PRESS,
VOLUME XX.
FRANKLIN. N,' C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1905.
MMBEK 15
THE
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A Cheap Sleigh -Ride.
BT THE
Tom Blivins and Ellas Sham were
'townles;" that Is to say. they were
both born and raised in the town of
Gllmanton, flew Hampshire, the noble
old granite state. They came "to Bos
ton In fbarch of fortune. Tom got a
clerkship In a wholesale house on Cen
tral wharf, and plodded along tho road
that leads to success, living on a trifle
and makins a weekly deposit In the
savings bank. - Ellas Sharp was In the
employ of a grocer In North Market
street His name belled his character,
for, though he thought himself the
"smartest fellow In all creation," the
fact Is, that his paternal parent sent
him to Boston, because, as he Btated
to bis wife. "Ellas was so allflred
green that he was afeared, If the grass
run short, the cattle'd eat him." He
was always getting Into .scrapes and
trusting to Bllvlns to pull him through,
though whenever he was cornered in
consequence of his own blundering, he
always protested:
"I done it for the best I done it for
the best."
The vonng man boarded at a cheap
but respectable lodging house In Han
over street.
One winter a genuine old-fashioned
New England snowstorm, lasting for
two days, cleared off, leaving splendid
sleighing, and, of course, all the Bos
tonians went mad, as they always do
with the first 6r.ow. It Is their carni
val. Nothing was talked or thought
of but sleighing. Tom Blinns was
unaffected by tho mania, but Ellas
Sharp' caught the infection, and it
'struck Innards to hi3 gizzard," as he
phrased It
"Tom," said he, one morning to his
room-mate,. "I can't stand it no longer.
Everybody's on the road. Get a half
holiday, and jine me In a sleigh-ride."
"It's too expensive," replied the
ever-prudent Bllvlns.
"You're nllers throwlnn' cold water
onto a feller's aspirations," rejoined
Kllas. "Ilell yer it 'taln't no such
thing. I know a feller in Portland
street Nathan Parker that'll let me
hev a horse and sleigh for the arter
noon to go to Brighton for five dollars
thftt's only two and a half apiece.
It's cheaper than stayln' to hum.
Now's your chance. Speak quick or
you'll lose It. Two and a half and a
half and aiialf oulck, or you'll lose
It going going going." v
ttls Im pa-
spot, attired
bxskin cap, buck
mBfirtmPtriraming necktie, con
vinced that his appearance was not
only stunning, but killing.
"Fetch out your sleigh and your
kler," he called out, with as much dig
nity as Richard No. 3 said: "Saddle
IWhlte Surrey for the field tomorrow!"
The sleigh and robes were passable,
but when Elias looked on the "fiery, un
tamed steed" his countenance became
elongated. We shall have to take a
"liberty when we quote Byron:
"Bring forth the horse the horse was
, brought,
In truth he wasn't a noble steed."
: or, at least, he was only one of the
"might have beens," which Whlttier
tells, us are very sad things In the
lives of men"
"Remove that 'ere animal and fetch
on another horse," shouted Elias.
Alas! the cry was as useless as that
Of Richard No. 3 on Bosworth Held.
"I can't fetch on no other horse, be
cause," remarked the one-eyed hostler,
logically but ungrammatically, "there
ain't no other horse in the stable.
What's the matter with this unt Look
at bit p ints."
' "I see 'em too darned well," an
swered Ellas, ruefully. He didn't
know much, but raised In New Hamp
shire, lie couldn't help knowing a
horse. "I can't help seln' his p'lnts,
my respectable friend, for they stick
out all over him. He's a mere rack o'
bones. Where I came from they used
that style of animal for crow-bait'
"Oh, sir," said the hostler. "You
don't know what's Into him. He's a
rum un to look it that I admit but a
good un to go. Only wake him up."
"Well give me a good, big. long
carver to wake him up with," Bald
Ellas, making npJiKiind to Hobson's
choice. C I
' "Ah, sir," said the hostler, as he was
harnessing the beast, "this 'ere's the
. most val'able horse in our stable. Old
aa he is, he's fit to run for a man's life.
If they had him over in England and
trained him he'd be first favorite for
' the Derby and Oaks, carrying weight
.tor age.:.,.,.
"Doubted," was Mr. Sharp's laconic
' comment.
- when Blivins made bis appearance,
Ellas had got over his disappointment,
and called out cheerfully: .
"AH aboard! Jump in, Tom don't
keep the horse fretting. Glm'me the
lines, there! Let go his head! Alt
right now for It";
When they were out of sight of the
stable, Ellas took the "carver" out of
the socket and proceeded to "wake
up" the old "plug."
"By jolly!" be cried, as the veteran
' struck a pretty good gait "there Is
'some fire in the old flint He must
have been a wonder In Glnerel Wash
ington's airly days. Well astonish
the natives, arter all, and take the
starch outer some of the cracks. I say,
Tom Isn't this gay? Clang there
yer old three-legged crab!" And down
came the whip again. "Jest look at
him, Tom. It's blood that tells, after
11. Go it. old boy! - Go it!"
They had now left the narrower
part of Washington street and were
on the "Neck," the sidewalks lined oy
thousands of spectators, the track cov
ered with vehicles of all descriptions,
lumbering vehicles on runners, stage
sleighs, forty-pound cutters, "Jumpers'
(dry-roods boxes nailed on hickory
saplings, which served at once for
shafts and runner), butchers' and
countrymen's "pungs." -
j
"OLD UN."
Elias was in the highest spirits. Hs
flapped his arms like , wings, an
crowed like a chanticleer; hd shouted, J
he yelled, he sang. In short he be
haved like an 'escaped lunatic from
Somervllle, to the horror ot his sedate
companion. But there was no occa
sion for mortification, for everybody
else was as crazy as Ellas Sharp, if
hot cutte so demonstrative.
"I'm all right old fellor," he said, in
a lucid Interval. "How are youT By
Jove! this beats Fourth of July as fur
as chain Ughtnln' beats an ox team.
Look a-there, old boy. There's lots of
flyers on the road. . Jerusalem!" he
cried, as a cutter whiazed by him like
a bullet. "There goes 'Acorn' Jim
Oakes behind Polly Ogden. Might
as well try to chase greased llghtnln'
'ez to go fur him."
"Do vou know the road to Brigh
ton?" asked Blivins.
"Reckon I do,' old boss. Up the hill
past Dr. Porter's meeting house bend
to the left then to the right ag'ln,
down the hill into the square and pull
up at the old Cattle Fair hotel. Hie
'way, there old Mwthusaleh!"
Ah, that rush down the hill, with fly
ing teams coming tn the opposite di
rectionsnowballs hurled from the
horses' heels and thumping against
dashers pretty girls laughing or
screaming shaving through , tho
"ruck" without a half inch to spare;
the whirling snow blinding the eyes,
like a mist of needles who that has
known Its wild excitement can ever
forget it?
They pulled up at the Cattle Fair
hotel.
"Might as well bait the horse," said
Ellas, as he surrendered the team to a
hostler." He's done nobly and; de
serves It. Walk in."
They entered the huge bar room, big
enough for the manoeuvres of a regi
ment, but now choked to repletion.
Ellas was Immediately surrounded by
a group of North Enders, whose ac
quaintance he had made In North Mar
ket street mostly retired sea cap
tains Blivins, who was of a shy dis
position, took a chair in an out-of-the
way corner, and watched the buzzing
multitude. After about an hour Ellas
rejoined him.
"Enjoying yourself, old feller?" he
asked.
"Not particularly. Isn't It time to
ck to town?"
beln' In
we have a frolic
act is, I've agreed to take
it here with my friends. Every
man pays his scot. This house is fa- j
mom for venison suppers."
"How much will It cost?" asked Bllv
lns, anxiously.
"Oh! about two dollars and half
apiece. That ain't hothln' and If
you're short, or think you can't afford
it, I'll pay for both."
"I thought this was to be a cheap
excursion to cost five dollars at the
outside."
"Well, you see, I got roped In for
the supper. But don't fret, old fellow;
I'll pay for you."
"No, you won't. Since I'm In for It,
I'll stand my hand, but mind, no fur
ther extravagance."
, "Honor bright, old feller. How
much money have you got about your
trousers?"
"Twenty-five dollars."
"I can match you. It's all right, old
boy. And now come upstairs. I'll In
troduce you to my friends Jolly old
fellows from the North End."
"I'd rather not" said Bllvlns, hold
ing back.
"Pshaw! you're going to dine with
'em. They won't bite your heard oft."
- So Bllvlns was dragged up Into a
private parlor, and introduced to Capt .
Hardcastle, Capt. Bower, Capt. Brown,
Capt. Jessup, Capt Jenkins and Capt
Cumpers, and there was much scrap
ing and handshaking.
Capt. Hardcastle counted noses.
"There's eight of us," he said. "Just
make up two tables. We'll have a
game of whist."
Here he rang the bell as If he was
hauling on a malnbrace, and ordered
the frightened waiter to bring two
packs of cards as if he was hailing to
windward In a northeast gale.
"I beg pardon, captain," said Bllvlns,
timidly, "but I am no card player
scarcely know one card from another."
"D'ye mean to say, young gentle
man," said the captain, fiercely, "that
you're going to make a marplot of
yourself to sheer off like a land lub
ber when your mates are going into ac
tion? Shiver my topsails, if I thought
so" and he looked very red and apop
lectic, and the other sea captains be
gan to mutter and growl in a very
ominous manner.
"Well, gentlemen," said Blivins, "If,
after my avowal of Ignorance, any one
of yon is willing to accept me as a
partner, I'll Join you." ...
"I'll take you," said Capt Bower
"but mind you keep your eye peeled,
youngster. I shall' watch your game
ilke a shark watching for a funeral at
sea." -; ;".-
After which ominous warning the
party sat down to cards. Blivins
thought they were playing for fun, but
havwas deceived; a little ot the circu
lating medium was involved, "Just to
make the game interesting" as Capt
Bower remarked. . - "
When supper was announced, poor
Bllvlns found he was outlive dollars.
Moreover he . had been "playing for
money," a thing abhorrent to his prin
ciples. He sat down with very little
appetite, and had a wretched1 time gen
erally. : After supper he took Ellas aside.
" Uas," said be, "did yon lose or
win?" ,
.;' "Lost, old fellew, lost" v .
"How much?". ' -
J'No matter. But by Jove! ' I'll be
even with 'em. If there's any game. I
do understand, it's whist 111 shew
'em I do. by hookey! before the even
in's over." ,
"You don't mean to say you're going
to risk more money?" -.
; "Certain sure, oM fellow. Come
along." :
"Then you may count me out," said
Bllvlns, flrmtr.
"Come, 'Lias comei Mr. What's
Your Name your friend, there T ' All
hands on deck! Tumble up; tumble
up!" roared Cast. Hardcastle.
"He won't come," said Elias. : .
"Thunder!" roared Hardcastle.
"Let him alone." said Capt Bowei,
glaring savagely at Blivins. "I can't
abide a lubber that leads trumps after
my kicking his shins under the table.
I'd rather have an out-and-out dum
my." "All right, then," roared the captain.
"All hands on deck except the skulk
er." , Blivins was left alone tn the now de
serted bar-room, watching the hands
ot the clock drag themselves slowly
over the dial plate. At ten Elias came
down looking very much flurried.
"My luck's sure to turn, old fellow.
Lend me ten dollars."
Mechanically Blivins drew out the
required sum, placed it in his friend's
hand, and Ellas darted upstairs again.
At eleven he reappeared with an
other requisition for the same amount.
"Not a cent" said Bllvlns, resolute
ly. "Come, old friend," remonstrated
Ellas.
"Nary red," said Bllvlns. "Now I've
ordered tho horse and sleigh."
"Is that your last word?''
"Final."
"I never thought you'd go back on
me a towny," said Ellas.
Bllvlns made no rejoinder. His
face was set like a marble monument
The sleigh bells were heard at the
door.
Ellas 'skulked upstairs. He might
have continued to play with L O. U.'s,
but reason stepped in and saved him
from further folly.
He took leave of the "jolly dogs" up
stairs, who were now engaged In sing
ing "We Won't Go Home Till Morn
ing," stepped into the sleigh, handed a
"tip" to the hostler, took up the lines,
and drove for a couple of miles in si
lence. Then he said, rather sheepishly:
"I done It for the best, old feller I
done it for the best."
His attention was next directed to
the actions of the horse; that unfor
tunate animal evidently preferred
walking to trotting, though he was
now heading homeward, and the ut
most the "carver" could accomplish
was" to rouse him Into an Intermittent
scuffle. When they were within one
mile of Boston statehouse, the horse
stumbled and fell. All efforts to rouse
him were In vain.
"By Jove!" cried Ellas, after an ex
amination of the prostrate creature;
"the critter's as dead as a doornail."
"Dead!" cried Bllvlns. jumping out
of the sleigh.
"He's lost his chance for the Derby
and Oaks," said Ellas. "He's had his
sleigh-rlde, and, by Jerusalem!
I reck'HWM m ""ma l" u
done, now?" ' "
"isw it tn Hanover nt.rle 6n
swered Bllvlns.
"And the horse? Leave him here
the most valuable animal in Nat Par
ker's stable? No, slree! That ain't
to be thought of. They'll want to
stuff him and set him up in a nona
tomical museum. Help me to boost
him into the sleigh, and we two'll tote
him into town. Don't think I'm loony
or romantic," said the wretched youth,
grasping his friend's arm. "I simply
go In for Justice and aud re
morse!" He covered his face wHh his hands
and wept.
Then the two friends went to work,
and by tho aid of some loose rails
managed to get the Inanimate animal
Into the sleigh. After that they seized
the shafts and tugged away at their
self-imposed task. The ascent of Bea
con HIU was a trial, but they accom
plished It. Down Park street they
went at a run; it was easy sledding
along Tremont street down Hanover
street and so on to the stable. The
one-eyed hostler received the remains.
"Here's a rum go!" said he, gloom
ily, if not sadly. "Mr. Parker's been
dreadful oneasy Blnce he heard how
you druv that 'ere horse over the
Neck. He's got a peck of evidence
ag'ln ye."
"I done It for the best I done it for
the best" muttered Elias. hoarsely.
"Take keer of the remains I'll make
it all right In the morning.
That dreadful night! that horrible
morning! For with the morning came
Nemesis in the shape of Mr. Nathan
Parker. His bill read:
"Ellas Sharp, Esc, to Nathan Par
ker, Dr.:
To hire of horse and sleigh .... $ 6.00
To value of horse killed by
overdriving 1,50.00
Total 1155.00"
Immediate settlement or legal ven
geance were the terms offered.
"What shall I do?" cried the wretch
ed Elias, when the stablekeeper had
withdrawn..
"Youll have to write home to your
folks, who are able to help you, and
will do so if you make a full and frank
confession," said Bllvlns. "Parker
will take his pay by installments if he
sees that ipu mean to deal fairly by
him." Meanwhile, I will assist you and
advance you money, it you promise to
be steadier in future, it you pledge
yourself never to t jitch a card again,
and never, under any circumstances,
ask me to join you in a cheap sleigh
ride." New York Weekly. : '
1 Never 8aw a Chalybeate.
An American engineer and architect.
Colonel Charles Nichols, has recently
returned from England, were he spent
several years, mainly in constructing
and remodeling pretentious , country
Seats- " ' V: -.; V.': ' ' '' ",y -'
"One of my employers," said Colonel
Nichols," was a London tradesman
who had amassed a fortune, and con
tracted with me to alter a country
place he had bought to retire to. On it
was a fish pond that be decided to
clear out When it was drained we
found at the bottom a spring of colored
mineral water. I told my employer
that he had found a chalybeate. -
-" 'I'm glad of if said he, 'as I never
saw one. Put it in the basket with the
other fish and I'll be over to look at
t directly.' "-rNew York Herald.
Deprived of His Means of Support.
: Beggar Kind sir, could you help a
victim ot the trusts? 1 am starving!
Citizen How are the trusts respon
sible? Beggar lny shut down the factory
where my wife had a Job, sir. fuck.
KIN G OF THE GUILLOTINE
4NIQUE POSITION OF PRANCE'S
PUBLIC EXECUTIONER.
Government Functionary With High
; founding Title Sinister Office Often
Descends From Father to Son
Louis Deibler's Wife Daughter of an
Executioner.
One of the best known Parisians of
modern times, has Just passed away;
yet there were not. 60 men In all
France who were willing to know
him. ' '
He was peculiarly popular, in a con
temptuous way, among the lower class-,
es, says Pearson's Magazine; yet no
one workingman in ten thousand
would shake his hand.
He had a unique position, alone of
his kind. Though neither statesman,
man of law, administrator or soldier,
he was a government functionary with
the most high sounding of titles; yet
this title was unknown to the great
mass of Frenchmen, who called him
by another name which was not his.
They called him "Monsieur de Pa
ris." His real title was executeur (leg
hautes oeuvres (he who executes high
deeds). His name was Louis Antolne
Stanislaus Delbler, and his profession
was the cutting off of heads.
He was the sole public executioner
of France and Corsica. His father had
been public executioner before him.
And his son succeeds him in the sin
ister office.
The father of Louis Delbler was pub
lic executioner at Rennes and In the
Ave departments 'of Brittany. The
stain was already In the family, and
so was familiarity with the vocation.
What could the young man have
done In life? Should he make himself
a lawyer, a painter, or go Into busi
ness, the stain would have followed
him. He was the son of the guillotine,
and there was not a girl In France
that would have married htm!
In France it Is not as with us,
where these dread responsibilities are
diluted by division among a thousand
sheriffs, each occupying for a few
years only an office that Is highly hon
orable, and in which the "execution
of high deeds," if it comes at all, Is
tho rarest of accidents and loaves no
personal association in tho public
mind.
It has always been different In
France. Under the old regime of
kings, as far back as the 13th century,
we find individuals whose life work
it was to "whip, brand, hang, behead,
break on the wheel and burn" in the
name of the law. The title was that
of "executor of hli?h justice." a pro
fession that demands long apprentice
ship, because, according to an ancient
ordinance, the bourreau (execution
er) must "know how to do his office
means of fire, by the sword, the
whlpTTlft-wneel, by drawing and
quartering, bylrfrtori. by dragging,
pointing and pricking, bTeuT BtfftjfrTsT
by dismembering, by fustigating, by
the pillory, by the iron collar, and by
other like pains according to the cus
toms and usages of the land ordered
by the law for the terrifying of male
factors." In 1720 the bourreau of Paris had a
fixed salary of 1G,000 livres, equivalent
today to llti.OOO, for himself and his
aids. The guillotine was not yet In
vented, though the practice of tortur
ing had almost died out and the chief
work ot Monsieur de Paris was the
merciful cutting off of beads by means
of the axe and block. In those days
It was- always "Monsieur de Paris,"
"Monsieur de Rennes." and so on a
strange title strangely shared by bish
ops. Thus tho great Bossuet was
known to the court of Louis XIV as
"Monsieur de Meaux."
It was natural that the ill famed
though highly paid office Bhould run In
families. A single family the fam
ous Sansons occupied It through
generations, from the year 1688 down
to 1847, from the old days of torture
to the merciful invention of the guil
lotine, through the merciful red waves
of the Revolution, the Empire, and the
Restoration of kings down to the very
eve of the Second Republic. Genera
tion after generation the Sanson fam
ily kept its memoirs; and their pub
lication a few years ago, in eight
large volumes, though scarcely more
than a publisher's venture, with few
important contributions to history,
make strange reading.
Louis Antolne Stanislaus Delbler,
who was born in the year 1823, had
discovered early In life) that his father
was not like other men he was "Mon
sieur de Rennes." A few years ago,
In a moment of mournful t remini
scence, he pictured to a friend bis
young wife's solicitude when his own
little son began to ask questions.
"Papa Is traveling," the child would
prattle. The boy grew. Then one day
he said "Papa Is traveling!" Jo-a
tone she had never heard from him
before.'. ... , ... . -..";.
And she knew that he knew!
I have said that there was not a
girl m - all France who would have
married Louis Delbler. " There was
one in Algiers, however, who received
his suit gladly a charming young
lady, well educated, virtuous, good
looking and possessed of a handsome
marriage portion.
What made this tender paragon re
ceive the ostracized youth so kindly?
She was in the same position as him
self. There was probably not a young
man ot decent family in all France or
Algiers who would have asked for her
hand1. She was the daughter of M.
Raseneuf, the public executioner of Al
glers. ; J
Louis Delbler came and saw and was'
accepted. Indeed, he was doubly ac
cepted, tor he at once entered Into the
office of assistant executioner to M.
Raseneuf. This was in 1858, and In
1863 bis own father died, still exacu.
tioner at Rennes. He himself contin
ued to live in the family of bis father-in-law
and to assist him in his work
until the law of 1871 came to suppress
the separate posts ot executioner in
the provinces. Louis Delbler wag
called to Paris and, In the quality of
assistant ot the first class, he was at
tached to M. Roch, the "Monsieur de
Paris" of the day. M. Roch died jln
1879, and M. Dlebler succeeded him
and "exercised" during all ot 20 long
years. I'
Louis Delhler bad barely entered on
bis ftfnctlonsias executioner for Paris
and all France when he was called to
Agen to guillotine Laprade, a youth
of 20 jroars, who had assassinated bis
father, mother and grandmother. The
execution was duly carried out on May
19, 1879; but the new executioner met
with such resistance from the young
villain that he was obliged to bang
his head against the side of the guil
lotine until he was practically insen
sible. HIS second victim was the cele
brated Prunler, condemned in "Sep
tember of the same year for the assas
sination Of an old woman with ag
gravating circumstances. Prunler was
23 years old and showed extreme
courage in his last moment, smoking a
cigarette as he walked Jauntily to the
guillotine. Another execution of his
first year as "Monsieur de Paris"
made a great talk. It was that of the
policeman Prevoet, who had a mag
nificent record for honesty and brav
ery, but was found to have robbed a
Jeweller and cut his body Into 78
pieces. To the astonishment of his
chiefs, he confessed to the previous
assassination of a young girl. He
walked to the guillotine with firm
ness, saying that he had not enough
blood to wash away his crimes.
But Louis Deibler's experience of his
sad mission in life was not to be lim
ited even to the victims themselves.
After Prevost it was Menesclou, in
April, 1880; this one's mother went
suddenly crazy In the crowd the mo
ment the knife fell.
Henceforth the list becomes too
numerous to mention, except, perhaps,
for a few of the more celebrated.
Tropmann, who had murdered an en
tiro family; Marchandou, the valet
assassin; Pranzini, the professional
killer of women; Prado and Anastay;
Eyraud, the accomplice of Gabrlelle
Bompard, who, after her recent par
don, was kept out of the United
States; Vachler, the slayer of shep
herd boys and girls; Selller, the ghoul;
and a series of anarchists like Rava
chol, Henry. Vaillant and Caserino,
the assassin of President Carnot.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS,
An old labor law In England in force
in 1783 contained the following six
clauses: Any tailor who joined a
union was to be sent to Jail for two
months. Tailors must work from six
o'clock In the morning until eight at
night Wages were noi to be higher
than forty-eight cents a day. Each tail
or was to be allowed three cents for
breakfast. Any tailor who refused to
work was to be Imprisoned for not
more than two months. If any em
ployer paid higher wages he was to be
fined $25, and the workmen who took
the Increase were to be sent to Jail for
two months.
An amusing story Is told ot some of
the richest men In the country who
were attending a recent directors'
jaeeiJMi-tfrewTerk Around t
table were J. P. Morgan, James Still
man, William Rockefeller, J. J. Hill
and Senator Depew. A messenger en
tered with a package for the senator
on which $1.40 was due, and after go
ing through his pockets the wonderful -Chauncey
acknowledged he did not
have enough money to pay the bill and
asked financial aid. All subscribed as
much as they had with them, but these
multi-millionaires were good for only
a little over 1 among them. A mes
senger boy bad to advance the rest.
In 1859 some distance southeast of
Lake Nyassa in Central Africa, Liv
ingston discovered Lake Shlrwa, a
body of water about thirty miles long
and fifteen miles wide, which has now
entirely disappeared with the excep
tion of a few ponds in Its bed. Lake
Nyaml, discovered by Livingston at
the same time, has also disappeared.
The cause of the change appears to
be a gradual drying up of bodies of
water tn Central Africa. As marking
the results of a single half century
the changes named (with no doubt oth
er equally Important, but not recorded)
show a rapidity of mutation in those
inland waters not equalled elsewhere
tn the contemporary geographer's sur
vey. Discipline is severe in the German
army, and the treatment of privates Is
sometimes unjustifiable. At Dessau a
sergeant who had been drinking to ex
cess insulted two young women who
were escorted by a couple of men In
the ranks. The privates protested to
the minor officer, who drew his sword
and attacked them, in his drunkenness
wounding one of the girls. In the af
fray which followed the sergeant was
disarmed and felled to the floor. All
three were put on trial.- The sergeant
was sentenced to' prison for five
months, while the unfortunate privates
were condemned to five years behind
the bar at hard labor, were dismissed
from the service and were deprived of
their civil rights. Service as a priv
ate In an army so regulated cannot be
a cause of pride in time of peace,
America is not the only country -In
the world that excels In canning meats
and vegetables, ' At the St- Louts Ex
position were shown canned rice birds
from China. These little birds are
much like our own reed birds, and as
they live in the rice fields, they be
come very fat and luscious. They are
esteemed' highly in China and are pre
served with skill. Portugal preserves
immense quantities of fish. Germany
has .some interesting experiments in
canning. One of these is called calor
it the name referring to the device
whereby the vegetable or meat en
closed may be. heated by puncturing
the can. Two chambers enclose the
inner can, one holding lime and the
other water. The-"puncture permits
the water and the lime to meet and
the slaking process which follows
causes heat ,
A Queer Horse.
"Uncle Ben" was the name of the
reindeer that drew our pulk. He was
a big, raw-boned deer with enormous
horns. , His coat was almost white
and was thick and soft. His legs
were long and powerful, and the
sinews were plainly visible with every
stride that he took. His hoofs were dl
vljed very high, so that when he
placed his foot on the ground the hoot
spread wide, and when he 'raised it
a snapping noise was caused by the
parts of the hoo closing together.
st Tuenoias,
THE PULPIT.
BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON
DR. THEODORE L. CUTLER.
BY
fiuhim: "Th goal's Anohori."
Brooklyn, N. I. The Rev. Dr. Tueo
Vre L. Cuyler occupied bis old pulpit
in Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Lafayette avenue and South
Oxford street, Sunday morning. A
very large congregation was present.
Dr. Cuyler, who is now in his eighty
fourth year, preached with bis old
time vigor on "The Anchors of the
Soul." He took as his te.tt Acts xxvll:
2D: "They cast four anchors out ot the
stern and wished for the day," and
said:
The account of Paul's voyage to
Rome is one of those graphic passages
of the New Testament which never
loses its Interest. It not merely throws
a strong light upon ancient navigation,
but Is strong confirmation of the truth
fulness of the Acts of the Apostles, for
modern nantlcal services-have estab
lished every word of the narrative.
The chief interest to us to-day Is its
rich, practical, spiritual instruction.
The story of the storm and the ship
wreck you have all been familiar with
from childhood. For fourteen days the
ship had been in the clutch of a terrific
"blizzard," aa we would call it but
which Is described In the narrative as
a "eurocyldon." No sun or moon or
stars appeared during that terrible
fortnight. For safety much of the
cargo was heaved overboard and they
were obliged to bind around the crazy
craft with hawsers In order to keep
from foundering In mid sea. They
imagined they were drawing nigh to
the land, and heaving the lead It tells
off twenty fathoms. The next cast of
the lead shows fifteen fathoms. They
are now close on the lee shore. Only
one maneuver can save them. They
rust four anchors out of the stern, and
It Is a striking fact that pictures on
the walls of Herculaneum and Pom
pell depict the galleys anchored In that
manner. What n long and dreary
night was that to tho drenched and
weary voyagers, while they listened to
the terrific thundering of the breakers
ou the shore. But Taul, Christ's pris
oner, Is on board, and be Is the real
master of the situation. Ills precious
life is Insured from heaven, for, re
member until their work Is done. It
wag part of God's wish that the an
chors Bhould preserve the most valu
able life then on the globe until Paul's
mighty mission was accomplished.
Human life Is a voyage, and all of
you now before me are bound on It for
the Judgment seat and for eternity. It
Is not a -voyage over smooth seas and
before soft, south winds. Everything
under God depends on the compass and
the anchors. You observe that the an
chors are not attached to anything
afloat, but they plunge through the
waves and bite into the tenacious clay.
And so it Is with our spiritual anchors.
Mnke fast to God's Immutable word
and to the omnipotent Saviour, the
Lord Jesus Christ. An anchor, too. Is
unseen. And so it is with the Inward
union with the unseen Christ that
'"jnany a one safe In the hour of
ii and lii'lnra
those In the depihTW' fJrfmie'TOls.
When Martin Luther was struck with
a heavy head sen he used to let slip the
cable of the forty-sixth psalm and,
throughout the voyage of life you and
I have vital need of the anchors which
our divine Master, the Captain of our
salvation, has provided for our safety.
What are the four anchors?
The first and foremost anchor Is
faith. That is often defined as trust in
an unseen Uod, and we take God's
word more implicitly than we take the
notes issued by the Government, be
cause they benr the stamp of the Uni
ted Stale with Its vast resources be
hind it. But the mightiest spiritual
force for you and me Is the Chrlst
falth. Now, that is a great deal more
than a mere opinion. Faith is infinite
ly more than a sentiment or feeling or
opinion. It is an act; it is tbe positive
act of the soul laying hold of Jesus
Christ as our Saviour, Joining our
weakness to His strength; our unwor
thlness to His merits; our weak selves
to His Infinite and almighty Self. We
are not commanded only to believe in
Christ we are commanded to believe
on Christ, If we would be saved. A
friend ot mine was staying nt a hotel
in Albany and noticed a rope In his
room and bad faith in it because he
saw it was a well-braided rope. At
midnight he was aroused by a cry of
"Fire!" On opening the door the
smoke and flames burst in, and he
grasped tbe rope and let himself down
In safety to the sidewalk. He believed
on the rope. That is saving faith
when you rest on Christ, clinging fast
to Christ, trusting In Him alone to up
hold you to tbe end and assured of His
promise. "I will never leave thee nor
forsake thee." Salvation of tbe soul Is
an actual experience. It Is the actual
testing of Christ; the actual attach
ment to Christ the actual love for Him
hid in the very depths of the soul. Tbe
British Government requires all Its an
chors to be stamped. The eleventh
chapter of Hebrews is the Holy Spir
it's record of the stamps on the anchor
of faith. My mother's Bible .was
marked all through with pencillngs on
the margin, proving how these various
promises had been tested, and tbe an
chor never dragged. ,
The second anchor is loyalty to Christ
and obedience to His commandments.
Every day I attach less Importance to
a religion of mere emotion. It is very
pleasant to sing and sometimes to shout
on the mountain tops, but a religion
of mere emotion is subject to its ebbs
and flows and is not reliable in the
strain and stress of temptation.' Loy
alty to the teachings of Christ, loyalty
to the everlasting right must be im
bedded in the conscience if you and I
are not to drift upon the rocks Even
faith without good works would be
dead. It has been this lack ot loyalty
of conHcience to the truth. Integrity and
right which has strewed the beach
with so ninny pitiable and disgraceful
.wrecks. Tbe greet demand in these
days is conscience; the great demand
In politics is conscience, and no man is
safe under tbe temptations of com
merce .or of public life when his con
science. Is loosened from God's com
mandments. God never insures a man.
even in the church, except while his
anchor Is fastened to the divine princi
ples of right with the cable of obe
dience to the Master. I would say to
these dear young friends, beware of
the first false step; keep oft dangerous
ground. In Switzerland I saw the
Mortenharsh glacier, where Tyndall
had such a perilous experience. He
and a companion were lasbed to a
guide. They began to descend on the
rough rocks and the companion sug
gested that they should walk on the
snow alongside. They did so and their
weight disturbed the equilibrium of
the whole body and sent them down
as an avalanche. Just before they
reached the precipice the guide thrust
his Iron shod boot against a projecting
rock and shouted, "In tbe name of
God, halt.1" They Vera drawn up
when there wns but a moment between
them and eternity. J would say to
every one of you, dear young men, if
yon find yourselves being, carried-a way
by your social surroundings or influ
ences toward tbe precipice of ruin,
plant yonr feet firmly against God's
truth and God's right ere you are
swept away.
Tbe third anchor is patience. That
was a tedious night of peril and gloom
which laid upon Paul and his ship
mates, but they held out and waited
tor the day. Patience is that staying
power in the will which Paul in his
epistle calls longmlndedness. It Is the
power to endure a continued strain
without flinching; it is tbe staying
power that wins the prize. Mark how
much of the Old Testament makes of
waiting patiently upon God. In the
New Testament the word often is en
dures, and I would say to all those
dear young friends, who have lately
been united with this church, that the
start is sot sufficient, "he that endur
eth shall be saved."
This patient waiting is opposed to
every anxiety and the worry that frit
ters away strength and produces no
result. I will give you three simple
rules to put into practice. First, take
short views; never cross a bridge until
you come to it; never fight the battle
until tbe evening Is In sight. Second,
discharge the duty that comes next to
your hands; take the step that Uod
points out Immediately before you. If
In ascendln: a mountain you look up
you may grow weary, and If you look
down you may grow dizzy. -One step
at a time Is the secret of the successful
climb, and there is noone with Etrength
enough to bear to-dny's duties with
the worries and Interests of to-morrow
plied on top of them. Third, never
yield to the demon of discouragement.
You parents have need of patience with
your children to encourage everything
that Is good, to bear with perverseness
until you can correct it, instead of only
Increasing It by Irritation. "Why do
you tell that boy twenty times?" said
the father of John Wesley to his broth
er. "Because," replied the wise man,
"nineteen times go for naught and I
shall not gain my point "without the
twentieth." Wise Susanna Wesley
trained the founder of Methodism.
God's delays are sometimes n test of
faith. Look at that Syropboenlcinn
woman plucking the garment of Christ.
She persists, and clings to Him, until
He says: "Oh, woman! great is thy
faith," etc. During the first charge of
my ministry 1 grew so discouraged1
that I wns about to give up when my
Master headed me off with one of the
most powerful revivals I hnve known.
The darkest hour wns just before the
dawn. Here In Brooklyn to-day God's
voice to toe churches evidently is to
do their utmost work, to pour forth
tho most ferveoyjrnycr, to engage Inj
the most personal effort and trust to
Him for the blessing. The best enter
prises in this world have had their pe
rlodi of discouragement, when pa
tience was the vitnl grace that won the
day. Thnt glorious old missionary,
Judson, worked for five years in Bur
mah without a convert. Then the cloud
burst and the great and permanent
Burmnh mission resulted. The lesson
to-day, beloved members of this
church, is: stand by the pastor, assist
him in every movement, echo his every
exhortation and, with united pastor
and people, let us move on to spiritual
harvestings and victory.
h-'i)ujUli anchq
word, hope. TliaTis net the possession
of good things; it is rather the confi
dent expectation of good things that
are assuredly In store for us. "We aro
saved by hope." Iu our spiritual life
hope Is vitally important. I thank God
that throughout my lite He has en
abled ine to be au Inveterate hoper.
The word, however, In the New Testn-
meiit has sometimes a peculiar mean
ing in describing the Christian. The
apostle, in speaking of the hope of sal
vation, calls it nn anchor sure ana
steadfast holding to thnt within the
vale." Let me nsk each one of you
this morning. Where Is your hope? On
what are you resting for this world and
the next? Is your hope an anchor
fastened to the Lord Jesus, or is lt,nly
a mere came attacuea to sunn; mat
great Christian, Harmon rage, who
made- It a rule never to be with any
one ten minutes without saying some
thing good. He went Into his Surjday-
school with a note book In band and
asked each one, "Have you a hope of
salvation? ' Most of them gave him
an affirmative answer. He came to ono
man, a stranger, In the adult Bible
class, who shook bis head and said,
I have none." Sagacious Mr. Page,
Instead of rebuking him, In a very pa
thetic tone said, "Then I will put you
down as having no hope." The gen
tleman could not sleep that night. He
said, "Page has me down In his book
as a hopeless man," and he laid hold
of Christ and made his decision for tbe
Master, and the next time he met the
superintendent he said, "Thank Cod
for your plain, loving talk with me, for
I have a hope now like an anchor." I
cite the case of that philanthropist
who came to New York as a humble
carpenter, and who wrought such n
work thnt over 100 souls were con
verted under him. Brother believers,
let the storms of earth bowl as loudly
as' they will, If wo have committed
everything to Jesus all should be well,
for so it came to pass that wben the
daylight brokn the tempest-tossed mar
iners on tne snores of Menta come
safe to land. ,
So it will be with us, through the
night's darkness, through perilous voy
ages we shall each have our souls fast
anchored to the universalizing Saviour,
whom alone we can trust for salvation.
My last, loving counsel to every one
of you before me, whom I am rejoiced
to address .once more rroin tnis dear
old pnlpit, is, make fast your anchors
to the Lord Jesus Christ if at last you
would find peace in the desired haven.
'' Tha Banaon.
" -Christ came into tbe world, not t'
tell us what is right, but to give ii
our right dolug the right flavor. Rev,
Frank Crane.
The London Spectator . says our
Judges lack the standing and prestige
that the English Judges have, and
that rich nsen dare not openly defy
the law In England as they do li
America, There is some troth in
that, admlta Harpert-Wtekly. Suc
cess in money making has overshad
owed all other kinds jot distinction In
this country In the last forty years,
and .besides that there it not tha
tame reverence for official power iuu
place to this country that there IsMn
England, ! England is stlU an aristoc
racy; where lnferors instinctively took
nn to their superiors. Part ot the
prestige ot the British Judges Is due
to the habits of mind of the popul
tlon they help to rule. , Our demo;
cratlc communities will hardly be In
duced to regard with like awe the
Judges who serve them, however wor
thy they may he of the highest re
spect. Our Judges, aa It is, unques
tionably make themselves respected,
but we think it is true that an Amerv
lean Judge is not, relatively, as big a
man as ho was forty years ago.
' THE SIMPLE LIFE.
Ill not dainty the godi wnuld rtllsh
Thow ffutlns rods of mytliolony '
The name would never with grace cube
Huh
- The menus of high Borlety,
nut noininft can gel more proper anion -On
the hungry ipot 'neath a feller'i Jeans,
Can (Ire more comfort and aatlsfactlon
To a yearning atoinaih than pork an7
beans. '
Wben the Inner man for feed la craving - -
Ana me eyatem la wrappra in s nam o
yearn.
ivueu in
:he stomach rebela and la misbehav
ing
And the teeth tn amlety aeem to bnrn, -How
the gay glad light of anticipation
Through a fellow'e optlce In Joy raroens,
When on the air of the feeding station -
He anlffa the odor of pork and beant 1
When the puree la flat from s dearth of
boodle,
When but a dime la repoelng there.
When a fellow feel he could eat a poodle
And try to Imagine It llelglan hare.
When a reg'lar dinner, with pie and puddln',
la way up yonder beyond hla meana,
One feaet la hla, and a mighty good un
A man's aiie platter of pork and beans.
Chlcairo, mart of the hog. we Mesa your "
With wreatbi of gratitude deck yonr
name.
And Boston, In lore, we'd fain caress yon
For the aucculcnt truck you're glTen
fame,
No combination de cnllnarv,
rruni ine dainty Uleliei or Kings ana
queene
Clear down to poverty's coramlanary,
Can hold a candle to pork and bonne.
JJenrer Pott
JUST FOR FUN
She The expression on my
new J
, but-
photographs Isn't natural. He No,
it's very pretty. Detroit Free Press.
"Did I see you kissing my daughter,
sir?" "I really don't know, sir. I was
too much occupied at the time to nfl
tlce." Life.
George They say the fteh bite
through the Ice. May Heavens! And
I had looked forward to such fine times
skating Washington Post.
Cholly D'ye know, Miss Pepper,
deahly love horses! Miss Peppel
aglned so when I saw you hugged the
neck of the one you were riding yes
terday. Cleveland Leader. ' ;
One of the Girls Why, there's Mr,
Scorcher! It seems strange that he
should be studying medicine. The Man .
Not at all. Doctors are allowed to
exceed the speed limit. Life.
"Did you buy your way to your pres
en position of political prominence?"
"Certainly, I did," answered Senator
Sorghum. "If there Is anything I
hate it's a dead-head." Washington
Star.
Johnny Ma says Mr. Pedaller Is
a most conscientious teacher. What
does she mean by that, pa? Pa She
means he is a good man to take les
sons fronn but a very poor man finan
cially. He I don't know of a thing I would
rHUaw.
tlfuLLnot. do for youj She Then you will
have nuiUlRC Jtuttftr-trrra live with usi
He Thanks for reminding me. But I
don't know of anything else I wouldn't
do for you. j
Fweddle That creature actually told
me to mind my own business, y' know!
Cholly The Impertinent wretch! Fwed
dle Positively insulting. As If to in
sinuate, don't y' know, that I was in
business! Cleveland Leader. . i
Bllkins I never knew Cockshure to
acknowledge that he had made a mis
take. Pilkins 1 did once. Bilkins Hbw-
aid it nappeni mains no put mo
lighted end of his cigar in his mouth.
-Louisville Courier-Journal.
"What's Gayboy cursing his luck so
savagely about now?" "His wife caught
him coming out of a Jeweler's with .
a box in his hand. Now he's got to
buy her some Jewelry, too, for . a -
Christmas present" Town Topics,
Baity Moore Oh, pshaw, cJd-JUjnjJ
wouldn't worry about Blowhard's opfiS -
Ion of mo, if I were you. Calvert Jr.
It isn't hisoplnlon I'm worrying about
It's the grounds I happen to know he
has for that opinion. aBltimore Amer
ican. " -.,-.'-
"Wat's all dls talk about revlBln' de ;
tariff, Weary?" "Why, de fellers dat '
Is Interested in pertectln" certain lines
o' goods- is goln' to cut down de per-r
tectlon on de goods of de odder feller
an' wlcy werBy." Cleveland Plain
Dealer. ' '
Bertha Only think! Carrie has.
fused Fred Sweetser, and we all "l
lleved she thought the world of him.
Cassle So she did; but he proposed
by letter. Naturally, you know, she
couldn't have any respect for a man
who could be so unwise.
Fuddy They used to wonder ho
the Stiltons came to fall In love wit
one another. Duddy Well,- nd ho
did they? Fuddy Propinquity. Duddj-
Yes, but how did they come to fall,
out after they had been married a few;
monthst Fuddyr-Proplnqulty.
Mr. Cltyflatt (reading1 5. ssjCU
of that "commuter" who was killed In
ths railroad wreck has been awarded
sixty th6usand dollars damages. Mrs.
Cltyflatt There and I've been vain-
ly trying to Induce you to move to the v
suburbs for years you mean thing!
Puck.- -" ;:'-;V; JJ'"'-1';-; -
; Mrs. Tittle-What si beautiful world
it must have been when there was on
ly Adam and Eve In It! There was no-
body to say nasty things about them.
Mrs. Tattle But then they had no- ,
body to talk about. Mrs. Tittle Well, I v'
guess after all, the world has improved ,
since their time.
"Are you the 'Answers to Correspc t
dents' man?" inquired the dyW
looking caller. "I am," "Plied the
gentleman addressed. "What can I
do tor your "Firstly,1 what will frhK
solve a chunk of lead In tbe human
stomach? Secondly, won't you pleana
refrain from publishing recipes - for
plum pudding hereafter?" Philadel
phia Press.
"What did Sallle say when you pro
posed?" Dick Shs asked me it I felt
sure she was the brlghest prettiest,
sweetest girl in all the world. Harry
And, of course, you said yes? Dick
On the contrary, I told her I thought
she was a very ordinary creature.
Harry And of course that settled 1-.
Dick It did. Shu said it was evld.
we were a perfect match. She 1; '
.he same opinion of me, you see.
The Italian minister of public :
truction made uso of G7,9t vi:
cards in his 32 months of office.
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