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. DU. TAlMAUh
me an^klyn fimaes Sondai
{Sermon.
"Ttafeject; “The Sick GeneraL”
tn?! "H* was a l-i»w."- ,r E'ot* v . 1 .
H-r- we Mw a wirr’o- -f-V, not wit**
%Wt tlu M’ei w rH-umitlem® —
w«te a wf-r*- t*—»n all th-e- nn
flawetlew. Af"1m?rt le#*— on- — r 1 '
fldreH^e. or—ur-or o* ro-el-ta » 1 *« 1 -ur'
meat ee 1 «Owi'mlou. T t•»’ «K*m*rl» , e"
awfn* tn te’l m-i. G-n-nl i'i'H". »**“
ewa—r '-r *n *il-' n* «'< Uvr'-u 'or--*,
lew tH- t n-mr! Tt 1 « nn V® V>non *» 1 ®
tae*. m th M. oa 1h “it 1 ?* flV>W. T’“
Vtwwr! G«t mit of tSoifivn' t*>e n-«t 1 -
Jhb— f I' h’« HreitH wr’V* yon. eon a-e -f n
deed * 1 * 11 , T 1 * «immii>'l»r in -V- f o'
tto* tore e o* RvrN ! And vft *ro«i i Tv*
(flat to -xohaa— con "tton® wif'< th- mr *t
hi* Vlpuip the hosier that VanVe'a V®
ehar-r-r. The news e—s nv- wiMflr- *’l
thrmitr'c ♦’«# «ilm. nn 1 t*i<- p-*V« sre nwlM» «ra
path-tic. end th«v <it B
that oar grot Hern. w'-« *‘ct A’’* 1 ' sc I
arend wSom w» evn-with «n '*i vn-lf«r <
tton w^cn harstn-u-l 'rom vl-to-loi® *iit
tta —*sb " be no«el v >l® H’s? mr "rind an I
ftoriwi® Niimin i*crw?”
Yes. KverC'c ’v has ®om-t*iing h- wishes
hahad «in»_DsyM. an Ahsitum to 'Hsgrsc,
him : Pan’, a thora ti at'nc Mm ; Jo >. oir
bnne’»*tn place® blra : ^iro«o*. a D-»uiab
to shear hi®; A’v* > >. a NiNi-h to <tcnr M® :
Hsmae. a Merdccal to Irrlfit- hi® : Gaorga
WaaWnelon, * ch(| 11 -s«n-«s to sAJi-l M® :
John Wesley, a termagan* wife to »®*ter
Mm s L-ah. weak eye®: Pon-. a croo'tcd
back; Brron, a cbtH foot j John W'ltoo.
Mfed eyes! Charles Li® \ an insio* «'«»«?.
SB it von and you ard von «om“th'ng whioh
yon u-ver bargained for an I would Ilk® to
get rM «*. Th* r*a«ou of thl* '« that Go 1
not w®nt tM® world to h® too hrlgkf.
Otherwise we wonld "Iwiya wm» to *tay atH
eat these frnlt* and II- on th-*® lounges and
■hake bands In tb-ole*# nr roel-tv. W«
are only In the v-atibuJ- of a grand t«®o 1 -.
fled do-e not wtnt as to stand oa th® doir
etep,and thernforoH-s-nda aeh-s ®n I ahnoy
aod sorrow* *n 1 heAaiv*m*nt« of all
sens te push na on an I pn*h n« np toward
tdp-rfmha and brighter aooietv only ant wMooiog more
radfiat woep-ritlee. Go 11 ®
SW nh**d. The reason that El ward P treoo
awd Robert Hall bad mor-rapturous views of
bes t i a than other people h id w®a h®eana*.
gfa thetr aehes ana nsio®, Godoa«h®i
(hem lent no to It. If Go 1 da*h«eontao«
b efyonr rig h plvtnrss, If tt H® ta only to show foot to yon with a
ter on-. sting roar
gMt, jroar brain with aenralgia, roar tongue
with *e fe-xttognshable th'ra*, Itl# only be
He la preparing to auVt tnte a h-tt®r
kefe than yen aver dream-d o', when the
mart s i shall pot on immortalHr. •
It is to posh yon on and to push yon up
toward something grander an I better that
feed seeds npon you, ns He did upon G-n
aman. something yon do not want,
to hi* Syrian mansion, all the walls
gMtrr'ng with the shields which he bad cap
twred to battle, th* corridors crow led with
aimiftog vtstton who jnat wanted to ®e®
him fltilng ease, all mnslc sad mirth t*##*llaied and haoqn®tlag floor
the mansion fro®
toptetnrel osUtng, Naaman wonld have for
getten that there was anything bett-r an'
wonld have been glnd to stay there 10.000
years. Bet. oh, how the shield* dim. and
how the visitor* fly ths hall, and bow th®
■sale drops deed fro® the string, nnd how
dteaetei et th* mansion slam shut with
■Wtoal bug as you rend th# eios'ng leper!
•f the enlogium I “He wss a
Til Si leper!” sympathetic
s i s was us person mors
With G*neral Naaman than an* other per
Henman’* wife walks the flaor, wring
feW her buds and trying to think what she
dnlneflertate her buahud’e suffering,
AH rotneJiea have failed. Th# sargson geo
*■■1 ud the doctor* of the royal staff have
met. end they ban shaken their h-ats. as
—ah u to say. "Ho cure, no cure.” I think
UK the officeseekert had all folded Prolah up:heir
mtkms ud goa» non*. y
I of the employes ot the eetsbltanment
dropped thetr work ant were thinking
of took ng tor tome other situation. Want
Shall now become ot poor Naaman’s wife?
■he must have sympstbv soaewcere. In
fearde—ur she goes too little Hsorew cap
--- r a servant girl la taw house, to whom
teds tae whole story, as eo-aitita«s.
—bora* by the sorrow* ofthewor.d
sflsg no sympathy any wn-re else, you
tone out ud found in th* sympathy
so bambie dom-otlo—Bos* or Dash or
help whioh the world could not
na. ot 1 ‘ th*
a ooane It was—one grincest
la aB Syria la oablaet oounoil wltu a
maid over toe dooKaiat health ot
22. ilghtv aanml t "I kaow aometoin?,"
the Mtke captive maid, "I kaow some
h* USheboulata bar btra test, “itt
ki from wiloh I was »' 0 >a there is a
l prophet known by the atm* o'
, wbeeucur* Wonder it almos: be uytning, d ud
cou core my
' lor Mm right away.” "Oh.
•• nay. "H the highest medic 1 1
aU th* land osnnot ante that leper,
M aand of yonr Itotumg to say into
*Bt gir 1 .” Bat do not seoff, donot
DmIsfWOt that ldtloenotiye mai l
kg lt la "fhlatea the right jadgasot rtireetton. might
Worn lan upun Didn't you
tg lao my native i.
off in the night, husking my
other's h-atts, enl mauy h
i and erto I alt night because
mlekr’ Then, flashing up
tilth Indignation, ah« might have
"Goad for them, t'm gs I Hainan's
taproey. I wish a»l the flyrius hart
—" Ha Forgetting her p-tvonil
pstnuM* with the eaffertng
sat commends him to the
ew o isa it Is that the Anger of
1 has point*! grown person* in th*
wttonl 0 Christian oonl. sow lone
i •Ausmm. ran got rid of the l epro-y of sin?
Xt m net b* fl ve yean
rents Who was tt that pointed
V F ar e toton ? “Oi. 'roa
Uttl# Ante or Fted or
my knees aal
j s
so l ____
knowing why
Teem ate
who ha t
te J hy thetr
%£«*£? KP fl3 rid year of way the
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u-. rn nor #ow*o rn® »rm?l*
w-y w*ni»oMM*«o«»ntfa^. Wlllvoa ta.-fthu
m> nnn? nr wilt noli'. *n rite n-r-o-ii o'Rom
nwr'nt Nnv»T«-n»o». *it-l^ Go 4 ♦ sb-ll li t ftxr eMM
•» *t**t*»®r W’H'*., l»*n It will b-e’ton
von n’-'W’- ’? W«f von t*V* rh»£eo ! itt*g.
or «n»tf von writ 'or ftp v >*<-'riilti<?? B««*»
s» O-o * th*- th® 1 -n *» H-^rt-vr oior.v* po : f
-<i In th® right airb-nto-i; Bool b- Go'
forth-* ®*vin-r ® f ni«trrofGhrlnltUMthl'dru.
Kn won Vrth® a-tyf«o o' thi« lift!® H-
Hr®w*r-.tiv*thr»w nil Vn-tmin’* ®«ui« o-i
vii) ! p-’n-o »n'o -xo'l-n-nt. ft«l 1
Goolhr. yitn-non W th '*«<* »--r an
no 1 ini®®®! hr the tj-xoitapt® nni
oi tad bvtho— w’-u«uo-ort*| hi® on oith-r
®td». h® .tigg -r® nt >o rh« ot. Hold
r-cttho d-rv eonn*-r- of’the rnr»l ®rt > 1 ®
wMI“th«ono--'o't nun Ilf* his xwi'tao
r P -r an f onto <tr i->t *lmh« <mo th- v®hf®>e,
So st®r M® no w'th th® dIHow< and let him
t-i?- n Hn-nin? toot at hh hri^tt hoik
m-nt. for h-rhnos th- H-n r -w -Hoflrf nnv
H- *Tiis*->c«o. nni the n-xt tfm- Wtam-tu
oo®<»« to that nia-o h«,*nar ">o a» 1 rart nr-lyht
on th-shoni r *-ra of thoa<» w >o o irrv him. an
-XD'rnI ehl“'tain s-r^*ai s*onltftre t®*d th
lim-nta'loni-of an admirin'? n ition. Goo’
hv. ■Vianun! L-t th-"hariorerrdrive y-n
t'v ov»r th- hill- of H-mon, t|bt be jolt
Th- invalid. H-re sto-a th« hrav-st min
of h >1 hi* dav a motive of a ho-rible disease,
As tS* a nhntsoo- tr n Is throuyh the str<-mts
of Domaa-ua th-t-a?s and orHy-r-o* all the
p-oo'e vo «t-r th-wor! I r-nowni t inv did.
P Thsps von have had an Invalid go ont
from.vonr hoa— on a h-alth exonr-ion. You
know how the nol’fbhors s-oo 1 sronn I an 1
said, f‘ih, he will n-ver come back av tin
adve.’’ O i, it w is a so’emn tnom-nf, I t-ll
von, when the InvVId hai d-ntrto I. ah l
vou went into th« room to mskethebed,
and to remove the medicine vIn's fro n the
shelf, and to throw oo-n the shutters, so
that the fre* i sir misr'ot raso in'o the long
close I room. Goo tby f Nstonan !
There i« only one eh-er u' face looking at
him. anl that Is th- lace of th * little
flehr-w eintive, who is sure h- will get
-ured, and who is so gial so« h-ipei hi n.
As the chariot winds out and th- escort of
mounted courtiers, ant the mules, laden
with sacks of gold anl silver anl em
brotdered suits of aooarei, woDt tirongi the Ions?
the gat»s of Dvnssmu an t out on
wav, the hills of Naohtallt and Eohraim
look down on the procession, an l th- re
tloue go-s tight past the battlefields where
Nanurtn In tie dtysof h's health usel to
rally his troops tor tearfal onset, and then
tip proc-s*lon stops and reclines awhile in
the groves of olire anl oletnler. anl
Gsn-rilNiaman»o»lo t. so vsrj-, very s'ck !
How the conntrymen They had gaped as Naaman the-prooes
sion passed * seen go
pa»t like a whirlwind in davs gone by and
bat stood aghast at the clank or h's war
equipments, hut now they comm s-rate him.
Tney sav: “Po >r tnsn. he will never get
home alive! Poor man!”
G-neral Naaman wakes up from a restless
sleep tn th« chariot, and he says to the
charfoteer, "How long before ws siuill reach
the Prophet EHsta?" The onarloieer says to
a waratder, “How far Is ft to Elba's
hous-V” He says, “Two miles.” "Two
miles?'' Then tney whip up the lathered
an 1 fagged om horses. The wnole procession
brightens up at the prospect of speedy ar
rlval. They drive up to the door of the
prophet. The cnartoteers about "Whoa” to
the horses, and tramping boots and grinding
wheel* c-aseshaking the earth. Come out.
Etlaha, come out. You have company. Tn
grandest company that overcame to inside vour
house has corns to it now. No atlr
Elisha's bouse. The fact was. the Lord had
in'ormed E Uaa that the sox captain was
coming an t how to treat him. Indue 1 . wien
you ar-sick anl the Lord wants you to get
well, He always tells the doctor bow to treat
yon, and the reason we have §o many
onngllnr doctor* Is beoause they depend
upon taelr own strength nnd Instructions
and not oa the Lord Goi, and that always
mak-s malpractice. Gome out, ElUna, and
attend to your uuslness.
General Naaman and his retinue waited
and watted anl waited. Tae fact was,
Naaman hat two d Is* is-a—pride anl
iepro-y. Tne ons wss as bar l to get rl J of
as the otner. Elista s ts quietly In his
house u i do w not go ou'. A't-r awhile.
waen he tbln ts oe has bumble i this prou I
man. bn says to a serv tat, "Go out an l tell
Generil Naaman to oathe seven times in the
river Jordan, out yon ler live miles, ud he
will g-t ent r-y well.” Tae message comes
out. "(Yoat!” say* th-commander-in-ohlot
of ton Syrian torues, his ere kindling with
an animation wtloh It hai not etown for
week* ud bis swod-n foot stamping on the
potto not tbsemriot, rugar Ileus of pain, m«?
"Wont! Isn't he oommg on: to *#e
Way. I tboogat certainly he would come and
uttar some eaballatlo wor ts over me or make
some utgmstloal p las** over mr wounia,
Way, I don't tnink he know* wjo I
am. lan t he doming out? Woy, when
the Snaasmlt* wo non cam* to him, b
rushed out and cried: ‘I* it well With thee?
I* n well with thy bu* «n I? Is it well with
toy child?’ And will he treat a poor un
known woman like that and let ms, a titled
per ion age. sit nere in mv cuarloc aal wait
sal wait? I won't enlnre it any longer,
Onarioreer, drive on J Wash In th* Jor lan !
Ha.ha! Tb# slimy Jor lan—tne mn IdyJor
dau—toe monotou iui Jordan I I wouldn’t
baaeen wi-am< tn suaa a river as that.
Whj, we w U-red our uorsie la a better r.ver
thau t tat on onr way her*—thi beautiful
river,the Jsspir h piv* 1 river of Patrpsr. Be
sides that W* iv< n onr com ry another
Damascene river, Abaua, with fo lag* I ban*
and torrent ever swilt an l ever clear, uh l-r
the fllekcr.ng*iauow*o sycamore and ole
en ter. Are not A'utnt sad P larpnr, river*
oi Damascus, batter titan all the water* of
Israel?"
I suppose Ntamsu felt very much as
American* would feel *»te-houll If, by way i-U of mndloit
pwr.> non. some u* to go
wash in tne Dtnuoe or the Rhine. We
would answer. "Are not theOonnioncu* and
the Hudson just a* goo I?" Of as an Bug
I oh naa would toe! H hi were told, by wav
of medical la the pweeriptton, Mit-l-eippi he mu*t tn* Bt. go Law- and
wash or
rmos, H« would cry oat. “Are not th
T tames and to* Shanaoa Just at well?”
Thetect wee that bnathvv Haamianeeled
to loam woat wverr Eagllehmnn an I every
AmerioM need* to i*»rn-'.tuu when God
tells yoa to do a thing you must go u Ido
It. you demand the reason or no?,
N —
will 4to o' hta awfn: steka
yva Ooas Ohr at oo®km toT'rtaRtA? is yon yonwltlbe
jnjnd anTlt™; Wtwin hfR| IfU'.
Ooey dV-o®-y sad dle. Tttrilhav,
htow
Web, *» eentd not stand the
tea. Tae ntvvB a jerk oree'e is the mouth, right
wetrot tn« tbs flying ei
,___ the dost , show ths lattgaatloa of tee
u "fl® tnm *d and w*nt away la
a teg®." Bopmpte **•* «* smA «
reUgtoe,
One few* taste
Go i nad «a lying bow to annoy
Warn
ttw
Yet they wain op taelr
HSE"’ tn a ts®»
is to a* a -*—*
sra-ws'.srr, tore ant
!
BHp AS to
3ffi :T tel 27S* ■
A*
Ij
nation Gist sdmlr®* yon. Com-, nrr V>r\
io r je/vss; *iy.” is.” 7 be r^
•« vow
tehr* to Tfc® una, o' tn* Jor Ian. strain Tip how®
n* aal n“!ea to g-t Info tha t«e~ -
-"Iv** awl'.veto »Hair hot flio-s. G-mt-ri
V niton. esWwftd tar M« ittRadtat*. ' r «t*
In urn on of a »«• 'i*iot an I o tons - <:o n<
tot*>* *»*: #'tV* rnff ia l stem « «■#!
-i- w\t»r iin*< to fan m an t rwoi
l“»o*r aitil th® wtt*r <r> i**® to th® eirit**,
ini now -ran linr so far down in ti« sir-i-n
?a-t h lift- Inci'nKioi of »n h®tl wi'l
rnnronT’iy l®®*tr-- hi®. H- bora oner
info th® fl «t! an 1 e» n-* an «b i »'nnj«*« tn *
«nw®rottr o' no-tril *n l®jv. n t u*s itf®n -
nnfs loof-tt hi n aal **v. "Wtr, gea»*r* loo:!” ,
now amen hotter yon do
Ant ho bows n «-*eoa l time in o
th® flool nni co®-s np. an i t •-*
wild vtir- is i;oi« oat o' nis ey®. H
••otn thethlf 1 tima intotho floo%. an' eon***
op. anl *h«* s ‘rivd-d n ba« <pw sm*ot t
arain. H< how* a foarsb timt into th-fl '•o l
an t eo n-- np. in I too bair tint oat fatlm
on! i« rmrtorn : there are th e!t loeits a?lin
al‘ ov-rti- h-a i. H* hors fh« flfri t'®t
intotnr flood, ant eomrs no, andtoehoars*!
a ss h « itoa- oat o.‘ nfs tnroat. Ha how®
th-s x-h :'®e anl eo-n-“ up. anlalltho
sor-n-ss and nn'to s t have von- out of the
holy. “iVay.” ee savs. “lam altno-t w-H,
hut £ will mil« a eomo!«te enr-. and so lift
hows th-s-veoth tlue into the flood an I he
comes up. an I not so tnnc t as a fester or a
or an erupt 'on as tig as the-headofa
pin is to be s--n on him.
H- stens out on the bank and says. "Is it
oo-sihl-?** And tbeatten iants look and say,
“Is it pos-ib'.-?” And as with toe health of
an athlete he bonn $ naclt into th« caariot
an 1 drives on tn«re voes uo from alt bisa-
a wil I “Saz^t, butsz i! ’ Of cours <
go Pact to pay and tnan’-: the man o.’
Go i for his counsel so frauzot wito wisdom,
W.i-n the>-le t the Dropaet’s house, glnd th-y
went oY mad. Tney navs come hack
P-oote always thlnt oetter oi a minister a
ter they Re convened than theydo oebri
conversion. Now we are to toe n an intoler
able nuisance beeiusewo t-U toe n to do
go agiiust toe griin, but some o
ns nave a gr tat mvuy letters fro n those w io
m that once tney were angry at wiat w*
preacned. but aft-rwirt glaily received
goso -1 at our nand*. They once called
us fan tries or t-r'rorisia or enemies. Now
tney call us fn-nd«. Yonder is a man wao
gal l he would never come into the c.turc i
agtln. He sal 1 that two years ago. Hesald.
“My iamlly shall nev-t come here again I'
guch doetrin-a as that are preao tel.” But
he came again, anl his family came agaiu, all
He Is a Cnristian, his wi e a Cnrisdan.
his children Christian-, tae whole hous-
hold Cnristisns. anl you shall dwdlwit t
them in the house of the Lord forever. On •
undying coadjutors are those woo one >
heard the gosph and “went away in a
rage.”
Now. my hearers, you know that this Gan
eral Naaman did two tilings In or ler to g-t
well. T te flrst w is. he got out of ht« chir
lot. Hi might have staid there with bis
swollen feet on the stuff* 1 ottoman, seated
on that emandderei cnshlou. until nl* last
gasp, he would never here got any reiie*.
He nad to get down out of his chariot. An t
have got to get down out ot the oiariot
your pride If you -ver beoo no a O iris
You cannot urlve up to the crona with
n cowhand four and be suvel among all
spangles. Yon seem to think that the
Lori i* going to be complimented by
your coming. Oh, no, you poor, mls
era tie, scity, leprous sinner, get down
of thar. We all come In tne
haughty w ty. We expeot lo rl' 1 «
the king lorn of God. Never
until we get down on our knees will we And
mercy. The Lord has unhorsed us, un
Get down ont o. your pride. l
Get down out oi your sdf righteousness an
nypercrttiolsm. We have all got to «io
Tnat Is tne Journey we nave to rank
ttnees. It Is onr In.ernai pri te that
seeps us from getting rid or the leprosy of
Dear Lori, w wt have we to be oroud
o? Prou i of oursoal-s? Proulof our uu
Proa i of tola kltllnr infection/
Bring u* down at Thy le-t. weeping, pra.' -
tng, penitent, believing euop.iant-. bleeJ
For sinner*, Lord. Tnou ca n si to
And T m a sinner Vde indeed.
Lord, I bedev* Thy grace Is tree |
On. inagnl had y that grace tn me. ont
But he not only to get flown e
hisoasro*. He had to wash. "On. yo ,
"I am very careful wita ray ao.utlou*.
Every dav l plunge Into a bright sod ueaui -
utbith.” Ah, oay hearer, there is afloot
brignter than any that pour* fro n then
hill*. It is the flop l that creaks from tti •
granite of the eternal hills. It is toefloo.
ol pardon an I peso* nnd Hie nnd heaven,
That floo t atarted in the tear* of Oprist ap
sweat ot Guthaemsne and rolleioa.ac
cumoisting flooi, until all eirtn an_l heaven
could batne In it. Ztonarlah called it th
" ouutatu open for sin an 1 uncleannee«.
William Oowpir called it tae ‘ fountain fllle
with bloot .' 1 Your fathers an l mother
washed all their stas and sorrow* away iu
fountain. Oh. mv h-ar-rs. do yon no>
feel like wading Into It / Wa te down now
Into this gtor.ous flood, deeper, d» ep*r.
deeper) Plonge once, twio-. thrice, ton
times, live times, *ix times, savan tim-s. Ii
will take as muoi a* thst to cure your soul.
On, wash, wash ud be clean!
I suppose wa-n G-nerel that w*a Naaman a great got time back, atpamav rue
cos drive slowly
charioteers did no' haV* to anc
longer, l-st they Jo t thelavitid. but as th
uorees daaned through th* streets of Damna
cu* I think the ptop.e rusiei oot to hail
ate: their ohteft tin. N tarn tn a wife nar tiy
recognise 1 her nushun I. H* wts ho won
ler.ully change! she had to loot at aim tw «
or tareo time# be ore she mim out that n
wee her restored husbsn 1 . And the .fttle cap
tint maid, she rushed out. c »PPl“* you? DM ®|“
nand* and shouting: 'Did ne cur*
oaoureyou?’ Tueumusto woke toe psl
nee, M l the tapastry of the windows w w
drawn away, with tnat the tta» prinoriy mnnitupt mirth o toelde, nuud*
might mmgle In daaoe,
and th* f went up an V'Iowa tie
and all the streets of Damaeous that night
echoed and r*^aoio»d with the new-: -«»•
mu'* cured! Nermann «nrei P But*
gladder time than that it wouM be U jwur
»out » ao *W getonred of tw leprosy. Toe
ewiftetd wait# norsee Wteheito iml»«e
onanot would man tie news tnto thietef 'tal
city. Our loved <»«■**"*»
would sreicone the go 1 Uttnge. Your e ul
ssKwpd' sSSSSSS
ybur aaek and say: I
mast have oeoom* s Od rhdto n Father, I
totnk you nave go; rid of the iepro-y. Q
Lard God ot SdsM, have margy
Utility el Compressed Air.
In tne West More at New
Durham, N. J„ on air is
_ OU ia
utilised ia various way*.
tied from barrels into tank*
and rapidly of
factually It ia t
thorough
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“ST0NE THROWERS.” rotrnomnnn m
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TWVr IB Wfl \T TtfK KORfl^S
OF PYKXU YANG ARK CALLR-A
A tYty fa TThlch the Foreign AIls
aiogerles Are Couatwally P«r*e
'iudJ by the Natives—“Tiia
/f IVell-fees City.’*
N OW lhat the war between
China and Japan over Korea
is in full operation, maoy
(• stories of brutality and per¬
secution are naturally looked for, i>ai
to obtain a good idea of the condition
of the country before hostilities broke
out, from thos^ living in the country,
will serve to throw some light, npua
the relative merits of the claims ol the
two contesting nations. Hera aro
parts of a letter by a missionary, seat
to a friend in this country, but not
written for publication, except possi¬
bly for some of the church and mis¬
sionary papers. It was composed long
before any one ha 1 any idea of a war
batween Caina and Japan, and shows
the status of civilization in Korea
from an American’s point of view.
‘These are stirring times in many
parts of Korea,” the letter opens,
“and it requires courage an I fortitude
to live an l preach the Qospel in a
country where the natives call yon
‘rice Christi an®,’ and attack yon upon
the slightest provocation. In the vil¬
lage of Pyeng Yang, in northern
Korea, the trouble is greatly aggra¬
vated by the attilnde of the local au¬
thorities. They do not half the time
pretend to protect foreigners unless
forcibly compelled to by threats from
the Government, whioh in tarn is re¬
minded that it has a duty to perform
by the resident consuls. Pyeng Yang
has often been called the Moscow of
Korea by foreigners, bat the natives
know it better by the term of ‘well¬
less city/ No where within the wall
of the city is there a single well, and
watermen have to carry up from the
river all the water that is used.
“Owing to its frontier position
Pyeng Yang is oue of the worst cities
in Korea. It is close to the great
forests and mining regions, and large
numbers of lumbermen, miners, trap¬
pers, and ginseng hunters fill the city.
Vioe and orime are rampant, and bad
men and women often make the place
dangerous to natives, and much more
so to foreigners, who are looked upou
as intruders. The missionaries have
invaded this city in numbers because
it is the place where be the done, greatest and
amount of good oan
where we need to start a strung
ohuroh. The people of Pyeng Yang
are known through out the rest of the
country as ‘stone-throwers.’ This is
their method of fighting and of at¬
tacking a disagreeable Joe. They re¬
sort to stones as the Italian does to
his stiletto, and they use them with
considerable effectiveness, Bat the
most detestable method of attack
which they have is to creep np behind
an enemy and crash tine heavy stones
down upon his head and bo.ty when
hit back is turned. Many murders
are committed in this way. In a
street brawl stones will fly, ireely,and
•very one not interested in the light
hastens to get ont of the wsy of the
flying stones.
“This is a glimpse of one of the
worst cities in Korea. A typical illus¬
tration of what some of us have to en
dare, and the danger we ran, is in
order. Some time ago Dr. VY. J.
Hall, of the Methodist mission, was
appointed to open a mission station in
that city. He was accompanied by
his wif<> and infant child. His recep¬
tion was anything bat flattering. As
sooa as his mission was an lerstood a
most violent opposition to him broke
oat on every side and he was perse¬
cuted terribly. The provincial Gover¬
nor joined the common popalace in
trying to impede the progress Shortly of the
new mission station. after
his arrival his servants were seized,
beaten, and placed in the de&th-oall, tortured
where they were horribly
Even some of the native Christians
were beeten right before the eyes of
♦he missionary. The water-carriers
wejre forbidden to earrv any more
water to the station- Dr. Hall was
compelled to go down to the river
himself at the risk of his life to get
water to keep hie family alive. Nearly
•very night the boose wea stoned, bat
of the Korean bonnes
in th# oltiee are very sab
stantie), and by barricading him
•elf in the missionary was protected
from any ioas harm. He repeat
adly notified the Governor that he
• British subject end demanded
p ro tec ti on, bat this wss practically
Finally ha bad to telegraph
to the British consul at Seoul, whioh
had the effect of bringing matters to
unde rstan ding. The Gover
not punished for
his overt actions, but was excused
upon his plea that he thought the doc¬
tor a member ot the rebellious faction
provinces known
meaning Eastern religion.
instance ol sn*h
p aween fen n and leek of protection to
fureigaen in the eities far separate!
let In Seon 1 , where con
**1* o( vo® 8 ° f the European power*
are generally to be found, matters are
a little more otviliaed. The Govern
* ffl* no < octroi over
The Gov
It is very little protee
hope to
”St% m n by
ting hia
K The
mm
'
-a,
Li'flnr. a Deal TTgfr.
V.'Ijc cuuin io Hiring a d
tiger oue becoates fnllv aware of
weight; so lines one arrive at dne ap
preeiat’on of its a'rn t ’fit aTtcr once
feeling forearm, wliica ifeoae splendid
mass of steel-ljKa mi’s! Tuen oue
understands how the tiger in his jirimn
can throw a bollock over it- shonHer
ami canter away with it. TbeD, too,
one ntiy well come to poob-pooh t-hrt
claim of the lion to he styled the king
of beast®. But however interesting
may be the stn >y ot the tiger in tbi*
particular phase once or so, it palls
a'ter n time; lifting it is peculiarly
hard ant hot work, anl it is dirtv
work abo, and it is sometimes made
particularly esasperat i ng by the laches
of tae elephaut select-d for the car¬
riage of the tiger. For that intel¬
lectual beast is required to kneel to
receive its freight, and to kneei loo g
enough to allow that freight to bo
hoisted oDto the pa l and fastened od ;
an l, as often as not, it will rise at tha
critical moment, just when the tiger
has been raised to the edge of the Dad,
and tumble the tiger and some of its
lifters on to the gronnd, and so bring
about the status quo ante.
The elephant has won lerful intelli¬
gence in some utterly useless direc¬
tions. It will, for example, pick up a
pin with its truuk. and I dare say,
with satUcieat encouragement would
swallow that anl convert its interior
economy into a pin cushion; but I
have never known o*e to direct its
talents to the simplification of tiger¬
padding, although I have seen many
devote their minds and bodies to the
unnecessary duties of adding to the
difficulties of that operation.—Blaox
wood’s Magazine.
Hold btorage.
The value of cold storage to both
producers and consumers can hardly
be overestimated. By its means thou
sands of cases of eggs an 1 carloads of
beef, frait and butter are held and
distributed to the trade as wanted in¬
stead of at times perishing for want of
a market
Cold storage equalizes prices by
preventing either a glut with its ruin¬
ously low prices or a dearth with its
ruinously high prices—for one is
about as bad as the other. Cold stor¬
age has steppe l in like a beneficent
fairy and balanced supplies.
But there is one thing which even
ber fairy wand has failed to accom¬
plish. Cold storage can be at the
least only a temporary resort. It is
not desirable for any length of time.
Eggs so preserved become shrunken
and evaporated, batter will not keep
unless quite dry, and even then loses
its delicate aroma, an t meat, which
has of all so far most successfully
withstood the prooess, does not retain
its finest flavor.
Bat fraits are the hardest of all to
preserve. Some kinds of apples and
pears will keep quite well in cold stor
age. Others deteriorate rapidly,
while peaohes lose their flavor at once
and become worthless. All of whioh
goe6 to prove that the cold storage
bnsiness has its limits and cannot
quite accomplish all that is ignorantly
omimed for it.—New York World.
Peppermint k arming.
The peppermint crop ot this coun¬
try, though confined to a few locali¬
ties with a very small acreage com¬
pared with other crops, is neverthe¬
less an important one to many farm¬
ers in New York State and portions of
Michigsn aid Indiana. Advance re¬
ports from onr correspondents indi¬
cate that the 1894 crop just harvested
has been secured in good condition.
In New Yoi k the acreage shows a fair
increase and the yield per acre ia bet¬
ter. Preliminary estimates, subject
to modification upon tne receipt of
farther individual reports, point to an
acreage in Northern New Yore of
about 30.)J acres against 230) last
year, producing approximately 6o,0J0
pounds of oil compared witn 42,000
pounds in 1893.
Rie.tively little oil has ret left pro¬
ducers’ hands, and many growers are
holding for $2 a poan 1, with bit
prices around $1.70, anl the market
in New York $1.8J @ $1.90. A year
ago prices were $2.30 @$2.4). In
Michigan and Northern Indiana the
aoreage is perhaps 12,030 acres ac¬
cording to initial reports reoeive.l,
and current prices are around $1.60
per pound. Marxet con titions at the
moment do not point to any imme¬
diate improvement in price, especially
should the yield prove as large in the
aggregate as no# seems probable.—
Agriculturist.
The Hormeu Church.
The population of the Mormon
Chur oh is about 350,000 in the United
State*, 200,000 in Utah, 25,000 in Ari¬
zona, from 12,000 to 15,000 in Nevada,
30,000 in Idaho and several thousand
in Wyoming. Colorado, New Mexico
and California. Only 700 immigrants
have arrived so far this year, which is
the smallest number for a great many
years. Immigration has been checks l
by the eh arch for two reasons—first,
the immigration laws of the United
States are so strict se to prohibit the
entianee of a good many of that class
that have been coming; second, ba¬
the ohuroh has deemed it better
policy to strengthen itself is foreign
eonmriec. No foreigner* are sent
direct to Mexico, but there in some
4000 Mormon* ia Ohihaahaa end Son¬
ora who have ae from here aad are
enltivatoeg Mexican 1 granted them by the
Go 1 t
maintained in
a Germany, Great Britain, the .three
—j-- •- — natwwm, Switzerland,
Minor aad Paleatine,
v Zealand aad the Ha
m
POPULAR SCIEJCF.
Fn*si*n« enre consumption by j a .
haling aniline. ______' .
The University of Chicago is about
to publish a journal devoted to as
ir-moniy o ily.
Jn legitimate medicine opium is the
mo® t widely used product of the vege¬ °
table kingdom.
In France express locomotives ara
hereafter to be built with shields or
pointed snouts, to lessen air resist¬
ance.
It is harder to blow out a candle
with a ootfoo than a flax wick,because
the porous cotton absorbs so much
mitre of the tallow.
According to a French journal a
Swiss firm is msnnfactnriug phono¬
graphic clocks which talk the hour in¬
stead of striking it.
Aluminum has been made into gar¬
den an 1 fire ho3e in Berlin, and is said
to be capable of sustaining a greater
pressurethan leather or rubber.
Iron inRts more rapidly in wet than
in dry weather because it has, or
seems to have, a better affinity for
oxygen when the latter is combined
with hydrogen. ,
The Medical News says that even
sewage water can be converted into
pure drinking water bv haul filtrai
tions at the rate of 2,000, OJJ gallons
per acre per day.
Lightning travels in a zigzag course
because it passes through diffeient
strata of air, and, being restrained in
its passage, tnrns from side to side to
find the easiest path.
Dr. Hebborne T. Cresson, of Phila¬
delphia, one craniologistu of the foremost archae¬
ologists and of the conn
try, crazed with study, committed
suicide in New York, at the age of
forty-eight years. n
According to an English anthro¬
pologist, H. Balfour, the aboriginal
races of Africa and India are to be
credited with providing us with the
prototypes of many of onr best stringed
musical instruments.
England has just adopted the Ber
tillon system of minnte anthropome¬
tric measurements for the identifica¬
tion of criminals, m addition to Her
schell’s finger print system, whioh
Franois Gal ton has made generally
known,
Dalier, a Belgian, has discovered an
easy way to dispose of the smoke that
usually is such a nuisance iu great cit¬
ies. Sprays of steam are admitted to
the ohimney. They absorb and con¬
dense the smoke and carry it into the
sewers.
It has been proposed that stations
be erected in convenient localities in
eities and large towns where physi¬
cians may go to be thoroughly disin¬
fected immediately after they have
visited a case of infectious disease and
before paying any farther visits.
A system of eleotrio lighting is be¬
ing pat in at Jnnean, one of the best
known of Alaskan settlements—a place
of 2000 inhabitants. When com¬
pleted this will be the first oentral
eleotrio light plant in the Territory.
Electricity, however, has been used
for some time in a limited way in the
Alaskan mines.
Suffering Sun Worshipers.
The Persian city of Yezl has a
small, but devoted band of 4000 fol¬
lowers of Zoroaster, who practice the
ancient religion of the oonntry, and it
is said to be the only town ia Persia,
aud almost in the world, where they
are recognized as a separate civic
community. Their faithfnl zeal for
their ancestral faith has proved very
offensive to their Mohammedan neigh¬
bors, and the religions teachers of Is¬
lam in Yezd are continually exhorting
the true believers to exterminate the
idolatrous sun worshipers. Becent
letters from the persecuted Zoroas
trians in Yezd to their more fortunate
brethren in Bombay tell of a long se¬
ries of plunderings, murders and indig¬
nities of various sorts for which no re¬
dress could be had from the local au¬
thorities. The Bombay Parsees took
the matter np and interviewed the
Persian Consul General, protesting
against the treatment which their co¬
religionists m Yezd were suffering un¬
der. The Consnl General, desirous of
standing well with the influential Par
see community of Bombay, tele¬
graphed the Governor-General of Is
pahsD, who is a son oPthe Shah’s. He
promptly adopted the most energetic
measures of relief, in the onstomary
Oriental fashion, and pledged his per¬
sonal protection for the Zoroeetrians in
the future.—New Orleans Picayune.
An Electric Headlight.
Engine No. 216 is a novelty. Tbit
is a Queen end Crescent engine, end
yesterday, for the flrst time, it made
a trip over Hie line to Meridian. Aside
from possessing other advantages, the
engine has an eleotrio headlight, the
motor being in the rear. This is e
novelty The in Southern railroad circles.
first trip was made with a freight
train, which wee done np ia order to
get the engine well balanced, and
accustomed to the track.' It will be
need, however, os a passenger engine,
end will be put into service next
week. The engine, which is a beauty,
was made in Boston several years ago,
aad daring the lest few weeks has
been in the local shops fitted np with
all the latest improvements—New
O rle a ns Picayune.
Professor Wraggs, of the Bgffdnff
Pie ee tor tol Asssociation, Holley’s Bo 1 -
Icv, Wn,, has jast returned from the
shores of the Caaoian Sea. end claims
to have dueovered a species of sword¬
fish that ie provided with • bony
ia whioh the jvoid ia
when not in nee. Hew York
Espette.
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