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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-07

The following derivation of the slang
phrase sRowed up Salt river" to express
the condition of defeated candidate for
office. is thus explained by Bayard Taylor:
Formerly there were extensive salt works
ON Salt river, Ohio, short distance from
its mouth. The laborers employed in them
were "A set of athletic, belligerent fellows
who soon became known far and wide for
their achievements in the pugilistic line.
Hence it became common for the boatmen
on the Ohio, when one of their number be
came refractory, to say to him, Well row
YOU up Salt river when, of course, the
burly salt men would have the handling
of him. BY natural figure of speech, the
expression was applied to political candi-
dates-first. believe, in the presidential
campaign of 1870" A better explanation
of the phrase than that given by Mr.. Tay-
Tor above seems TO be that in the early days
the mouth Of Salt river was fayorite
stronghold of the river pirates, who preyed
on the commerce Of the Ohio, and rowed
their plumber up Salt river.
A friend suggests third probable deri-
walton OF the phrase He says that he has
heard il applied to defeated candidates as
far back as 1888, and that it originated in
1882, when Henry Clay, as candidate Tor
the presidency, had an engagement to
speak at Louisville, Ky. He had employed
a boatman to row him up the Ohio. Now
this boatman was jackson Democrat; he
pretended to have lost his way, and instead
of rowing up the Ohio turned into salt
river. This caused Clay much delay, for
he did not reach Louisville until the day
after election.--St. Louis Republic.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-07

and said: blessed Lord, we are on the
same old terms yet. Good night Good
night.
oh, you sin p4rched and you trouble
pounded, here is comfort, here is satlsfac-
tion. Will you come and get itf | cannot
tell you what the Lord offers you hereafter
so well as can tell you now. 1t doth not
vet appear what we shall be" Have you
read of the Tai Mahal in India, In some
respects the most majestic building on
earths Twenty thousand men were twenty
years in building it. 1t cost about sixteen
millions of dollars. The walls are OF mar
BILE, inlaid with carnelian from Bagdad,
and turquois from Thibet, and Jasper
from the Punjaub, and amethyst from
Persia, and all manner OF precious stones.
A traveller says that it seems TO nm IKE
the shining of an enchanted castle OF Dur
nished silver The walls are two hundred
and forty-five feet high, and from the top
of these springs dome thirty more feet
high, that dome containing the most won
derful echo the world has ever known, so
that ever and anon travellers standing be
low with flutes and drums and harps are
testing that echo, and the sounds from De-
low strike up, and then come down, as 1t
were, the voices of angels all around about
the building. There is around it garden
of tamarnd and banyan and palm and all
the floral glories of the ransacked earth.
But that is only tomb of dead EN-
press, and it is tame compared with the
grandeurs which God has builded for your
| living and immortal spirit. oh, home of
the blessed Foundations of goldl Arches
of victoryl Capstones of praise And a
dome in which there are echoing and re-
echoing the hallelujahs of the ages. And
around about that mansion is "A garden
the garden of God-lnd all the springing
fountains are the bottled tears of the church
\ In the wilderness, and all the crimson OF
flowers is the deep hue that was caught up
from the carnage of earthly martyrdoms,
and the fragrance is the prayer OF all the
saints, ana the aroma puts into utter for
getfulness the cassia, and the spikenard,
and the frankincense, and the world re-
nowned spices which the Queen Balkis, OF
Abyssinia, flung Mt the feet of King Solo
| mon.
When shallthese eyes thy heaven built walls
And pearly gates behold.
| Thy bulwarks, with salvation strong,
And streets of shining golds
Through obduracy on our part, and
through the rejection of that Christ who
makes heaven possible | wonder If any OF
us will miss that spectacleY fear! fear
The queen of the south will rise up in judg-
! ment against this generation and condemn
it, because she came from the uttermost
parts of the earth to hear the wisdom OF
Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solo
mon is herel May God grant that through
your own practical experience you may FIND
that religions ways are ways Of pleasant
ness, and that all her paths are paths OF
peace-that it is perfume now and perfume
forever. And there was an abundance OF
spice; ..neither was there any such spice as
the queen of Sheba gave TO King Solomon.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-07

There has been a stirring among the cold
roots of the Symplocarpus for some time
now 10 the marshes, and its red spotted
spathe is all ready thrust up, fresh and
clustering, amid the oozy sponge and gray
debris of the marsh side, where rs YET
green is barely the dominant color. while
ostensibly. as if to celebrate these quie;
parturitions (or apparitions) around him,
but in good sooth for private matrimonial
reasons of his own, the Innocent little hyla
frog initiates his throat and fills the dim
vault of Night and the blue urn Of Day
with the shrill, clear music Of his two noted
flute; said Day and Night seeming in no
wise displeased by this incessant love song,
although monotonous in its nature as that
Chinese fiddle in Harrison avenue.-Bos-
ton Transcript
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-07

ouaen Ralkis was so pleased with the
.,,,tanese of Solomon that she said, I'm
inst 90 and see him for myself" 1onder
I, comes-the cavalcade-horses and drom-
,d.ries chariots aud characters. Jingling
harness and Gathering hoofs, and blazing
shields. and flying ensigns, and clapping
.,vmhals The place is saturated with the
nerfume She brings cinnamon ana sal
IRON and calamus aud franlSicense ana
an manner of sweet spices. As the reti-
nna svveeps through the gate the armed
.-,,,-,s ;nbale the aroma. "Haltr' cry the
e,,.rioteers as the wheels grind the gravel
in frrnt az the pillared portico of the KING.
49,, t3.tkis aliuhts in an atmosphere be
,~i,cbed with perfume. As the droine-
s..-;,s a.. driven up TO the kings store
s-..,.,s aud tile. bundles of camph0f are
.-.,sg..,,..d and the sacks Of cinnamon, and
- l.,,x,,.. If snices are opened the purvey-
- 81 ~. nalace discover what my text
arna,,nces, .sOf spices. great abundance
,ei,ber was there any such spices rs tne
o,,ssr If Sheba gave to King Solomon.
~xC.il NV friends. you know that all the
-,.,.;.,,s agree in making solomon type
- cbrist and making the Qaeen OF Sheba
=. -. - every truth seeker. aud / snail
- ~. rssnonsibility Of saying that ali
- .,,;is.n,,rsl and eassia and frankincense
49,, ne Queen Of Sheba brought to King
coloD,on are nightly suggestive OF the
-, sniees Of our holy religion. Cnris-
s''..,,s.. & not a collection of sharp techni-
sa1;tses and angular facts and chronoiog
- ,.,le- and dry statistics. Our religion
:. to inkincerfse and to cassla
= '.,,...- 10 nichtshade 1t is bundle Of
. - II IS a dash Of holy light. IL Is a
--s,i'1s ~ ,.,ol fountains. 1t l. an opening
y o,,sline Gates Ii is a collection OF spices
" 800 90 that we were as wise In taxing
-. y, our Divine King IS Queen baikls
-. - "a taking the spices TO the eartniy
e-l,,,,o,Y What many Of us most need Is
= - - The hunndrum driven ont o. our
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-07

Jones-I hear you had a dog show in
your town last week. How did it go on
Adams-Splendidly. Il was a bowling
success.-Kats Fields Washington.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-07
HUMDRUM ABOLISHED.
SERMON PREACHED SUNDAY, MAY 8,
BY REV. 7. DE WITT TALMAGE.

A Stirring Elaboration to Christians to
Make Their Religion Lively, Based Upon
the Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Sol
ONION. the Great King.
BROOKLYN, May 3-rhe capacity of the
New Tabernacle was fully tested this morn
ing by the vast audience which assembled
to hear DR.. Talmage in his handsome and
spacious church. He is now preaching
there morning and evening, and The
Christian Herald services in New York
have been discontinued. This has caused
much regret to many people in that city.
A memorial was prepared and signed by
influential citizens asking DR.. Talmage to
continue the services. He could not see
his way to comply at the time, but, as he
was evidently impressed by the warmth of
the welcome given him in the metropolis,
and deeply moved by the good that was
done, it is not improbable that in the near
future he will again be found duplicating
his usefulness by ministering to two con-
gregations, as he has been doing during the
past seven months. His subject this morn
ing was 'Humdrum Abolished" and his
text II Chronicles tx, 8: "Of spices great
abundance; neither was there any such
spice as the QueeSof Sheba gave King Sol
omonn
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-07


More than this, he had great reputa-
ton for the conundrums and riddles that
he made and guessed. He and King Hi
ram, his neighbor, used to sit by the hour
and ask riddles, each one paying in money
if he could not answer or GUESS the riddle
The Solomonic navy visited all the world,
and the sailors, OF course, talked about the
wealth Of their king, and about the riddles
and enignas that he made and solved, and
the news spread until Queen BalSis, away
off south. heard Of it, and sent messengers
with a few riddles that she would like to
have Solomon solve, and a few puzzles
which she would like 10 have him find out
She sent among other things TO King Sol
onion diamond with hole so small that
a needle could not penetrate IL, asking him
10 thread that diamond. And Solomon
took a worm and put it at the opening in
the diamond, and the worm crawleo
through, leaving the thread in the dia
mond.
The queen also sent goblet to solomon
asking him to fiji it with water that did
not pour from the sky, and that did not
rush ont from the earth, and Immediately
Solomon nut a slave on the back of swift
horse aud glllloped him around and around
the park until the horse was nigh exhaust
ed. and from the perspiration OF the morse
the goblet was filed. She also sent King
solomon five hundred boys in girls dress
and five hundred girls in boys dress, won
deriup II he would be acute enough 10 finc
ont die deception Immediately Solomon
when he saw them wash their faces, kne"
from the way they applied the water tha
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-19

How He Cor A DISSER.-Hay-
NOW Hal, the tramp-'Madam, do
you keep French coek.'
Housewife-'No: why do you ask,
You dirty tramp
Haymow-1 meant no offense,
ma'am, but the odor of the food
that comes from the kitchen ia so
appetizing that l felt sure you must
have superior cook on your prem
ises.'
Housewife-'No, sir, I do my own
cooking. Won't you step in and
sample some of it?'-Yankee Blade.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-19

He HAD THE NERvE.-Dinner
was just finished in the mess-room
and several English officers were
sitting around the table. The con-
versation had not been animated.
and there came lull, as the night
was too hot for small talk. The
major of the regiment, a clean-cut
man Of 55, turned toward his next
neighbor. a young subaltern. who
was leaning back in his chair, with
his hands clasped behind his head,
staring through the cigar smoke at
his ceiling. The major was slowly
looking the man over, from his
handsome face down, when. with
sudden alertness and IN 4 quiet.
steady voice, he said: Don't move.
please. Mr.. Caruthers. / want to
try an experiment with you. Don't
move q muscle
All right, major replied the
subaltern, without even turning
his eyes. Hadn't the least idea of
moving, / assure you! What's the
game?
BY this time all the others were
listening in a lazily, expectant way.
DO you think continued the
major-and his voice trembled Just
a little that you can keep absolutely
still for, say two minutes-to save
your life?'
Are you joking?'
'On the contrary, move muscle
and You are a dead man. Can YOU
stand the strain?'
The subaltern barely whispered
Yes and his face paled slightly.
Burke said the major, address
ing an officer across the table, pour
some of that milk into saucer and
set it on the floor here just a. the
back OF me. Gently, man! Quiet
Not word was spoken as the
officer quietly filled the saucer,
walked with it carefully around the
table, and sat it down where the
major had indicated on the floor.
Like marble statue sat the Young
subaltern in his white linen clothes,
while cobra dc capello, which had
oeen crawling up the leg of his
trousers, slowly raiseu Its i,.ad then
turned, descended to the floor ana
glided toward the milk. Suddenly
the silence was broken by the report
OF the majors revolver, and the
snake lay dead on the floor.
Thank You, major said the
subaltern, as the two men shook
hands warmly; you have saved my
lifev
You're welcome, my boy rer
piled the senior, but you did your
share
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-19

~ Opening q Tomato Cam
lie was in the pantry trying to open
a can Of tomatoes and making a
good deal of unnecessary noise
about it.
"What in the world is the mat
ter - demanded his wife from the
kitchen. "What are you trying to
open that can of tomatoes with p"
"Can opener, of course" he
growled back. "Do you suppose /
was trying to open it with my teeth"
"No; | thought, perhaps, iudg-
ing from your language, you were
trying to opon it with prayer"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-19

NATURE's HOSE CART.-Insur-
ance magnate-T think you had bette. I.
cancel some of our big risks at Tin
derville.'
Policy clerk-'What is the trou-
ble.'
Insurance magnate-'A blank lust
came in with the question: What
protection have you from fire.
answered, It rains sometimes.'-
Puck.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-19

go in search for some drier bark
and twigs.
Hugh's moment had come. A
quick as q flash almost he slippe'
out MurrelPs pistols, opened thei
pans and split their printing. Thi
well done he replaced the weapons
His next move was to feel arouns
in the bags and find the powde
flask, which was a small, fat cop
per one. This he put in his pock
ct.
Murrell returned after a few mo
ments, bearing large armful ol
dry wood, and soon he had roar.
ing FIRE. But where was Hugh
Hss looked the boys horse had
vanished. too, and what was the
bold outlaws state of mind when
he (having snatched ont his pistols)
found that his weapons were harm.
less, their pans wide open and emp
ty!
Quickly he fumbled for his pow
der flask, but it was gone.
Meantime Hugh had ridden
away, trusting to his horse to keep
the road. He did not 90 far, how
ever, before he found that he was
in the midst of a mucky swamp,
with q dense canebrake all around.
de tried to find his way out but in
vain ; the mud was SO deep that his
horse floundered and almost fell at
every step. When at last he reach
ed a hummock of comparatively
solid earth he thought it best to
stay there the rest of the night.
Indeed it was all that he could do.
When daylight came he was chill
ed to the bone and hungry. Lead
ing his horse and picking his way
through the cane and bay thickets,
ne found the road again about noon
but had gone scarcely five miles
when Murrell appeared in his way,
not a smiling preacher now but a
determined and dangerous-looking
outlaw.
Hugh felt cold beads of sweat break
forth on his forehead, and for a
moment he was powerless the next
however, fit OF desperation seized
him and he did what of all things
would have appeared in his cooler
moments the most foolish. He
leveled his rife on the robber and
fired, then flung it away and drew
both his pistols, at the same time
spurring his horse forward at full
speed and yelling like a savage.
Murrell for once in his life was
taken by surprise, and so swift came
down upon him the charging boy
and horse, he wheeled from the
path to avoid a collision. Hugh
fired one of his pistols almost at
random as he went tearing past,
and by the time that Murrell re-
covered himself and started in pur-
suit boy and steed were out of sight.
Moreover the outlaw found that his
horse was badly wounded in one of
its fore legs.
When Hugh Lenox reached Bay
st. Louis and told his story, nobody
seemed to credit it but years af-
terward, when Murrell and his ia
nous gang fell into the grip of
the law, it all proved to be true.
Murrell himself said he was never
SO frightened in all his life as when
Hugh charged upon him yelling and
firing.
MAURICE THOMPSON.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-19

w More than 10000 men took
the Australian ballot law examina-
ton on last Tuesday. Some of
them failed utterly, and others
would have done SO had it not been
for the timely assistance of the
willing young teachers who served
as ballot clerks. | heard of one
case where q man endeavored to
stamp his ticket with the ink pad
after having heated it by the can
die light. Another voter thought
the X stamp should be well heated
before using, and held it in the
candies flicker fully a minute, and
then tried to arrange his ballot
without the use Of ink. There
were numerous instances where the
voter insisted on personally drop
ping his ticket into the slot. At
the count some ballots were found
which had not been stamped except
on the outside. But, then, there
are people who never will learn; 80
what is the use of repining?
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-19
HOW 4 BOT oUI JOIN 1.
From ST. Loais r.


From 81. Lossss 4
Early in the century,
at the time that Pie aneau and
John A. Murrell Fames ol
dread from the Oh III 70 ths
Gulf Coast, Hugh I youth
of IL, set out on ck to e
from Vicksburg u Louis,
where his grandpare cd.
Hugh was tall an 4 propor'
toned for ons II II ~ hil
horse. saddle apd s. 7resy
valuable. Indeed me- ana s66ul
$500 which he carried in q leather
pouch, constituted the entire 60.
tate left him ut the recent death oi
his father and mother.
The horse was superb animal,
strong and swift, and the saddle
was a Mexican one, mounted in
brass and silver.
Hugh was advised not to under.
take the journey, since it would
lead him near the celebrated Honey
Island jungles, which were sup
posed to be the rendezvous Of oil
the Mississippi and Louisiana out
laws ; but he was a spirited, almost
reckless boy, and would Just az
soon risk something for adventures
sake as not.
He set out armed with a long ri
fle and a pair of heavy pistols: his
thought was to kill some deer, and
perhaps a bear or two on the way.
The journey, he calculated, would
last from three to five days, owing
to the weather and the condition of
the streams. The first day was a
dreary one, although the sky was
clear for Hugh liked company,
and to ride hour after hour alone,
now in the dusky pine woods. now
past the secluded plantations and
anon through plashy cypress
swamps, enough to make him feel
that his trip could not be a pleas-
ant one at best.
He stayed all niea<lsa-a-->ain in
a little clearing. The man and his
wife were pleasant people. They
refused to accept any pay next
morning, and even insisted upon
upon giving him little package of
food for his midday Iuncheon.
When he had mounted his horse
and was ready to set out, up rode a
young, smooth-faced, dark-eyed
man dressed in black.
'Howdy, parson, howdy,' cried
the host and hostess in a breath,
running forth to greet the newcom-
er. Light, light. and come in.
NO. thank you, my good friends,
L cannot stop this morning. said
ne, Il am on my way over to Bay
st. Louis. How are you all ?
'oh' tolerable, tolerable. When
Will you be back? In time to
preacn next Sunday
Yes, God willing.
The young gentleman will no
doubt be glad to have your compa-
ny. de is going to Bay st. Louis,
zoo.
An indeed; that's good news.
how are you, sir !?
Hugh returned the preachers
greeting with due cordial:ty. 1t
was very agreeable to think Of hav-
ing so CHEEKY q companion for the
rest of his long ride.
The two set out bearing with them
the hearty God speed you' of the
man and his wife.
MY name is Foster said the
preacher, and what is your name,
my young friend p
Hugh Lenox, SIR
sAh. was your father Jere Lem
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-19

Ex-Governor McLane is matter
of-fact man. He fell from the
Democratic grand-stand on the
night of the torchlight parade,
The gentleman who assisted the
venerable Marylander to his feet
said
Gone minute, Governor; I'll get
your beaver"
"Never mind the beaver" was
the quick retort; "get me some
whisky and water." Baltimore
Sunday Herald.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-19

The Mckinley tariff severely af.
fects exports from England. Ves-
sells are leaving London half empty,
owing, IL is caimed, 10 this cause.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-11-19
Never Say What You Cannot Sub
Stantiate
WE NEVER DO
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It is well known fact that we occu-
py more space than any house in
East Washington, therefore we are
able to show more goods. You can
not put a quart Of wine into pint
measure.
Our Facilities are Great.
We have bright and light Store.
We have better and larger line Of
goods than any house in this section
would attempt to handle.
We Garry the Largest Stock,
We have the Largest Store,
We Sell at the Lowest Prieesi
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded.
9. ID L e B E R -
STAR CLOTHING HOUSE,
9OS, 9O5, 9O7 Sth st., S.,
w ASHHNGTON, ID. G..
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the train was under way. Two years ago
Gen. G. II. II. Coils saw tbs chance
through the sudden turn of the market to
unload q quantity of bonds. All depended
upon his reaching this city + ON Phila-
delphin before the close of the board.
He hired a special train, left the Quaker
City twenty minutes after, and made the
run to this city in exactly 100 minutes. the
ffty-ive miles between Wayne Junntion
and Bound Brook being traversed in fifty
two minutes. The general cleared $4,000
on the transaction. An interesting
story is told in railroad circles Of
to get an emergency train at mid
night to take him to Philadelphia on
business. 1t was a very Important matter
to him, n he was so excited that the rail
road agents Mt the depot made up their
minds that he was = murderer escaping
from Justice, and would not give him the
transportation for any price.
He grew very angry over their refusal,
Gu Sod them in ship shape fashion and fin
ally wound up by being arrested for disor-
derby conduct on an A l charge to hold a
suspicious character on. He had to
straighten affairs out in court the next
day. That was his only experience with a
special train and he says it will be his last,
life, death or starvation.
There are any number of other instan COS
where the emergency train has been an all
powerful factor. They can never become
popular with the masses, for the reason
that the railroads can fix any price they
like for them. Moreover, the roads will not
let everybody that comes along have one,
because the greater tho number Of that
style of traffic the creator the danger and
delay to the regular service.