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COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1891 already within the writer. "We have I THE WILD ROSE AND THE VIOLET. Plains," or Pueblo, Albuquerque, Cheyenne, Helena, and a hundred other places PROFIT IN HYPNOTISM. God inspired his servants not to know astronomy or geology, but to convict the world of sin. It is the power which the word of God possesses to bring man to see his need of salvation that inspiration means.

How childish men seem when they would define inspiration as information on matters which man's reason and senses can learn for themselves; and forget that the Bible's as a book and as a literature, without any supplementary work on man's part, is the power to pierce even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit from the joints and the marrow, and is a discemer of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Inspiration of the word was enduing it with this power to reach results, and not the unerring statement of some irrelevant information. THE BIRTHDAY OF FREEDOM. Respectfully Dedicated to Hon. David Richards, Knoxvllle, Tens.

Air, "Jenny Jones." Columbia, our country, unmatched in thy glory Cur hearts with devotion cling- ever to thee-Thy name is immortal in song; and in story. And millions adore thee, fair land of the free Today we 6hall meet thee, with gladness we'll greet thee. The mouths of our cannon with loud voice shall welcome For thee, fair Columbia, we'll conquer or die! The birthday of freedom the Fourth of July. Columbia, thou fairest, the greatest of nation. May joy be thy portion and honor thy aim; May glory perch ever upon thy lov'd banner 2Jo tyrant or traitor shall tarnish its fame: Today we shall greet thee, with joy we shall meet thee Beneath thy lov'd banner we'll conquer or die! With hearts ever loyal, a welcome most royal We'll give to thy birthday the Fourth of July.

May heaven gift thy statesmen with courage and wisdom. And true be thy warriors on land and on wave: May love keep thy children forever united. May justice rule over the land of the brave; Today we shall meet thee, with true hearts we'll greet thee, For thee, fair Columbia, we'll conquer or die I With music melodious, a welcome most glorious We'll give thee today our sweet Fourth of July. Note The honorable gentleman to whom I have taken the liberty to dedicate this song, is a brother to the first Welshman I met in America, and the first Welshman whom I worked for, and that was when he, Mr. Joseph Richards, was general superintendent of Lochiel Rolling Mil, Harrlsburgh, Pa.

Mr. Joseph Richards, finding that I was a poor Welsh boy alone in the United States, took kindly to me. His kindness I have never forgotten. I always thought very highly of him. I was sorry indeed, to hear of his death.

Some day I shall D.V. write a poem and dedicate the same to his memory. Mr. David Richards hardly remembers me. 1 heard him lecturing- once or twice when I worked in Danville.

George Coronway. ar experienced glimpses of new phases and new truths within our own feelings and ex perience, while we are reading the work a man of deep insight into the human heart and of wide experience in things that touch the emotions of men. It is this that makes Longfellow more popular than Browning Longfellow touches the common, the general heart; Browning can touch only those who have read much and reflected long He can not be interesting to the ordinary man because he does not reveal to the ordi nary man any part of himself. The doc trine that inspiration implies instruction-additional knowledge is human teaching and not divine revelation. This discussion, in the third place, wil show that tradition Is the chief authority for the divine inspiration of Scripture, and that the writers themselves or those to whom they wrote, regarded them only as human; and, finally, that the Bible wil eventually, among all men, on account its truths and excellences, stand higher as a human book than as a divine book it has ever stood, on account of its errancy.

We can trace the history of the apostolic writ ings from the time they were read and re spected as human, until they were adopted in various places Dy various councils as inspired canon. There is nothing in the books of the chief writers of the middle the second century claiming that the Gos pels and Epistles were inspired. The be lief in their inspiration grew out of the effort to canonize these writings in the fourth century. The New Testament In its present form was not accepted as canonica until about the end of the fourth century Even then tradiiton was the chief guide True, men like Jerome and Augustine en deavored to decide from internal evidence what books were canonical. But Augustine did not have scholarship enough to decide such a question, and Jerome, though he was the greatest scholar of his age, yet was timid, and lacked the courage to throw off the shackles of tradition.

Even toward the end of the fourth century, in the Council of Carthage, when the present books of the New Testament were accepted, the decision was not unanimous. Some would include books not in the canon today, and would exclude some which are in now. There is ground to claim that a belief in the plenary a I -i -r inspiration 01 tne JNew Testament is a Protestant measure, and does not trace its existence back beyond the days of Luther inaeea, turner mmseii rejected as unin spired four of the books in our present New Testament. But as the Catholic church made the ex-cathedra declarations of popes and councils infallible and irreformable so the Protestant church, to have something to which men, since they might have no time to read and to study, yet might cling as in errant and irreformable. Hence we have plenary inspiration, and inerrancy the Scriptures.

The Catholic church's infallibility Is found among its most devout and learned in each generation. But the Protestant's infallible criterion was made in ages that knew noth ing of history or science. Even when the last book of the canon was written the world had not seen liberty of man or government. It was impossible for its writ ers to have any adequate conception of the needs and hopes and aspirations and ambi tions of the human heart, in the days railroads and telegraphs, of trusts and bill ionaires. "All Scripture inspired of God.

is prontaDie, oca, not "lniainoie or "unerring." This "profitable" character is a test of inspiration, and inspiration was the moving of holy men (not the instructing) to write, inus we can claim that as tar as the Scriptures themselves bear witness, they imply that they have no claim for super a mm natural accuracy or superhuman knowl edge. But they are a revelation of God to man through being a revelation of man the image of God to himself. we nave me mstory or tne idea ot in spiration of the New Testament, with re gard to the Old the same general steps are followed. In the days of the Savior there were two forms the Palestinian and the Egyptian. These two differ from each other, and each differed from our present Old Testament.

The Scripture from which the Gospels and Epistles quote was a trans lation called Septuagint. Let any one com 4. "I- A. "I 4.1 A i pare ims translation into ureeK Wltn an English, German or Welsh Bible translated directly from the old Hebrew, and he will be convinced of "erroncy" somewhere. For English readers, Thompson's Bible, a translation into English of this Septuagint, is a convenient form of what the Scripture was as used by the writers of the New Tes tament.

It seems that no general knowl edge of Hebrew could have been found even among Jews themselves. Indeed. Christian scholars did not critically study the Hebrew Scriptures before the fifteenth century of our era. Thus from the days of Moses until the Hebrew Scriptures began to be critically studied there intervened about 28 centuries! The man or priest, therefore, who would assert that he had before him the exact copy of the writings of Moses, writings 28 centuries old, must have some supernatural- powers of discrimination When we consider the history of Israel since tne days oi mioses, meir sojourn in the wilderness, their confusion in separating as wanderers and settling as tillers of the and, and especially the confusion among the Levites as they were distributed among different tribes. Then the dark days of the Judges.

No tribe escaped the scourging at the hands of enemies. Then the division into two kingdoms. The exile of the northern kingdom and their replacing by strang ers. Tne exile oi tne soutnern Kingdom to Babylon. Who preserved, or who will assume to know that the writings of Moses and Joshua and others were preserved through all vicissitudes and convulsions? In conclusion, the inspiration of the Scripture Is of far more help to us than an accurate text book of science or history, TAIlcntA(l to Miss SI.

A. Thomas, FItz Henry, and Mr. It. Parry, Hubbard, on their wedding. While walking alone In the woodlands.

Beneath the cool shade of the trees. Allured by the music of songr-blrds And fanned by the sweet-scented breeze; I marked a small bunch of bright violets between the bent roots of a tree. Whose fragrance perfumed the whole gTOtto Though they numbered In all only three. One was full-blown and strong-, looking upward Its stalk was not witnerea or oem; Its partner though weaker was comely And breathed that Its heart was content; The third was both lovely and youthful Inheriting virtues so rare That even her beauty was gilded. How few could I with her compare.

Hard by from a thicket of hazel A wild rose was lifting its head; Adorning the gray rustic fruit-feast Which bountiful nature had spread; While bashfully glancing around Mm The fair little violet he 'spied; He blushed, and with heart-felt afTectlon 'Come hither, my lair one," he cried. "Come hither and be my companion, I'll share with thee all that I've got: My strength while I live shall defend thee And happiness will be our lot Why stay there so lonely and hidden. Come hither and be my sweet bride; Come now, be my Queen, Oh! thou dear onel I'll make thee a throne at my side. She listened and gazed at her lover, Then turned an affectionate look On the elderly couple beside her. And her face could be read as a book; The loving words "No, I'll not leave them.

As plain as If printed were there; Bo she answered. "My mother's afflicted. And need my affection and care." The mother now clung to her darling, (Her stay and her comfort was she;) She looked up and said to the wild rose "I never can give her to thee Unless thou wilt come from the thicket. And dwell in our humble retreat; Then, if both your hearts are united, God help her to be thy help-meet." Those pleasing conditions agreed to, The wild rose In ecstasy has come To make with the small bunch of violets. His happy and permanent home; The nueen he so lovingly longed lor, Today is enthroned In his heart: The gold bands of wedlock around them, No more until death will they God bless the wild rose and his violet.

May love always brighten their way, While scattering the clouds that would gather Together to darken their day; And when their lives' journeys are over, And death will unfasten the band. Oh then, may they both be transplanted To bloom in that heavenly land. Fitz-Henry, Pa. Linnet. INSPIRATION.

liy Pliilomatliean. A free and fair discussion of the doctrine set forth by Dr. Briggs of Union Seminary, will make evident the weakness of, at least three propositions which the church has been compelled to defend by its own au thority, because the propositions commend themselves not to men's reason. I. It will disabuse the mind of men, re garding the claim of some recent writers in opposition to Dr.

Briggs, that all portions of Scripture are of equal importance to man. It seems self-evident that the histor ical or science portions of the Bible do not bear on man's salvation, as these portions in which the deep feelings of the human heart are brought to light. The inner ex perience of man, the profound depths of our emotional nature, are what have been revealed to us. The Bible's great boon to man is that it reveals man unto himself. But such revelation is not found in the geology or the astronomy of the first chap ter of Genesis, nor in the ethnology of the tenth chapter, nor in the history of the Chronicles, while it is found in some of the Psalms and in many other places.

Two historical episodes have not equal value "Jesus wept" and "Remember Lot's wife" are two verses as far apart as love and hate. In 'Jesus wept" we have the central thought of the gospel, and of what is best in "modern civilization while the fate of Lot's wife is the dominate idea of the old dispensation. It was the fundamental idea of the old world, and which drove Rome to impoverish Italy, to oppress her provinces, and to be the despotic crusher of the whole life of the old world. Hence, these two short verses, one of things in the old life, and the other in the modern, can not be of equal value to modern civilization. The first chapter of Genesis and the first Psalm are of different importance.

God has left evidence in the rocks of his creative method and work, and man can learn to read the rocks and discover His law. But the first Psalm gives us truths which touch the heart of humanity; and nowhere else. except in the heart of him who was moved driven, is the exact meaning) to write such truths for man's hope and encouragement, are they to be discovered until they are re vealed to all. To say that if one part of the Scripture is errant, then the whole is worthless, is un reasonable. The sacred writers often make use of natural things to illustrate spiritual truths.

They say, for instance, that the dew falls an wholly inaccurate saying yet, as illustrative of a deep heart-truth, it is beautiful and forcible. How unfortunate, therefore, for a man to throw the whole Bible aside, if some of its science, or its history, or even its prophecy, are shown faulty or erring. Mommsen, in his writings, uses illustrations of his historical theories. Some of these illustrations are not in accordance with facts. Shall 1, therefore, throw aside as worthless, Mommsen's great Roman history Men do not behave in this way every day.

If a friend makes one mistake do we never trust him again? But these defenders of the Bible's inerrancy would tell us that they would not believe the Psalmist's precious words: "I have been young and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken or his seed begging The same writer has made mistakes in referring to the shape of the earth or the source of the rain, or to the forces which hold the earth in its place. They will not believe that the meek will inherit the earth or the pure in heart will see God, unless they can believe also that the sun went back ten degrees in Hezekiah's day, or stood still for Joshua. This discussion, begun at Union Semi nary, will also call the attention of the church to the fact that it is confusing inspiration with information. Holy men wrote as they were moved (or driven) by the Holy Ghost. It does not say that they were instructed or trained.

Nowhere do we find that inspiration implies increased knowledge. It is only a flash revealing what Is of interest had not the railroad companies invested tneir money and found a way to carry the products of this vast western ter ritory to a marKetr would our great re formers have the minerals of the Rockies packed on asses to smelters and the mints situated in some convenient spot, to them in some eastern hamlet, rather than patronize the more modern system of transportation? Can these chronic grumblers point to a- time or place when the finances of the country were in better condition than they are with us in this country at the present time? Is there not perfect confidence by business men In the hnancial system of the country? Can they point to a time when the purchasing value of a dollar was more to the advantage of the poor man? Do they want to drift back to the banking system during the much talked of Democratic days of simplicity before the war? When there was scarcely a bank note in the country but that was discounted from 1 to 25 per cent, and no man couJd say what he might expect to get for it on the morrow. Do they remember the system of scrip in those days that was forced onto the workman and which was redeemable only at the store of the company issuing it and where there was little or no choice to buy from? Do they wish to change the present system for one like that? If so, confinue to serve blindly the power that made it possible for such things once to exist, and they may get a repetition oi them again. If such malcontents would only seek remedy by industriously applying them selves to such work as they can get and not expect the miraculous to appear for their benefit, Ihey would be much more apt to meet with success in gaining a livelihood. ne reierence oi one writer ot late 1 no ticed, desired a grand distribution of the good things of this world after the manner of the distribution of the manna in the days or old; however probable this might be, fear there would be some obj'ection made to it by some one as it might require an exer tion to gather them in, for on Saturdays when they would have to gather a double supply, there might be danger of nervous prostration produced by over-exertion.

nat is wanted this, our day, is more good, strong "horse sense" in the manage ment of farms and private business as wel as with the mechanic in his daily toil, and less theorizing and demonstrating by figures the merits of one and the demerits of the other. I do not believe that the sun shines on country as tavorabie ior tne poor man or the man of ordinary means as in this free land of ours. The fact that there are dis asters and sore disappointments should no excite alarm as they can, as a rule, be traced either to gross neglect or the direct violation of business rules. Is there any one so blind that cannot see that much of the cause the depression in farming out here in this great west as well as elsewhere, can be traced to that speculative itch which always counts on big profits from little or no labor Can any other result follow the "boonr days western tarming. uan we expect the business world to adjust itself to suit the yery awkward situation which men force themselves into? However much it may be desired or found fault with for not so doing we have no record of any such extraordi nary events occurring.

Have men forgot ten when the clerks trom behind the coun ters and tne tailor trom oil nis table and the shoemaker from off his bench, and the man with little money and less knowledge of farming, rushed to the west get a piece ot land to farm. Making small payments and getting credit for the balance and en tering the farming business in competition witn experience, lne land would do so much but they expected it to raise great crops, to supply without any effort on their part, all the elements as well as the capital, experience and brains. It did respond for awhile, and great crops were raised, and the clerk and the tailor and the shoemaker paid little or no attention to their farms They forgot the day set in advance when they were to make further payments on their lands. They reaped, threshed and sold their crops; they junketed and made merry. The days of plenty were not only at hand but they were never to end.

It tomorrow was ever considered it was only thought of as an another day to which to continue the revelry, forgetting that "wilfu waste makes woful want." And so there began to be failures, not of the land. No; with proper treatment it is as readv to re spond to the skillful husbandman of today as at any time in the "boom days," but failure of men and then fortune, the lack of training as farmers began to be felt. The money that had been carelessly spent and wasted was now wanted to make payments The loan agent who had furnished the mon ey ior a bonus and a small trine or ia per cent interest, and the machine man who had also furnished the latest and choicest pieces of mechanism without stint, and the man who had furnished the spring carriage with cushioned seats, all these and others now came' to the front asking for payment. better tne conditions or men is tor men to act in a manner deserving: ot better con ditions. Theorizing will never reform tl world.

As long as men persist in indulging the appetites and live in a reckless manner, so long will there be want and destitution. There is more money wasted to gratify the sensualities of men than would replenish the larders of all the suffering the civil ized world, and much to their shame and discredit must it be said, that the larger per cent of this waste is done by men of the poorer class and of ordinary means. If men would be reformers and seek to better the condition of their fellow beings, let them direct their energies against that most useless of habits, smoking and chewing tobacco, as well as against the arch fiend of mankind, drinking intoxicants. And the way to accomplish the greatest result in this respect Is for every man to reason with his neighbor. It should not be a political ques tion at all, but one of home influence -and early training.

Cincinnati. O. We had the pleasure of seeing Mr. David Roberts, who has been to Kansas City and Denver, return to Cincinnati some days ago. Mr.

Roberts says after all there is no place like the Queen City, except hen fryniau bendigedig sir Fon. The Rev. J. Hughes Griffiths returned from his preaching tour the other day, and with his usual bon 7iomme preached an excel lent sermon on Sunday morning at College St. church.

The Rev. Dr. Jones of Lawrence street, left for his vacation the other day. The Cambro-American Soc'ety continues to thrive under the patronage of the best Welsh people "of the city. Long life and good luck to it.

From last advices the eminent Welsh tenor, Maldwyn Evans; has created a furor at the Chatauqua Assembly of Texas. The Austin Herald and Dallas Ifetcs speak in glowing terms of his power as a singer. Hir oes ti, machgen i. I must congratulate Columbia on its third birthday. Iam pleased to say that in Cincinnati it stands first in the rank as regards quality and circulation.

Bhyicun. How Enterprising: Mrs. Bunting Applied Modern Science. "I can't understand how Mrs. Bunting gets so many new bonnets nowadays," remarked Mrs.

Lark in. "She's had one every week for a month to my certain' knowledge." "Yes," assented Larkin. "And she used to wear the shabbiest bonnets imaginable, and make them over till they were a sight to see." "Ah," said her husband. "And she always has plenty of money now. I'ye known that woman to go through her husband's pockets at night, to get a few cents pin money- Now she seems to have all she wants.

How do you account for it? Has Mr. Bunting had money left him?" "No," replied Larkin; "it's hypnotism." "Hypnotism?" exclaimed Mrs. Larkin. "Yes; she's got him hypnotized. She discovered a few weeks ago that she could hypnotize him, and he consented to let her experiment.

After she had made him do a number of foolish tricks, she remembered that hypnotizers can project a suggestion into future time. That is, they can tell the subject, while the latter is in the hypnotic state, to do something at a certain time to-morrow or next day, and she resolved to try that on Bunting, too. So she said, 'Now, Mr. Bunting, every time you take a glass of whisky you must bring me a five-dollar bill, and every time you buy a quarter cigar you must come right home and hand me a The poor fellow has been doing it ever since. As soon as he takes a drink of whisky he is compelled to go right home and give hi.

wife five dollars. He can't help it, and after he has done so he forgets all about it. The same way with his quarter cigars. Every one costs him $1.25. He wonders what becomes of his money, but can't for the life of him remember.

I fear he is on the verge of bankruptcy, and will soon go under if the old lady doesn't take off the spelL" Mrs. Larkin was very thoughtful for some time after this, and next day she went about among her friends trying to find some one who could teach her hypnotism. William H. Siviter, in Jury. Pleasant, Ind.

The Misses Gussie and Katie Lewis of Cincinnati, and Miss Mary C. Roberts of Salem, have been spending the past two weeks at Pleasant, the guests of the Rev. George Lamb, pastor of the Presbyterian church at that place. Miss Gussie Lewis has a beautiful soprano voice, clear as a bell and sweet as the lark. She was ec-gaged by the Presbyterian church to give a series of concerts, which she did." The first at Pleasant, the second at Jefferson, Ind.

Miss Lewis never sang better. She was rapturously applauded and encored to the echo. Miss Gussie is the second daughter of William H. Lewis, ami the sister of the renowned poetess, Miss Sallie A. Lewis.

She was assisted by her youngest sister. Miss Katie, who is a fine elocutionist; she recited beautifully, and captivated the audience not only by her recitations, but aiso by her charming stage presence- Miss Mary Roberts has also a lovely voice, and sang with much feeling. She was the accompanist and performed with fine tech- nical ability. Miss Gussie Lewis is to return in September and give the third concert of the series, at which time the poetess, Miss Sallie A. Lewis, will be heard.

The people of Pleasant greatly thank Mr. Lamb for securing such excellent talent. Cor. Echoes from Carbon County, Pa. It is my desire on this occasion to drop a few words concerning old Phillip Gentcr.

This was the man who fonnd coal first in Carbon county on the margin of a hundred years at the close of the present year. He was going on his hunting tour through the forest at a place called Summit Hill, and storms had blown down one of the giants of the forest and the earth was thrown up and there he could see lumps of coal among the debris. But old Genter had no benefit through this, but hundreds of others have become rich through it, and their children today are living in luxury. What I am going to say is this: Let every one come forward throughout all ths coal regions and give according to their means, to raise a monument at Summit Hill to the dead hero, and celebrate the hundred 3rears. William Penn.

He "Was Completely Crushed and "Willing to Return to His Lair. Saturday night at a late hour a policeman discovered a man sitting in a dark hall-way on Michigan avenue and called out to know who was there. "It's me," replied a lonesome voice. "What are you doing here?" "Thinkin'." "Well, you think yourself out of here! What's the matter? "Krushed." "How erushv19" Too Visionary. "Your father refuses his consent to our union?" "He does, Harold." "Nothing seems to be left for us, then, except elopement! Do you think.

Myrtle," said the young man, swallowing a sob, "that you could leave thi3 luxurious home, forfeit all the enjoyments of wealth, banish yourself forever from your parents' hearts, and go to the West with a poor young man to enter a home of life-long poverty?" "I think I could, Harold." "Then you are not the practical girl I have always taken you to be," said Harold, with deep dejection, as he rose up wearily and reached for his hat. Chicago Tribune. A Hint to Landlords. Stranger How is it that you charge me three dollars a day instead of one, the usual price? Landlord My dear sir, when you came here you took the only vacant room in the house, so I had to turn away two men who subsequently applied for board and lodgings. You dcnt expect me to lose what they might have paid if you hadn't come, do you? T-xas Sifting3.

It is not generally known that ink stains can readily be removed from the fingers with the head of a parlor match. Moisten the ink-stained spot and rub it gently with the head of the match, keeping the skin wet so that it will not be burned. MALCONTENTS. By Tomoka. It is perfectly amazing to notice how tre mendous is the wisdom which does not have to solve a problem.

It is only equaled by the wisdom of a Mugwump which is as plentiful as salt water in midocean. It is even as broad and as expansive. It is also as nauseating and deathly to drink of it. There are some people who, when they want to show their dislike for some persons or subject, they go at it like a "hog to war, sideways;" they will not confront the subject in a fair and square manner; they fear to call things by their right name, but by insinuations and pretended charges which are neither specific nor true. They see no good in the world outside of the narrow or contracted circle of their own pessimistic vision.

Some of these very immaculate persons, politically especially, seem to be in about the same condition of mind as Richard III when in prison, and the following lines seem quite appropriate, as some people do not know when they are well off or have freedom, which they so much crave: "I have been studying1 how to compare This prison, where I live, with the world; And, for because the world is populous And here is not a creature but myself I cannot do it; I'll hammer it out. My brain, I'll prove the finale to my soul, My soul, the father; and these two beget A generation of still breeding thoughts; And these same thoughts people this little world, In humors, like the peopie of this world, For no thoughts are contented. The better sort, As thoughts of things divine, are intermixt With'scruples, and do set the faith itself Against the faith." As thus: "Comes, little ones," and then again, "It Is as hard to come as for a camel to thread the posture of a needle's eye." In ninety-nine cases in a hundred, and as inevitable as that the sun will continue to rise and set, that back of all this Pharasaical clamor is a genuine combine which is striving, or has been once defeated, to work out some greedy scheme of self-aggrandizement. Of all despicable characters the world over, none is more so than the man who goes about the country seeking to sow the seeds of discontent, to drag down, destroy, and discourage men and bring others to the same dissatisfied condition as themselves. Such action is as far from honest criticism as Elysium is from Hades.

I yield to no man in a due respect for religious sentiment, but I claim equally as positive, there is to be found in its very nature a reason why it should not be dragged into the cesspool of third party ism; that which is and has been nothing less, nothing more than the seventieth wheel to the Democratic Juggernaut car, and wnicn use its guiding spirit is negative in character and meaningless practice." They charge that the government is collusion, with the railroad companies the country, which is nothing but the echo of the old cry of the tiger, from his native haunts. It is powder that has been burnt long ago. The insinuation that the admin istration is responsible for the abuse or bad treatment oi stocK by permitting the same to be crowded into few cars when shipping them to market, shows a woful lack of knowledge of the subj'ect. It is the shipper alone who is benefited by the crowding of stock into few cars. The railroad company would be benefited if it had many cars, and few stock in each, to haul, as they, as rule, charge so much per car whether it contains five head or twenty, for a load.

Such thrusts at the administration misses its mark and pierces the compassionate bowels of the members of the Third party, and goes far to show there is under its mask the greed for gain that it attempts to fasten on others. The man who goes around the country digging pits to get other people to fall into them, works for the devil no mat ter what kind of an instrument he digs with, whether it be a pretended love for the farmers' interest or the inborn hatred to the g. o. p. The attempt to blame the railroad companies and the administration for the lack of attention to stock during the storms of winter and spring, is ridiculous, and the man that would make such a charge certainly has "apartments to let" in the upper story.

During the first week of last April I saw herd of cattle on a ranch 22 miles north east of Denver, which had lost during that week 25 per cent of the whole herd of 500 head, wholly for the want of food, and please remember the owner was, and I have reason to believe is yet, a member of the Third party, and worse than that, he was fully able to buy food for his stock and it was to oe nad smpiy ior tne paying ior it; but no, he had an idea that the cattle could pick enough food that showed itself through the snow here and there to sustain life, and thereby save him from drawing on his much coveted bank account. This was his idea of economy, and I have no doubt in the least, but today he is heart and soul in the "work of abusing the administration for ts lack of business qualifications and its extravagance of the people's money. It may be from my dullness of compre- nension, but 1 tail to see now this great west would have been developed had not the railroads come to tbx assistance of the people. What would have been the business tandmg of Denver, "the Oueen City of the DOWN SLOPE. Rev.

Mr. Chidlaw's Eightieth Birthday. A pleasant affair was the celebration of the eightieth anniversary of the birthday of the venerable Rev. B. W.

Chidlaw at his residence, Grove House, near Cleves, O. Surrounded by a circle composed of his five surviving children, nineteen grandchildren and at least forty little guests from the Child ren's Home of Cincinnati, the good old man looked as though he had reached the ambition of his useful life. The Big Four Railroad Company kindly furnished free transportation tor the little ones, and a merry party it was that left the Grand Central Depot at 8:30 a.m. An hour's ride brought them to Valley Junction, where they were carried in wagons to the beautiful grove about Rev. Mr.

Chidlaw's residence. The feature of the celebration was the entertainment of the children, a task in which the venerable host delights. The children were in the charge of Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell, who were assisted by the matron, Mrs.

Crouse, and the young lady attendants, Misses Hughes, Cox, Wamsley andPierson. There was a profusion of national colors, showing that the spark of patriotism that long ago was kindled in the old veteran was still alive. Swings and hammocks were dangling in the grove, and the bright-faced children were not long in making use of them. Small express wagons and many other means of amusement dear to the young American's heart were put in use, while the Doctor's hay-mow, carriage houses, spring wagons and buggies were utilized as only children know how. Many innocent games were indulged in.

At noon a bountiful dinner was served. After dinner play was again resumed, after which vocal and instrumental music was indulged in, Miss Jennie, the Doctor's daughter, singing in splendid voice and displaying superior vo cal training, bupper was served in the evening, and at 5:30 the children were on their way to the depot at Valley Junction, a tired but happy crowd of girls and boys, waving signals to their kind host as the train rolled away. Rev. Mr. Chidlaw took an active part in the day's amusements and manifested much interest in the childish plays.

Although at an advanced age, he is actively engaged in Sunday school and church work, and through a long life has been a very efficient servant of the Lord He is remarkably vigorous and active for a man who has been in active service so long. and especially does he exhibit strong men tal pov, ers. liev. B. W.

Chidlaw was born in Bala, iNonn waies, July 11, isii. liis parents came to this country in 1821. After the death of his father the widow settled near Delaware. Here the subject of this sketch mastered Webster's spelling book, for which he had exchanged four pounds of butter, and subsequently paid some to ora tory. Later he attended Bishop Chase's school at Worthington.

and in 1827 entered Kenyon College, remaining one year. He united with the Presbvteriaa church in 1829. At the age of 18 he taught a country school. tiis enoris met witn marked success. He concluded to devote his life to Sundav school work and the ministry, and.

to this end, studied theology after graduating at the Aiiami University. Oxford. Ohio, in lbdd. fie was compelled to be economical during his course of training, and boarded himself at the low cost of 38 cents per week. After securing a license to preach, he took charge of a congregation of Welsh peo pie at Paddy's Run, Butler county, Ohio.

In 1845J he married Miss Rebecca Hughes, the fruit of their marriage being eight chil dren. He has been superintending missionary of the American Sunday School Union for Ohio and Indiana since 1840, except the period of the rebellion, during which time he served as chaplain. He discoursed on "the conditions of divine deliverance in the times of National peril" at Camp Benton in 1861, when President Lincoln appointed a day oi tasting and prayer, and did excellent service in various hospitals during the war. a or tourteen years he served as trustee of the Ohio Reform Farm School for Boys, at Lancaster, retiring at the close of Governor Bishop's term of office. He was sent to London in 18S0 to attend the Raikes Sun day School Centennial memorial service as a delegate for the American Sunday School Union.

President Harrison appointed him Visitor at West Point at the beginning of his term of office, and he still fills the same position. Five children still survive. W. Lloyd Hughes. Lansford, Pa.

On Fridav. Julv 10. ths missino- Vu-u-rw nf Hughie Thorp was found at No. 4 cnlliVrv after having lain there since the third of last May. He must have suffocated in the dense smoke when the pit was on firp it was a great satisfaction to thfi upWI nsrpnte and all the family that his remains were Jl TY 1 iouna.

tie was ouneu on Saturday at Summit Hill. Mav he rest in noarp. Will. iam Penn..