Richland beacon., 1888-02-25

ta-,.--~ babies are left
=. outside buricdin
- the snow. As
Ion as the family arrives at the little
"H"dcn church an the reindeer is srcIir-
d, til" father cXcavat,s little bed in the
SHOW. amt the mother wraps baby snur
" IN skins and deposits il therein. Then
he father piles the snow around il, and
h Parents 60 dccorously into church.
Ar To- o'clock on the evening Of Dee
II, the people Of Millletown, Pa, who
had not rctr II at hat hour We're startled
by their natural gas lights and fires sud
trhly sprlngnS mp II distance of foot
n SO. Then the lights lonpcd to the cell
n% and the stoves rOarcd like furnaces.
Tho people rushed through the streets
warming their ncighhors. aud but for the
prompt action taken the town would
have been sacrificed. The surplus gus
was caused by the ball or safety valve of
the gasometer being either taken off on
falling of, thereby throwing the entire
pressure of the well, ninety pounds, OF
the service lines. The pressure was
thrown on every house, and almost every
one had left the gas burning. After the
excitement WAS over some people slept
III the cold i'll preference to lighting the
gas. If the accident had happened two
hours lhtcr the town probably could not
have been saved.
Phil ARMoUR'S method of distrbut-
ing Christmas gifts t. the 1000 Sunday
school children of his S200,OJ0 mission
was peculiar. After the usual Christ
mas service the lights were turned down
and then was seen on the platform,
brilliantly lighted, miniature fac-simile
OF the mission building Every archi-
tcctural pccuiinrity and characteristic
was produced. As the children marched
past the pOrtico Of the little building
men within handed ont Christmas
presents, and when they were all zone
the building was taken to pieces and
was then found to he made of articles
suitable for gifts and which were dis
trlbuted. The millionaire pork packer
was present with his family, apparently
as happy as the happicst child there.
The Adventists OF Battle Creek,
Mich, are III state of great religious
excitement. They believe that the final
consumnation of all earthly matters is
at hand. They have discarded all their
Iewclry. Recently at meeting i, 900
was turned into the church in cash and
$1,000 i'll jcwclry' The latter will be
sold to the ungoliy and the money Civ
en to the establishing of missions in
Switzerland, Norway, England, South
Africa, and Australia. On several occa-
sions before these people have sold their
homes for trifling Sums AMI given the
money to the church. with all other per
/ Snnal Tho I'LL, ca, a.,
go To as ~ 1t as have prcvi-
ous ones
THEY ara 4 little particular about how
they sell liIaor il Wiustcl, Conn, but
a hostlcr there IN ic so very easily the
other DAY i'y betting that he could get Il
pint Of wlIislcy Il the drug store inside
of ten minutes without u prescription.
The instant that the bet was taken he
grabbed bis sponge, and ran to the
store, and breathlcssly told the proprie-
tor that he wanted n sponge full of liquor
for a sick horse. The druggist pointed
ont the whiskey barrel, the hostler satu-
rated the sponge, and went back to tho
stable, where he squeezed out more
than pint of whikcy and pocketed the
stakes.
Dctu tuc
WOmcn's Episcopal Mission Society of
Washington that they should quit spend
ing so much money on South Sea ISL
anders and send few missionaries to
the Lone Star State. 'We want pion-
GERS, " he says-"men who know how to
take care of themselves along the from
tiers. Brave, sturdy fellows not afraid
of the open mouth of revolver nor of
the yell of the drunken cowboy. Men
with muscles of steel, who can, any of
them, throw yearling steer over wire
fence rs easily as he can jerk lawless
coyote out of II religious meeting if he
attempts to make disturbance.
A CITIZEN of Piscataquis, Nc, had n
lot of Plymouth Rock fowls of which he
was very proud. They were allowed to
go under the barn in warm weather,
through a small hole in the wall. There
came cold snap, and their owner
thought that they ought to stay in their
house, so he stopped up the hole. A
few days aftcrward his wife said: 81
wonder where all the chickens arel
There isn't but one in the hen house."
The citizen uttered q strong word md
ran to the barn. Under it lay the dead
and frozen bodies of his pets. He had
fastened them ont Of the hen house in.
stead Of in it.
STORIES are being revived i'll Califor-
mia of Casey Thompson, Colorado
miner, who was well known throughout
the West in earlier days. He contracted
one winter to run 1900 foot tunnel at
so foot for rich company. He
timbcrcd it nicely and got his pay, and
in the spring the company found that
they had nothing but skeleton frame
work. Thompson had run the tunnel
along the gulch in the side of the snow.
PEOPLE vino are going to build may
like to know, says an exchange, that "a
three thousand dollar house" is ono that
the architectural paper says can be built
for 81 81; costs $500, according to
the architects estimate; is worth $3, 700
the carpenter says to build; increases in
expense to 81 800 duling the process of
erection, and makes you draw your
check for s., 953 % before you move in
and get your first bill for repairs.
A RECENT despatch from Detroit saws:
"Gcn. John Pulford, who is said to be
the only man who ever survived be.
ing hit with solid cannon shot. il
dying Douglas County is proud to
claim rs one of her best citizens one
who was struck hy solid cannon ball.
and he amt dead. either, by long shot.
True, he us c,u'clcs, but he's the live
Hest John II. james, alias, "Old Peg"
| that yOu have ever N