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The Press., 1889-05-30
SERMONS IN CANDLES.

MT. Sturgeon had occasion, some time ago, to speak to company of theological students on the importance of using illus trations in their preaching. A student ob- served that they found difficulty in get ting illustrations, whereupon MT. Spur geon remarked, in his bluff way, that it. lustratlons enough might be found in tal- low candle. This was regarded as an ex- travagance of speech, whereupon the great preacher prepared lecture to show what might be illustrated by candles. In deliv- ering his lecture he used candles of various sizes and colors, together with lanterns and other suitable apparatus. Some of his points were characteristically witty and keen. A nicely japanned but shut up box, filled with fine unused candles, illus trated an idle and spiritless church. Sev- eral colossal and highly colored but unit candles were shown, and with them tiny rush-light shining as best it could. The big, handsome, unlit candles might be Archbishops or doctors of divinity, or oth. CT persons of culture without piety, and the bright rush-light might be some poor boy in a workshop whose life is beautiful. MT. Sturgeon showed an unlighted cand' C ill splendid silver candlestick, and then 8 brightly burning one stuck in ginger. beer bottle. He showed what few peo pie might do by combining their good ef forts by exhibiting the combined light oi twelve candles. The folly of trying te | light candle with the extinguisher stil on was shown, and the dark lantern illus trated the case of the people who make nc effort to let their light shine before men The lecturer then placed candle under { bushel and afterward placed the bushe measure under the candle-the point o which was obvious. In snuffing candle he extinguished it, and remarked that christians often did a like mischief by un wise rebukes and criticisms. The folly o burning the candle at both ends was illus trated. The last illustration was mum Der of lighted candles of various hues placed together on one stand, representing the church's true diversity in unity, al the different branches burning from one stem and for one purpose. Some one il the audience asked if the "dips" die not give the best light, whereupon Mr. Sturgeon said he was not sure of that, an6 thought many of the "dips" would be tht better for another dipping. The lecture was received with great amusement ant showed MT. Sturgeon at his best, but i still remains true that only the man O genius can find illustrations in common things-sermons in stones or in candles The preachers are few who can work thu mines of natural analogies.. .-Hartfort CO2IrO2t
The Press., 1889-05-30

Among Washingtonian relics called to notice this year is the epitaph of John Custis, father of Martha Washington's first husband. His wife was good deal of a Tartar; and so, indeed, was he; but she generally managed to say the last word in their wrangles. When he died he left or ders to his son, on pain of disinheritance, to put this legend on his tombstone, which was done: s'Under this marble tomb lies the body of the Hon. John Custis, esq, of the city of Williamsburg, parish of Bruton, formerly ot Hungar's Parish, on the east ern shore of Virginia, and county of North ampton, age seventy-one years. and yet of time he kept bachelors home at Arl- ington, on the eastern shore of Virginia. !" And so he had the last word.
The Press., 1889-05-30
THE FUTURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

The ease with which photographs can now be taken by any one is destined to have an important influence upon science, art, and literature. It must not be SUD- posed, however, that with the cheapness of material, and simplicity in applying it, perfection in the art of photography is any nearer to it's votary than it was when the difficult wet plate was in vogue. Pictures can be taken more readily than formerly but the conditions of light and compost tion remain as difficult as ever-and the amateur every year throws behind him his quickly taken photographs, and discovers that art is still long.
 The improvements in photography have resulted from the labors of the chemist rather than from those of the optician and the maker of lenses. Indeed, one of the most remarkable features of photography is the simplicity of the apparatus which is necessary. This simplicity perhaps might 1 have been foreseen by careful study of the human eye. The eye of every person may be said to constitute a detective cam era. The retina is the dry plate upon which all objects are focused by means of the chrystalline lens; the cavity behind this lens constitutes the camera, the iris and pupil the diaphragm, and the eyelid | the drop shutter. The latter, it is true, is slow drop shutter-not faster than a tenth part of a second whereas the drop. shutter that is employed to take an express train may move as fast as the one-hun. dredth of second, or ten times as fast as the eyelid The eye gives the brain g number of composite impressions of an object in motion, while the sensitive plate and the drop-shutter of the camera can give but one phase of the motions. It does not seem just, therefore, that the photo. grapher should insist that the sculptor o1 artist should copy certain instantaneous attitudes of animals in motion, for the e. ( does not see them.-Moy Scribner's.
The Press., 1889-05-30

A SAFE INvEsTMENT.-Is one which is guar anteed to bring you satisfactory results, or i1 in case of failure return of purchase price On this plan you can buy from our advertised druggist a bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affection of Throat Lungs or Chest, such as Consump It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can always be depended upon. Trial bottles free at E. K. Taft's drugstore.
The Press., 1889-05-30
THE BOYS WISE CONCLUSION,

She wuz an old maid, Aunt Sue wuz, She never had any little boys Er girls, like most of women does, guess she didn't ike the noise And bother 'ata baby brings,
 And so God didn't send her none, But let lem stay and wear their wings. bet they have sight of funI I've got baby brother there,
 And he's got wings, and, if I'm good, Pm going to die and have pair
 Sometime, cause mamma said would. When Aunt Sue wuz girl, ma said, She had beau, like Sister Bess, He went to the war and come back dead, And that's all that saved her, guess, Cause, if he hadn't lost his life,
 He would a come back after her; And she'd been his wife
 And gone with him jist everywhere I think she'd a been awful glad
 Because he didn't come, but died, But stid of that it made her sad,
 And mamma said she went and cried. And mamma said, long, long while
 After her beau was dead, Aunt Sue Jist moped around and wouldn't smile, Until they thought that she'd die, too, But stid of dyin' she kep' on,
 And turned out to be an old maid; Jist Cause the old beau wuz gone,
 She wouldn't have no more, she said. pity Aunt Sue but can't
 Help be glad 'at her beau died, Cause I wouldn't have old maid aunt If she'd a been that feller's bride. like Aunt Sue her ginger cakes
 Are better'n what we have at home; They're sweeter'n them my mother makes, And she mos always brings me some. And she's got lots of books and cats,
 And a little dog, and she don't care How much play with them, and that's Why like so to go down there. Old maids are nice. When I'Ia man, If don't live single fife, But marry some one, it's my plan
 To have an old maid for my wife, -AndreW J. SEliggi7,gs, an Commercial GGDett
The Press., 1889-05-30

IF YOU BUY of ME YOU MUST IL SPEAK QUICK! large 8-Year Old New Milch Cow, with Calf. Kind, gentle, good milker; will sell cheap. fine blood Morgan Mare, 13 years Kind, true, good mother, spavin, not much lame, must be sold
 Ducks Eggs for matching, White Pekin, Soc. dozen.
 Heavy Harness, in. saddle, II in. trace, collar and names.
 good, strong, durable Buggy, good value, but no style. Cheap. Center Table and Chairs to match. New, neat, stylish, very low.
 Incubator, Brooder, Parlor Stove, another second hand Sewing Machine-good one. }, New Machines, Repairs, Needles, Oil, Etc. C. p. HoDcsoN, Ag't,
 THE SINGER MFG co.
The Press., 1889-05-30

have been making a study of noses lately, and really, it's astonishing to find how large proportion of the noses are twisted to one side or the other. Try to find the meridian line of persons face by tracing it from the tip of his nose and see how you come out Many people who i'm. agine that their noses are perfectly straight would find by close inspection that those appendages gee or haw little-perhaps to their amusement and maybe to their chagrin.
 The Portland dentist tells story to the point. Said he: ''After had fitted set of false teeth to lady, she exclaimed, Why you haven't got the middle of the set in the middle of my face '
 'I looked and told her thought had.
 "sBut just look at my nose ! said she. The middle of the sat certainly is not in line with the middle of my nose.'
 "'That may be-, said I, 'but your nose
 "'Do you mean to tell me that my nose ain't straight?'
 "'I think you will find that such is the case.'
 "'How much is the bill !? I'll pay it and you can keep your old teeth!
 ''She paid the bill, threw down the sci and Aounced out, as angry as an angry woman could be. She went home, her friends told her how foolish she was, she laid awake all night and the next day came back, apologized and had her work fin ished. ."-LeaOistOa Journal.
The Press., 1889-05-30

HoNEsr.-In these days of adulteration and fraud, in all branches of business and pur- suit, it is pleasing to know that there is one medicine prepared which is strictly pure. Such medicine is Sulphur Bitters in curing scrofula you can depend on them every time.-W. B. Evarts, A. M Charleston, s. O.
The Press., 1889-05-30

Slight Arrangements of the stomach and bowels may often be corrected by taking only ONE of Ayer's Pills. Through not having the Pills at hand, your disorder increases, and a regular fit of sickness follows. sFer the want of nail, the shoe was lost" etc.
The Press., 1889-05-30


 ''AFTER YOUR Boy. During the Chris tian Endeavor convention at Chicago, one of the delegates, young business man dressed in natty rongh-and-ready suit, every movement alert and eager and tell. ing of bottled energy within, came sud- denly upon red-faced citizen who evi- dently had been patronizing the hotel bar. Buttonholing the delegate tri1e un- tremendously, the latter said:
 "What are you fellows trying to do down at the battery? You are hot on temper ance, see by the parers. Do you think you could make temperance man of me ?''
 "No," replied the delegate, looking him over from head to foot with keen glance slightly contemptuous, "we evidently couldn't do much with, but we are after your boy"
 At this unexpected retort the man drop ped his jocular tone and said seriously : ssWell, guess you have got the right oft there. If somebody had been after me when was boy I should be better man today"
 The young man gave in nutshell the sum and substance of the Christian En- deavor movement Outlook.
The Press., 1889-05-30

The naked hills lie wanton to the breeze;
 The fields are nude, the groves unfrocked :; Bare are the shivering limbs of shameless trees What wonder is it that the corn is shocked
The Press., 1889-05-30
OIL STOVES And INTERPRETATIONS
 For 1880.

In purchasing an Oil Stove six things are necessary to be observed, all of which are embodied in the
The Press., 1889-05-30

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The Press., 1889-05-30
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Telegram-herald., 1889-05-14

Aside from her editor al and her home life,
Ars. SanSster hAs moreover been active IA
many WoFks II b~neyol.nce and religion
her character. ~ Is ey ilenced by Ter writ
ings. l. strongly religious, and Der plety = II
= ulQsr active Etud She has been for years
the corresponding secretary u the "omall's
beard II tie church Of - ~hlch she u a mem
ber, AM Las - her letters and personal con
trioutIons aided materially IN tho work II
the missionAries II that church in foreign
landA SAe Is alsO al active working mem
Der In more than one vel known literary
orgl.nizaLion, and being al indefatlgdbbs cor
respondent. Is a yaiuei personal friend ot
nearly al tie literary women ot tho highest
type n America
In.s brief sAetch II a woman who has
achieved a success rare among literary
women Is decidedly incomplete and made
quato II Il does not indicate that Ms Sang
ster is a typical home body" While size =
not rich woman she has been able tc sur
round hersef with ~ the comforts and
many of the great luKuries OF lie, and her
library, Ia which she does much Of her work,
Is vel filed With Ito choicest books and pict-
ureS Nor . the rest " tho home subor-
dinated - literature
Not only III TIE library and in the nursery
does tho SKIN OF the Intelligent woman show
iuseI, bGt "a tho kitchen Mrs. Sangstei Is u
benlgnant goddess, capable and deft- Those
favored guests whom she receives never for
get the choics treats " hich She viii at times
prepare FOR them with her own hands, and
none depart without recognizing that size
Adorns = home as gracefully and well as she
does an editorial chair. Beloved and trusted
by al who have the privilege Of knowing
her, she IS rounding out life OF rare useful
hess and beauty. FALEs-CURTIs.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-14
Times WhirIiSic.

Lately a former congressman, unmindful
Of MS reduced estate, was gently turned from
the door Of the cabinet room He had been
man Of prominence and wide influence even
fame, In certain speciality OF public work.
Al doors had been open to him, and all hands
extended Ia welcome. Now ne Is a place
seeker and by 10 means assured Of success.
His funds are low, too, and on the top Of
frequent dlsappOintments came this last blow
10 his pride. He turned from the doOrkeeper,
walked down the stairs and out the door OF
the mansion with tears in his eyes. Such are
the fortunes Of politics and the reminders OF
failurs vhIch official lie presses upon dis
appOipted one in this tomb Of hopes, this
whited sepulcher Of ambitions and fond ex-
pectations.-Wes Letter.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-14
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-10
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
A Riot Among, Miners-Its Causes and
Result,

A Riot Among. Mlners-Its Causes and
Result.
SEATTLE, w. T., January 5.-The trouble
which has been brewing in Newcastle
mine for some time eliminated yesterday
in riot in which one man, Raston, was
killed. The difficulty first arose over a
man named Boyle, who works on the breast
and whom the Knights of Labor claimed
had right to the place. Wednesday morn
ing they refused to work, and posted no.
tioss saying there would be no more work
Miners Lodge, however, who greatly
outnumbered the others continued to work
and Thursday night force of Knights of
Labor came over from Gilman and Nc
Alister for the purpose of cleaning out
the camp. They marched through New
castle, went up to the mines and assaulted
and terribly beat a number of miners, in
Guiding Buchanan, outside foreman, and
then returned on the train to Newcastle
and at the depot they we're attacked. 1.
L. Hughes, president of the union, and
Ralph Llaweleyn and Young Jones rushed
out from the Ehouse with gun and ran
into the crowd. He was knocked down
and Raston tried to shoot him. After he
got up some one fired shot
and Raston was struck in the aldo
men. A general fusilade followed, but the
crowd scattered and no one was hurt. Rss-
ton was carried to house nearby and ex-
pired in fifteen minutes. The rioters dis
persed Immediately after the shooting.
A greatly exaggerated account of the riot
reached the city, and the sheriff at 1
O'Clock yesterday afternoon took posse
of men and went to Oastleton, and
everything was quiet when he arrived.
There is no telegraph station nearer than
Reuton, and the militia under command of
Colonel Haines, which had been ordered to
hold itself in readiness, was started for
the scene, but the engine broke down and
they had to return. The sheriff returned
last night with Raston's body. Howell L.
Jones, father of Llewellyn, has been ar
rested for killing Raston. An inquest will
be held oday.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-10
DALLAS DOTS.

The Race for the Mayoralty Not Parti-
san-Railway Projects.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
DALLAS, January 5.-It is now an
nounced authoritatively that Mr.. H. B.
Strange will be candidate for mayor. It
is certain that General Cabell will also
run, though it is known that he prefers to
submit his claims before a democratic
convention. Colonel Wylie is also promi-
nently in the field. These three gentle
men will oppose each other and Hon. w.
@. Conner. 1t is hardly probable that q
party contest will be. made, because no
republican is a candidate. 1t will be a
free for all race, and it will be run at a
2:10 gate. It will be hard to forecast any
result until the candidates formslly an
nounce and tell where they stand. In the
meantime Colonel VIM. Ernenwein is
making his race for alderman in the Sec
ond ward.
The operation of the Dallas and Waco
railroad from Dallas to Lancaster gives
Dallas her tenth railroad outlet in the race
for railroad supremacy. Dallas, Fort
Worth and Houston are tied. 1t is more
than probable that either Fort Worth or
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-10
A MOB FOILED.
A Plucky North Texas Deputy
Sheriff Gets the Better of
Some Lynchers.
He Cuts Down His Prisoner
After the Mob Had Hung
Him Up.
special Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
DALLAS, January 5.-News reached the
city this morning of an event last night
at Garland, few miles north of the city,
The particulars are as follows: On last
Thursday Deputy Sheriff A. Moore ar
rested at Garland man by the name of
Jack O'Brien. A gang had burglarized
two of the village stores Wednesday night
and quantity of the missing goods were
found in O'Brien's keeping. O'Brien was
brought to Dallas and jailed, but yester-
day he was taken back to Garland to have
an examining trial before the justice of the
peace there. He had his trial and was
bound over to await the action of the
grand jury. Failing to give bond Moore
took the prisoner to the depot to await
the arrival of the Dallas train, which was
an hour or so late.
About 1920 o'clock he left the prisoner
III charge of q friend while he went to a
store several hundred yards distant to get
some cigars. During his absence a
masked mob of about dozen men as
saulted the depot and took the prisoner
off to Embee park, one and a quarter
miles distant The deputy returning soon
thereafter, and learning the situation,
procured horse and followed the mob at
full speed. When he arrived at the park
he found the mob in the act of
stringing O'Brien up to limb. He
dashed into the crowd, cut the rope and
rescued the we'll nigh strangled prisoner.
This act took the crowd little by sur
prise, but they relied, and number of
them again wrenched the prisoner away
from him and made off to the park pavil-
ion, while Others held the deputy. The
deputy struggled with his adversaries, and
in this time the other part of the mob
we're engaged in stringing O'Brien up to
joint of the pavilion.
Moore finally freed himself from the
grasp of the mob, drew his six shooter,
routed them and advanced to the pavil-
ion, and, at the point of the pistol, again
reached his prisoner and cut him
down, and just in time to save
his life. The mob again gathered, but
the deputy opened fire upon them and
they retreated short distance and re-
turned the fire. Some twenty-five or
thirty shots were exchanged and the
deputy and his prisoner were unframed
Several of the mob are supposed to be
wounded, but it is not known whether
seriously or not. Moore took his prisoner
back to the Garland depot, guarded him
all night and brought him safely to jail
this morning. O'Brien says. he thought
each time he was swinging that he had a
through. ticket to glory, and that it was
the most uncomfortable feeling he ever
had in his life.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-10

Dallas will take the lead this year. Dallas
proposes to build the Dallas and Pscific,
while Fort Worth is making strenuous
efforts to build the Fort Worth Western.
1t is not known which project has the
strongest backing, but it is almost certain
that the first road that is commenced will
shut the other out. Both lines point in
the same direction, and the building If
one will make the other absolutely un
necessary
The city campaign still hangs fire, not
withstanding the burning desire on the
part of the politicians to let itloose. The
main cause for the delay is hardness o
the city council in finishing up the
charter. 1t seems that all the candidates
expect to find issues in the new charter
which they can carry to the people and
be elected upon them. The candidates
will likely be disappointed in this respect,
because the city council is not going
to adopt the charter until 1t is
reasonably certain that the great major
ity of the people are satisfied with it.
This will leave but little chance for the
candidates who are basing their hopes
upon the new charter for an issue.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-10
DOTS FROM DENIsoN.

Suicide-Denison's Prospects
as a Coal Center.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
DEN1soN, January 4.-Mrs. Geo. Carver,
wife of Policeman Geo. Carver, attempted
suicide this evening at O'Clock via the
laudsnum route. Physicians being
promptly summoned saved her life. No
cause is assigned for the act.
A telegram from W. B. Munson, presi-
dent of the Denison and Washita Valley
railroad, who atpresent IS in New York
city, announces the fact that satisfactory
arrangements had been perfected, and
that the road was now an assured fact be-
yond doubt. If such proves the case
Denison will become the distributing CEN
ter for fuel for all north Texas. Develop
ments already prove conclusively that the
finest coal measures In the southwest are
along the proposed route of this road, and
vast tracts of land all undertake with a
superior quality of bituminous coal are
now held under lease by the Denison and
Washita Valley Railroad company, and, as
the arrangements have been perfected, it
is highly probable that the construction
of the road will commence at once.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-10
FOUL PLAY.
A Prominent Young Man Murdered Oh
the Eve of His Wedding

A Prominent Young Man Murdered On
the Eve of His Wedding.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, January "a spec
ial to the American from Fayetteville,
Tenn, says: Yesterday Mr.. Brooks, a
prominent young merchant of AcDowen's
Mills, near this place, came to town, Sc
cured his marriage license and started for
home. This morning his body was found
lying on the roadside with a bullet hole
through the head. When he left town he
was accompanied by a man named Smith,
who was bitter rival of his for the hand
of the young lady Brooks was to marry.
Strong suspicious are aroused and consid-
cradle excitement prevails concerning this
feature of the case. Brooks was model
young man, liked by all who knew him.