreated thau John Wesley. His followers were hooted at and maligned and called by every detestable name that nv fernal ingenuity could invent, but the hotter the persecution the more rapid the spread of that denomination, until you know what a great host they nave become and what a tre mendous force for God and truth they are wielding all the world over. It was persecu tion that gave Scotland to Presbyterianism. Jt was persecution which gave our own land first t civtl liberie and afterward to religioui freedom. Yea, I may go further uuc-k. ana say it was persecution tnat gave tne world the salvation of the GospeL The ribald mrvkery.the hungering and thirsting, the un jn it trial and ignominious death wherd ail the forces of hell's f uf y Wis hdrled against the cross was the introduction of that religion which is yet to be the earth's deliverance from guilt and suffering and her everlasting enthrone, ment among the principalities -ot heaved. The State has sometimes said to the Church: "Come, Jet me take your hand and I will help you. JVhat has been the result? The Church has gone back and has lost its estate of holiness and ' has become ineffective. At other times the State has said to the Church: " I will crush you."- What has been the re sult f After the storms have spent their fury, the church, so far from having lost any of its force, has increased, and is worth- inonitely more after the assault than before it' - The church is far more indebted to tha opposition Of civil, government than -to its approval. Ths fires of. the stake . have only bean the torches which Christ- held . in " His hand,.by the light of which the church ha9 marched to her present r position. In ; the ound of racks and implements of torture I hear the rumbling dt tha wheels of the Gospel chariot. Scaffolds of martyrdom have been the stairs by which the church has ascended. Aqua fortis is the best test of pure gold. Furthermore, our subject impresses us that sins will' come to exposure. - Long, long ago had these brothers sold Joseph into Egypt. They had suppressed the crime, and it was a profound secret well kept by- the brothers. But suddenly tha - secret is out The old father hears that his son is in .Egypt, having been sold there by the malice of his own - brothers, j How their cheeks must have burned and their hearts sunk at the, - flaming Out of tiiis sup pressed Crime. ' The smallest iniquity has b thousand tongues, and the y will blab out an exposure. Saul wa3. sent to destroy - the Canaanites, their sheep and the oxen. - But when he got down there among the pastures he saw some fine sheep and oxen too fat to kill, and so he thought he would steal them. He drove them toward - home, but stopped to report to the prophet how well he had executed his commission, when in the. dis tance the sheep began to bleat and the oxen to bellow. The secret was oat and Samuel &id to the blushing and confounded Saul: "What means the bleating of thz sh;e? that I hear and the lowing of tha cattle f Aye, my hearers, you cannot keep an iniquity quiet At just the wrong time the sheep - will bleat and the oxen will bellow. Achan can. not steal the Babylonish garment .-.without gelttng stoned to death, nor Benedict Arnold beta-ay his country without being execrated for ail tune. Look over the police arrests, these thieves, these burglars, these adulterers, thesa counterfeiters, these ; highwaymen, these assassins. They -all ; thought they, could bury their iniquity ..so deep down that it would never come to resur rection. But there was some shoe that an swered to the print in the sand, some false keys found in possession, some bloody knife that whispered of the deed, . and the pub lic indignation, - and the anathema of outraged law hurled him into the Tombs or hoisted him on the gallows. At the close of the battle between the Dauphin of France and the Helvetians, Burchard Monk was so elated with the victory that he lifted his helmet to look off upon the field, when a wounded solui?r hurled a stone that struck his uncovered forehead and he f elL Sin will always leave some spot exposed, and there is no safety in iniquity. Francis the First, King of France, was discussing how it was best to get his army into Italy. Amaril, the court fool, sprang out from the corner and said to the king and his staff officers: "You had better be thinking how you will get your army back out of Italy after once you have entered." In other words, it is easier for us to get into s'n than " to get out of it. Whitefield was riding on horseback in a lonely way with some missionary money in a sack fastened to the saddle bags. ' A high wayman sprang out from the thicket and put his hand out toward the gold, when White field turned upon him and said -."That belongs to the Lord Jesus Chirst,touch it if you dare," and the villain fell back empty handed into the thicket. Oh. the power of conscience ! If offended, it becomes God's avenging minis ter. - Do not think that you can hide any ereat and protracted sin in your hearts. In an unguarded moment it will slip off the lip, or some slight occasion may for a moment set ajar this door of hell that you wanted to keen closed. ' Uut suppose that in this life you hide it, and you get along with that transgression burning in your heart, as a ship on fire within for days may hinder the flame from breaking out by keeping down the hatchways, yet at last, in the Judgment, that iniquity will blaze out before the throne of God and the universe. Furthermore, learn from this subject the inseparable connection between all. events nowever - remote. ; iiora Hastings, was De headed one year after he hadaused the death of the Queen's children, in the very month, the very day, the very hour and the very mo ment. - mere is wonueriui precision in the Divine judgments. The universe.: is only one ' thought ; of God.- Those things which - seem fragmentary and isolated are onlv different parts of that one ereat thought. " How far apart seemed these two events Joseph . sold ; to . . the Arabian merchants and the rulership of Egypt. Yet you see in . what a mysterious wav uoa conneccea tne two m one pian. do all events -are linked together. . You who , are - aged can look back and group i- together a thousand things in vonr ; lire tnat once seemea : lsoiatea. One undivided chain of events reached from the Garden of Eden to the cross of Calvary. ana tnus up to Heaven. i nere is a relation between the smallest insect that hums in the summer air and the archangel on his throne. God can trace a direct ancestral lme from the blue jay tnat last spring built its nest in a tree behind , the house to some one of - that flock of birds, which, when JNoah hoisted tne ark's window,' with a whirr and dash of bright 'wings went out to sing over Mount Ararat, -v The- tulips that bloomed this summer in the flower-bed were nursed of last winter's snow-flakes. ! The fur- therest star on one side the universe could not look to the f urtherest star s on ; the other side and say: " You are no relation to me; for from that bright orb a voice of light would ring across the heavens responding.: "Yes. yes: we are sisters." "Sir Sidney Smith in prison was playing lawn tennis : in the yard and the ball flew over the wall Another ball containing letters was thrown back, and so communication was opened ;- with the outside world, and Sir Sidney escaped in tima to defeat Bonanarte's EsrvDtian ex pedition. What a small incident connected with what vast result! Sir Lobert Peel from a nattern he'drew on the- back of a pewter dinner plate got the suggestions i of . that which led to the " important inven tion bv which calico is printed, j -Noth ing in God's universe swings ; at loose ends. Accidents- are only Gods way of turning: a leaf in the book of his eternal decrees. - From our cradle to our grave there is a path all marked out. Each event in our. life is connected with every other - eveDt" in our life. Our v loss may be the most direct road to our gain. .Our defeats and victories are twin brothers.'- The whole , direction of our - life was changed by ... something which . at the time seemed to you a trifle, - while some occurrence which, seemed tremendous affected you but little. The Rev. Dr; - Kennedy, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey,, went into his pulpit one Sab bath and by a strange freak of - memory for got his subject and forgot his text, and in great embarrassment rose before his audi ence and announced the circumstance and de clared himself entirely unable to preach; then launched forth in a few words of entreaty and warning which resulted in the outbreak ing of the mightiest revival of religion ever known in that State.a revival of religion that resulted in churches still standing and in the conversion of a large number of : men who entered the Gospel--ministry who have brought their thousands mto the kingdom of God. God's plans are -magnificent beyond all comprehension. He .molds , us, turns and directs us, and we know: it not Thousands of years are to Him but as the flight of a shuttle. The most terrific" occur rence does not make God tremble, and th3 most triumphant achievement . does not lift Him into rapture.' That one great thought of God goes on through the centuries, and nations rise and fall, .and eras pass, and the world itself changes, but God still keeps the undi vided mastery, .linking event to event and century to century. To God they are all ons 6vent,6rie history, one plan, one development, one system. " Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty.v -. ' Furthermore; we learn from this story the propriety of laying up for the future. ' Dur ing seven years of plenty Joseph prepared for the famine, and when lit came he had a crowded storehouse. - The life of most men in a worldly respect is . divided into years of plenty and famine. It is seldom that any man passes through life without at least seven years of plenty. During these seven prosperous years your business .Bears a Z rich harvest. You hardly know, where all the-money comes from, it comes so ' fast. ' Every bargain you make seems to turn into gold. - You eontract few bad debts. - You are astounded with large dividends. ; You invest more and more capital. ' You wonder how men can be content . with a small business, gather ing in ; only . a hundred - dollars .. where yott reap your thousands," These are the seven years of plenty. - , JSow, Joseph, is the time to prepare for famine: for to almost : every, man there do coaie seven ' years - of famine. - you will be sick;--you will be unfortunate; " you will -be defrauded ; you will be disappointed,; you will - be old, ana if - you. nave no storehouse upon which to fall back you may be famine struck. . We have no . admiration for this denying one's self of all present comfort and luxury ior tne mere pleasure or noaraing up, this grasping i!or the mere pleasure Of seeing how large a pile you can get, this always being poor ana cramped because as. soon as a dollar comes hi it is sent out to see if it can't find another dollar to carry home on its oacfc: but there is an intelligent and noble minded forecast r whfc-h ' we love to' see inimen - who have families and - kindred dependent upon them for the blessings of education and home. God sends us to the insects for a lesson which, while they do not stint tnemseiyes in tne present, do - not forget their duty to forestall the future: Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise, which, having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the sum mer and , eathoreth i her ; food - in . the harvest.'? Now there - are two . ways of laying up money; th9 one by investing it m stock ana depositing it in banks and loan iris? it on bond and mortgage. The other wav of laying up money is giving it away, i He is the safest who makes both ot these invest ments. But the man who devo?s none of his gain to the cause of Christ and thinks only of his own comfort and luxury, is not safe. I don't eire how bis money is i u- ested. He acted as the rose if it should sav : 'I wfil hold ray - breath and no . one shall have a, snatch 61 fragrnnce from me until next week, and then I will set all " the garden afloat with the aroma. The time comes, but having been without frasrranee for so long, it has nothing then to give But above ail lay up treasures in heaven. . They never depreciate in value. They never are at - a discount. They are always available. You may feel safe now with your preeent yearly income, -but what will suh an income be worth after you are dead! Others will get it" Jferhaps some of them will quarrel about it before you are buried. They will be right i glad that you '. are . dead. They are only waiting for you to die. What then will all your -accumulation be worth if you could gather it all into yoar bosom and walk up with it to heaven's gate? It would not purchase your admission; or, if allowed : to enter, it could not buy vou a crown or a robe, and ' the poorest saint"! in heaven would look down and say: V Where did that pauper come from?" - ? .Finally, learn from this subiect that in every famine there is a storehouse., ; - Up the Ion? row of building, piled to the very roof witn corn, come tne nunjrry multitudes, and Joseph commanded that their sacks and their wagons be filled. The world has been blasted. Every ereen thins was withered under the touch of sin. : From all continents and - islands,' and -'zones, ; comes, .up the groan of - dying millions. ' Over tropical spice-erove. and - feint nan ice-but. and Hindu jungle the blisht has fallen. The fam ine is universal. But, glory be to God! there, is a great storehouse. ' Jesus Christ.our elder brother, this day bids us come in from our hunger and beggary, and obtain infinite sun-. plies of grace enough to make us rich forever. Many 7 of. you have for ; all a long while been smitten of tha - fam ne. The world has not stilled the throbbing of your spirit.- Your conscience sometimes rouses you up with rach suddenness and strength that it requires the most gigantic determination to quell the disturbance. Your courage quakes at the thought of the future. Oh, why will you tarry amid the blastings of the famine when such a glorious storehouse is open in God's mercy? '". Te wretched, hnnqTy, starring poor, ' - Behold a royal fcant. ' Where raercv spreads her bonnteoua store For every hnmbie guest. See, Jesns stands with open arms, ; He calls, He bids yon come; Gntlr. holds 7011 back and fear alarm. . Bat see, there yet Is room." - -. FARMER DICINSOK'S OWLS. How They are Lured to Fate of Wire H "Vertebrae and Glass Eyes. Tanner David B. Dickinson, who lives on the banks of the Passaio liver, one mile from Chatham, N. J., is prob ably the only man in this country who breeds owls for tlio : market. Mr. Dick inson is widely known as a skilful. taxi dermist, and when not following the plow, riding a mower, or attending to other farm work, ho is either ranging tho woods in search of birds ' or is en gaged in: his workshop in- mounting specimens. ,5. The demand for owls is always largelmd the supply short. : j - Mr. Dickinson is a -naturalist and a student of the habits cf every bird com mon to -New i Jersey.. He concluded several years ago that owls needed en couragement to nest on his place, and consequently he made arrangements to encourage them by providing them with snug quarters. , Handing a hollow limb of a tree, he out it up into short pieces,' and closed each cf the cylinders with rough barkf and made a neat round hole in one side of each cylinder. Seven of these rustic .bird houses were firmly' fixed ' in : the crotches of tree near the river bank, and; during the -: ensuing spring four of the seven were occupied by owls and their broods. In the follow ing year six of the seven . houses were engaged early in the spring, and Mr. Dickinson put up five more houses. This spring he had eleven broods of young owls, and when the writer recent ly visited the farm, -Mr, Dickinson had half a dozen - young . owls perching on the beams of a wagon shed. ' - 2 It - was .- feeding time, and ' taking a piece of : raw beef Mr.: Dickinson en tered the shed and began to cut the meat into shreds, using a heavy knife on the .chopping block.- At the " first stroke of the knife all the owlets flat tered down to the block, and he had to exercise caution to- prevent cutting off their toes as they scrambled for the raw meat. All of these owls are doomed to take natural attitudes on short branches pf gumwood, with wire vertebras and yellow glass eyes. He has orders for owls at all seasons , of the year, and likes to be prepared for them." Some times he stuffs them while ; they are mere balls of down, but usually he waits until they are in full plumage. v It requires far less effoit of intellect to utter a falsehood than to advance a truth. -. - ' ' ANARCHISTS DOOIIED CHICAGO'S BOMB-THROWERS TO BE HANGED. - Fhelr Sentence . Conftrmed by Illinois Supreme Court. the The Supreme Court at Ottawa on Wednes day morning delivered an opinions in - the Chicago Anarchist's case, aflirming the judg ment of the court below. The executions are to take place November 11th, bat ween nine and four o'clock. -' - ;t-; . ; --'v ';.::', '-' .v'. , '? At 9:30 o'clock Justice Magruder began the announcement of. the decision. There was a general feeling that something important was about to happen. Justice Magruder appeared flushed and nervou? as ha enteral the court, room. The cause of his excitement was mid3 plain a few momeats later wh in Chief Justice . Sheldon turned to him, and, in a voice which would have been'; inaudible, save for the stillness which pervaded ; the room, said: Justice Magruder, have you any'an nouncements to makef The Justice re sponded : "In August Spies and others against the'' people' of --'the State of Illinois,. Is o. 59, advisement docket -" The Chief Justice nervously turned the leaves of the court docket to the case indicated, when the Justice f read the decision of the court in the Anarchist case: -:' V-.;- : j- -rrr- z,. . 'In this case the court orders that She sentence of the Superior - Court of Cook County of the defeniants in the indictment August Spies, . Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden, A. R. Far-sons, Adolph Fischer, ueorga : n.ngi, ana .Louis ungg ce carried into efftct by the Sheriff of Coo County on the llth oay of .November next, -on Friday, between the hours of ten o'clock forenoon and four in the afternoon, on that day. The judgment of the court was unanimous." .7 : - Tbe opinion was written by Judge Magru der; of the Chicago District, and is an expo- -sition of the law and previous interpretation .-. thereof by eminent jurists in this country, as well as of the courts, bearing upon the alleged -and real errors in this record. In his work ho was helped by each of the other six judges, who made him their spokesman,and through -him expressed their unanimous decision. The . opinion covers-sfci5 pagss of closely written ' manuscript and contains about 50,000 words. , The Anarchists had no counsel at Ottawa to; represent them before the court as the decision was announced, and no steps taken in their " behalf. They, have fifteen days in which to file a motion for a rehearing-and thrty days from the closeof the term to file a petition in support thereof. Th s will not act as a stay of sentence, and they will have to show very strong grounds before the court would consent to the issue of a stay of exe cution until a rehearing could be had next term. .. r-..,-. ---":;;--l;- The trial of the anarchists for the murder ended on August 20, 1888, -when seven of them, via. : August Spies, Michael Schwab, Bamuel ;, Fielden, Albert - R. Parsons, Adolph Fischer, . George En gel ,. and Louis Lingg, were . convicted . of murder. Sentence of death was passed on these Octo ber 9, and an eighth one, Oscar W. Nee be, was sentenced to fourteen years' imprison ment in the penitentiary. A stay of execu tion was granted November 25, 1885, pending the decision of the Supreme Court of the State, which has just been handed down. -' "The only remaining course for us to pur sue," said .Mr. Black, of the counsel for the Anarchists, "is to take the case to the United States Supreme Court. "1 shall immediately -go before the Supreme Court at Ottawa and ask for reasonable time to secure a certified transcript of the record for presentation to the Supreme Court at Washington. Such proceedings are rare, but I have no doubt of the court's decision on that point." The News Heard By the Anarchists. The first official information that reached Chicago was a telegram from the court clerk at Ottawa to the State's Attorney's office say ing:, "Anarchist cases: affirmed; execution November 11." :-. X "'v Mr. Purcell, of the State's Attorney's office, ran at once to the jail with the dispatch. Fol lowing on his heels was a messenger carrying telegrams for August Spies that had been- sent from Ottawa by an agent - of the Anarchists. The 'turnkey, . who took the despatch to cell 25 ' and shoved it through the bars, lingered a moment to watch the effect it would have on Spies. . The Anarchist took the message, glanced firmly at the turnkey, and 'then withdrew, to the darker end of the cell. In two rnin- utes or so he called eently to the old man who - sits as death-watch outside the barred door, and asked him to send the yel low telegraph sheet to Parsons. From him it went to all the others and at last reached Neebe, -who is only under sentence of im prisonment. . - '-' -. - Newspaper men had been rigorously shut out from the condemned men, and all obser vations had to be taken from the outside of the cage, about ten yards from the cell door. It could be seen that each of the condemned men made ostentatious efforts at coolness and bravado. They took seats at their cell doors and read newspapers and books and smoked cigars, and once : Lingg,' the bomb-maker, whistled. .-'". -' '.". - - " . - -.""' '--- Their wives and friends had been with them for an hour during the morning, but about thirty - minutes before .the - news came " - they - were - excluded - - and - the prisoners locked up, each one by him self. Sheriff Matson had - remained away from the jaiL By his orders, during the night the guards had all bean doubled. Including the Court Sheriff there were twenty of the SherifFs men on duty, ten turnkeys and guards that are on regular duty at thi jail, and six policemen who patrolled the alley: on the outside.-" : Captain Schaack brough with him four detectives, who were stationer, in the jail courts. Upon Captain Schaaet . the protection of the jail devolves. - He pro- -fesses to experience no uneasiness from anj attempts to brea'c into the jail, and. says he has taken every precaution. -, , SOME OLD PEOPLE. A8enath Miller has just celebrated- her 100th birthday at St. Charles, HL Robert Crotty died in his old home at Prospect, Ohio, - recently, of the heat, at the age of 103. " - - .- .-'-?,--.'.'-.: '- - The postmaster at Cleveland, Ga, Uncle Ed. Stephenssninety years of age.and spry enough to do all that is required of him. James Preston, of Shenandoah, is enjoy ing the society of his third wife. He is ninety-two years of age, and is the father of thirty-six children. - PRnmnT.v thn oldest oersons in Texas was Grandma Mitchell, who died recently at Pilot Poinv aged 10V Kne never wore glasses, and she walked half a mile to church the Sun day before her death. - A roTrm-Rn blacksmith who works every day at his forge.and who is 100 years old, is a inf yf nt A rr TTia namft is Perkins. He was sold on the block in New Orleans, and taken to Arkansas m 1840. - i The eightieth wedding anniversary of Manual "Rtrriant and his wife, of Matamoras, was recentlv celebrated. . The husband is in the best of health at 102, while the wife en joys the same blessing at ninety-six. Mrs. nt.AR.TSRA SroENER. of Adamstowii Ky.. made her own clothes and did her pvra house war k until she was 110 years old. fone Atn rnmnr.lv in her 113th vear.- All of her teeth, excepting four, were perfectly sound at the tune or ner aeatn. , . Elijah Hayes and wife, of Warsaw, Ind., have given to the Methodist Board of Mis sions an estate valued at $130,000, reserving, however, a life interest in the family home stead and an amount of $1,000. The prop erty yields an income of $5,000. y ; TELEGRAPHIC. SUMMARY, . Eastern and Middle States. Three sets of triplets competed for Presi dent Cleveland's $ 10 prize at the East Aurora (N. Y.) fair, and several colored babes were entered for Governor Hill's $25 prize. The New York Republican State Conven tion, held in Saratoga, nominated the follow ing ticket: For Secretary of State, Frederick -Dent Grant; Controller, Judge Jesse Lam areux; State Treasurer, James H. Carmichael ; Attorney-General, James" A. Dennison; ; State Engineer and Surveyor, O. H. B. Cor nell. : The platform adopted denounces Cleve land's administration; favors a protective tariff and the civil service reform laws; de-. " mauds a fair election in every part of the country; denounces the "flippant, sneering : language 'of - President Cleveland's ve toes of the pension ' bills." and his Confederate battle - flag- ' order; . calls for the establishment, of laws and jegulations to "prevent the coming to our shores of dis reputable and undesirable persons;" favors the restriction of the liquor" traffic and the protection of genuine , dairy products; calls for cheap . transportation and sympathizes - with Ireland in its struggle for home rule. Thomas J. Pope & Bao., a big New York" ; firm in the metal trade, made an assignment ' for the benefit of their creditors, with liabili- -ties of half a million, v - The first national convention of the new American party was held a few days ago in Philadelphia. About . 2,000 delegates from all parts of the country were in attendance. . L Nicholas T. Kane, Congressman-elect of . the Albany (N. Y.V Congressional district, -died in Troy the other night. ...... r f .. The trial race to see which American yacht shall compete with the British representative, the Thistle, was won easily in New York bay by the Volunteer - over the Mayflower, last -year's winner in ; the "great international contest. The Volunteer came in fiftnmin- utes ahead of the Mayflower, and was there upon officially selected to race with the Thistle for tho America's cup, Joseph Cilley, the " oldest ex-United States Senator and a veteran.-of the war of 1812, died at the age of ninety -six years in Nottingham, N. H., a few days since. ' --. A woman, who was a few years ago pri vate Secretary to Hon. James G. Blaine,and admired - by,.- everybody, is, now -washing -dishes in a Haverhill Mass.) restaurant. Drink and dissipation. " brought her to this condition. . - v . --.-".-. E. M. Chamberlain, having declined the Massachusetts Labor party's nomination for Governor, his place has been filled by Charles K - Marks, the candidate for Lieutenant- , Governor. v - - .' South and West. . The twenty regimental and battery monu ments built by the State of Ohio to mark the positions of Ohio troops in the battle of Get tysburg, were dedicated on Wednesday. Gov ernors Beaver, of Pennsylvania, and Fora ker, of Ohio, were, present. ' ; The annual reunion of the Society of the -Army of the Tennessee was held at Detroit. An ex-Confederate reunion at Mexicoy Ma, was attended by a large number of soldiers who fought on both sides. A barbecue, for : which 100 cattle had been killed, ended the day's festivities." - ". Dominick M. 7 Messina, a New Orleans grocer, perished with his entire family of wife and four children in a fire which de stroyed store and dwelling. , Friends of the condemned Chicago Anarch ists are getting up petitions in all parts of the country appealing to Governor Oglesby for mercy., - ''V'M;"-;;,;' :- " -" A young Englishman named A W. White- -house, while hunting antelope in Wyoming, mistook his chum, Gieorge H. - Gordan, for a -bear, and shot -him dead. . - Andrew Johnson, the most notorious desperado in Kentucky, has committed five murders, and is not yet twenty-four years ; old. Through fear no jury will ' convict ; him. i ' The jury in the second trial of Fred Munch rath, Jr., the Sioux City (la.) brewer charged with the murder of the Rev. Mr. , Haddock, the Prohibition leader.brought in a verdict of manslaughter. Other trials for participation' in the murder are to follow. . ' Washington. - A pension checkt that had been raised ; from $2 to $2,450 was received the other day at the Treasury Department. The forgery was skillfully executed, but was discovered by the paying teller of the Treasury. - . .-Foreign. O,..; - A fourth man has died, of -wounds re ceived during the fight with constables at Mitcheilstown, Ireland. v The British Parliament has adjourned until November 30. . ': : 1 . ' Mexico has been celebrating its Independ ence Day with great enthusiasm. President Diaz opened Congress with the usual cere monies. " -r".,,-T,--" -Twenty-four persons were killed outright and se-enty injured, many fatally, by a collision between two trams on the Midland Railway in England. The killed and injured belonged to a party or excursionists on tneir way to the Doncaster races. ' An immense meteor, described as large as a railroad car, fell the other night from a cloudless sky near. Barrington, Nova Scotia. Its fall was also seen at tianiax, ana was ac companied by a vivid illumination of the whole city. - - -. . . A severe riot between Nationalists and Orangemen near ueiiaso, ireianci, was quelled by the police, and ten participants , were arrestea,- - - - - - - MAKING DEATH CERTAIN. A Southern Mayor Takes Poison and - ; then Shoots 11 im sell. Shellman is a town of. a few hundred in-, habitants in Randolph county, lia. trrea excitement was cre'.ted in the village by the . sensational suicide of George Oliver, the re spected Mayor of the place. Mr. Oliver en tered the telegraph office, of which a Miss Lancaster was manager, and without ex plaining'his purpose, quietly unrolled a scrap of paper containing strychnine and swallow ed the poison. The young lady immediately. divined the insane intention of the Mayor but before she could summon assistance he drew a revolver from his pocket, and placing the muzzle over the region of Ms neart, fired. He was dead before medical aid arrived. No motive for therasnact is assigned. Air. Oliver was well known in the State. " . MARKETS. BaLtimori: Flour City Mills, extra,$3.00 -a$3 50; Wheat Southern Fultz, 3Sab0cts; Corn Southern White, 49a50cts, Yellow, 53a 55cts.; Oats Southern and Pennsylvania . 28a36cls. ; Rye Maryland and Pennsylvania 53a55cts. ; Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania -14 00a$1500; Straw Wheat, 7. 50a$8; Butter, Eastern Creamery, 26a27cts. , near-by receipts 20a21 cts ; Cheese-Eastem Fancy Cream, 13 al3Kcts., Western, llallcts. ; Eggs 18al9; Cattle 3.00a$4.25: Swine 6a6cts.; Sheep and Lamb-2a4K cts; Tobacco Leaf Inferior, la$2.50, Good Common, 3 50s. $"4 50, Middling, 5a$6.50 Good to fine red, 7a$9 . Fancy, 10a$12. - ' '. -"" ' New York Flour Southern Common to fair extra, 3.40a$4.20; Wheat No.l White,84 ; a85 cts. ; Rye State, 54a56: Corn Southern Yellow, 47a48cts.; Oats White State, 31a32 cts. ; Butter State, 15a25 eta ; Cheese State, lOalOJcts. ; Eggs 16al634 cts. ; . - Pr iADELPHiA Flour Pennsylvania, fancy, 3.50a$4; Wheat PennHylvania and: Southern Red, 82a83 cts ; : Rye Pennsylvania, 57a58 cts. ; Corn Southern Yellow, 45a47 cts. Oats 36a37 cts.: Butter State, 18al9 cts.; Cheese N. Y. Factory, Ual3 cts.; EggH tata.l7alS!ia, - - - : J
The North Carolina Prohibitionist (Bush Hill, N.C.)
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Sept. 23, 1887, edition 1
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