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Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
ouarrv ana put rinto me pvrnmids.

quarry ana put II into the pyramids.
Well, now, If men short lived can afford
to work 50 slowly as that, cannot God m
the building Of the eternities afford 90 waltz
What though God should take 10000 years
to draw circlei Shall we take our little
watch, which we have TO wind up every
night lest it run down, and hold It up be
side the clock Of eternal ages9 II. accord
ing to the Bible, a thousand years are in
Gods sight as one day, then, according to
that calculation, the 5000 years Of the
worlds existence have been only to God as
from Monday to Saturday.
But 1t Is often the case that the rebound
is quicker and the circle is sooner COM
pleted You resolve that you will do what
good you can. In one week you put q
word Of counsel in the heart Of a Sabbath
school child. During that same week you
give letter of introduction to a young
man struggling in business. During the
same week you make an exhortation in a
prayer meeting. It is all gone; you viii
never hear Of it perhaps, you think.
A few years after man comes up to you
and says, you don't know me, do you~
You say, "No, don't remember ever to
have seen your why" he says, II was
In the Sabbath school class over which you
WGEG bLlG uedGuGE. OlG fOu AllNAbeu
me to Christ; accepted the offer. You see
that church with two towers yOnder2"
"Yes," you say. He says, THAT is where l
preach;" or; do you see that governors
housei Thst is where live" One day a
man comes to you and says, Good morn
ing" You look at him and say, why
yOu have the advantage Of me; / cannot
place you" He says, Don't you remember
thirty years ago giving letter Of introduc-
ton to young mana letter OF introdue-
tion TO Moses II. GrinneilH "Yes, yes;
do" He says; Il am the man. That was my
first step toward fortune, but / have re
tired from business now and AM giving my
time to philanthropies and public interests.
Come up and see me. "
Or man comes to you and says; Il want
to introduce myself to you. ] went into n
prayer meeting in Atlanta some years ago;
sat back by the door, you arose TO make
an exhortation; that talk changed the
course Of my life, and if ! ever get TO
heaven, under God will owe my salvation
to you" In only ten, twenty or thirty
years the circle swept out and swept back
again to your own grateful heart.
THR CIRCLE OF FIRE.
But sometimes It is wider circle and
does not return for great while. saw
bill Of expenses for burning I4atimeE and
Ridley. The bill of expenses saws:
Evening journal., 1893-02-25

in view. 1t is at once encouraging
and satisfactory to note that in
the Ledger's article "the sympathy
and aid Of all who are competent to
give effective assistance in the arduous
task of reconstruction is assured, which
is equivalent to an announcement that
the great banking house of Drexel & Co.,
is regarding the receivership with
friendly interest" 1t is quite likely
that the collapse was due to over exten-
sion. That is certainly a very soft and
pleasing euphemism for cheating and
stealing both Of which would probably
apply with distinguished aptness TO the
methods employed by the recent man
agement. In gigantic operations Of this
kind some moralists are disposed to think
that spade is not vulgar implement
Of toll, used to strike into the ground
and turn up the loan, but a golden
handled symbol representing labor. That
is all very pretty, Of course, but among
plain people a spade is a spade, and that
is what we call IL.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
A NEW NEWARK BANK.

The old Institution to BE Replaced BY
"A Commodious structure-C College Notes.
Special Correspondence Evening journal.
newark, Feb. % The question
which has for some time agitated the
National Bank directors the erection Of
a new bank building or the repairing of
the old has about been settled, and
Newark will have, In the near future,
banking institution equal in design and
size TO any Of its neighbors. The present
bank will probably be used as a boarding
house.
Those who will take part In the coming
contest between the junior and soph-
more classes are: Juniors. Thomas
Holt, Clarence McVey, Georgs l. Town
send and Walter P. Conaway sophmores,
Horace g. Eastburn, Norris Wilkinson,
Calvin Whiteman and Glen Litsinger
The question TO be debated is Re-
solved, That the republic is the most
stable form of government.
A g. Plumb a senior of the college, is
recovering from severe attack Of pneu.
monia.
The directors Of the bank have pur-
chased ground opposite the M. i Church,
aud will soon begin the erection of q
banking house, which will cost about
s 0,0OO
The Glasgow NJ. L. Church will give o
musical and literary entertainment on
| Thursday evening, March 2
Many persons will attend the inaugural
exercises from this town.
l. | Handy will deliver his celebrated
lecture on Patrick Henry" at Oxford
Pa, March 3.
Ephraim Bousall, Of this town, am
Emma c. Allcorn, of Mermaid, were
married at the Presbyterian parsonage
Thursday evening, by Rev. DR.. ~ H
Miller.
j.. p. Wilson, who has conducted {
coal and lumber business here for severa
years, has disposed of his business t
Rufus Stewart.
The Etna Hose, Hook and Ladder
Company are making active preparations
for holding fair in Caskey Hall, early
in March.
Rev Dr. Nassau, who has been a mis-
sionary In Africa thirty-one years, viii
preach In the First Presbyterian Churcl
tomorrow morning Rev. J. Dickson
Shanks will conduct services in the even
ing.
Mrs John Simpson met with severe
accident while out sleighing one day
this week In some manner the hOrsl
became frightened and began kicking
Mrs. Simpson received heavy blow from
the animals foot, which rendered her un
conscious for long time. She is improy
ing now.
Willie A. Horn, who has been visiting
his cousin, Madge M Bowen, returned
home yesterday Mr.. A. A. Curtis anC
wife have gone 20 Florida for an extended
stay. Miss Mendenhall Of Philadelphia
Is visiting Miss Camebright at the Eas
End Miss Florence Bryan is visiting
friends in Washington. r. Camp
bell, who for a number Of years ha
acted in the capacity for William r. Grill
fifth, general storekeeper. has accepts
position with his uncle in Washington
and goes there to-day.
Epworth League Of the M. E Churc
met last night and transacted some In
portant business. An entertainment
was given in the Presbyterian churc
last night.
Miss Nettie Steele entertained a nun
Der Of her friends at her home on Deli
ware avenue last evening.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
Stages of Progress.

Dr. James Freeman Clarke once went to
see Margaret Fuller when she was teaching
in Providence She showed him two pack
ages Of letters which she said would give
him to understand the kind of work she
was doing for her scholars.
"rhis package" she said, contains the
letters which they usually write 70 me
when they have been with me two or three
months. oh, Miss Fuller they say, we
did not know till we came 20 you how ig-
norant we were. We seem to know nothing
at all, and not to be able to learn anything
We might as well give up We shall never
be able to study TO any purpose.
"rhis package Of letters" said Miss Full
Ter, II have labeled Under conviction
"This other package" she continued,
"holds the letters they write to me some
time afterward. In these they say:
1--WE owe you ever so much for showing
us how we can become something better.
We are still very stupid, but we now feel
as If we were in the right way and were
making some progress Pray help us to do
more and better. You have given us cour-
age and taught us how to go forward
"This package" said she, II label 'Ob-
tanned hope youths Companion.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
The Minister and the Mouse.

In a certain village church the minister
had great deal af trouble on Sunday even
ings with peanut row." as 1t was called.
Peanut row was composed Of young persons
who attend divine service from social mo-
tives It was in the rear Of the chapel; then
came the rank and file of the sainthood,
and next to that a large vacant space before
the pulpit.
Sometimes this vacant space served as an
arena for the exercises Of a stray dog or a
fat church mouse that startled the sober
worshipers and gave the candy munching
battalion great delight.
On one occasion of this sort, having ex-
hausted his quiver of rebuke and noticed
that inattention was caused by the peram.
bulating mouse, the minister departed from
the line Of his notes and applied himself TO
address his nearest auditor thus;
Dear Mr.. Mouse, am happy 20 have
you 50 earnest and warm in your devotions
that you come near the altar You have
for a number Of weeks been a most atten-
tive worshiper. You are undoubtedly a
converted mouse. You are not afraid OF
the pulpit, the Bible or the preacher. You
are fat and flourishing and seem intelligent.
Perhaps you can exert your powers in
missionary work, and going part way 60
the rear startle the sisters TO an advance
movement, much to the propriety and in
terest Of the service.
"Then, as a second good work, you could
retire to peanut row and show how much
more neatly you can eat nuts than can the
refined young persons gathered there. You
may have some way of conveying into their
silly and vacant brains the religious in.
struction that you have received from the
! pulpit for so long a time"
The next Sabbath evening peanut row
swarmed to a rival church.-Boston Herald
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
AntInnItr of Wrestllnr.

Probably the first authentic record Of a
wrestling match is in A. ID. 1923, when chiv-
airy on the European continent was under.
going change for the better During the
reign of Henry III of England a match
took place in st. Giles field, London, be.
tween citizens OF Westminster and the city
of London proper Wrestling was, how
ever, popular as a pastime in England at ,
much earlier period, and from that country
many of the different styles originated
Every one knows how much friendly rival
ry exists between sohoolboys, and how they
viii tug and pull at a fellow scholar after
school hours In their attempts to gain the
mastery. These early lessons are not lost
as they only serve to whet the appetite fol
the legitimate style which they indulge in
when they reach a mature age.-Lippin
coftis
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
Chinese Railroad omeers.

The Chinese officials on the railway are
nominally responsible parties, and they are
Chinese officials, a term which to any one
who has lived long in China sums up nearly
all that can be said about them. The rail
way in all its parts and stages is TO them a
strange and inscrutabe thing, whose mys-
teries they are slower to learn than their
uneducated fellow countrymen, owing TO
their minds being already saturated with a
kind Of lore which has no points of contact
with the novelties introduced by the
troublesome foreign devils. They detest
the whole undertaking, which does not
even provide such means of enrichment as
any purely native work would do. Custom
renders IL derogatory to them TO handle any
implement heavier than a hair pencil, and
what is necessary TO be done by officials is
simply intrusted 20 their servants.
AT the head Office things are scarcely
better The directors are men who have
been forced into an unwelcome position,
who have no feeling for the substantial
success of the railway and no appreciation
of workmanlike excellence, but who are
always ready to listen to any dilettante
who can talk superhcially of velvet and
varnish and show from illustrated adver-
tisements in what respect the Chinese
trains come short of some ideal Brighton
express or Philadelphia fiier, especially
when the glib foreign gentleman hints at
the profuse fabrication which railway pro
motion demands in other countries, and
which is only compatible with lavish cost
-Macmillan's Magazine
Evening journal., 1893-02-25

Or course we cannot condone fraud or
theft, but a great many more people ex
press sympathy for Defaulter Smith than
sorrow for the economical directors Of
the First National Bank. Smith has
stolen and used large amount Of
money. There is no excuse, no palliation
for that. We make none. We have no
defense for theft. But, on the other
hand we have no sympathy for the
bankers who compel, or allow,--which
Is almost as bad--a man to do $4,000
worth Of work on an 81 500 salary. Smith
was an able man. he was capable OF
admirable work, but on an insufficient
salary he was doing the work Of two men.
He had a large family and their
Increasing necessities probably tempted
naturally genial, kindly and affection
ate husband and father beyond his
strength. He doubtless took money,
which at the time he could have replaced
easily, but did not replace. He did that
again and again, under the same tempta-
tion, till the amount had grown so large
that he had no hope no thought Of re
placing IT, Then. staring crime and ex-
posure in the face. he became callous and
developed into a thief and robbor Strict,
hard. harsh. cruel moralsts will say
that Smith. and Smith only, is to blame
In one sense he Is; but. for their parsi
mony, their ill advised and fatal economy
In requiring a capable and expert banker
to do the work Of two men for less thar
one should have, the directors are par
ticipstors in his guilt They should have
known better They should not have
put a man in a position where he must
steal OF starve. II they did not know
this before. they know it now. II the
banking business cannot be carried on in
more just and equitable manner, 4
more sensible. careful and business.lilS
manner than this episode indicates, theI
the banking business should be aban
doned. Is is likely to be sad for thu
employees and humiliating for the EN-
ployers. If the earnings Of bank
ing men are SO small that such man a
Smith is tempted 10 steal in order q
live in a style becoming his occupation
and associations. then there are too man
banks and too little Judgment and con
mon sense This may seem trih
strange and harsh to those men who hav
more money than blood, but it nc
nearly so harsh as the current talk o
the street
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
pool,s Arc Not wen Made Now.

Experts are predicting, and by no means
without reason, that the books of today will
fall to pieces before the middle of the next
century. The paper Ia the books that have
survived two or three centuries WIS made
by hand of honest rags and without the use
ofstrong chemicals, while the ink was made
of nutgalls Today much of the paper for
books is made, at least in part, Of wood
pulp, treated with powerful acids, while the
ink is a compound of various substances
naturally at war with the himsy paper
upon which il is laid. The printing Of two
centuries ago has improved with age-that
Of today, it is feared will, within 80 years,
have eaten its way through the pages upon
which it is impressed. Chicago Herald.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
Sure Justice the Cure.

Portland Oregonian.
The failure Of the law 60 punish is the
usual excuse for the exercise Of lynch
law, and Il is, in the general estimation,
the cause of much Of the increase in
crime Severity of punishment is by no
means as great preventative Of crime as
the certainty of It. To act as a restraint
upon criminals justice must be both
swift and sure. Failure of the law to
punish breeds contempt for IL in the
criminal classes and distrust of II in
others. On the one hand it leads TO the
commission Of more crime and on the
other to displays Of popular passion aud
the execution Of private vengeance.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
sympathy for MCKINLEY.

New York Tribune.
The sympathies Of a host Of personal
and political friends will be extended TO
Governor Mckinley in his financial re-
verses. He has been the victim of mis-
placed confidence and the modest savings
Of a lifetime have been swept away. His
embarrassments are faced with courage
and force characteristic of the man. His
friends and admirers will unite in the
hope that he will not be compelled by his
reverses to retire from public life.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
NEWSPAPER OPINION.
TIn. TIn. TIn. the swIndlo.

Tin, Tin, Tin, the swindle.
Philadelphia Times.
In appealing for free block tin the
manufacturers Of tinplate disclose un-
wittingly the nature of the tariff con
spiracy against American consumers
which It's author proudly boasted would
stand untouched for ten years But
McKinleyism in politics is dead; and the
tinplate swindle will surely be knocked
in the head as soon as possible under our
leisurely methods of fiscal legislation
The false prophets of ancient times were
stoned to death; those of the latter day
are likely to be buried under an ava.
lanche Of free tin.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
VERY EASILY CAUGHT.
That is the Universal Opinion of Ono O
the Most Dangerous Things in the world.

That is the Universal Opinion of Ono
the Most Dangerous Things in the world.
This has been n cold winter. often bitterly
cold, and In far too many cases IL has pro-
duced colds. cold Is easily caught and Is
always tue beginning of disease, often serious
disease. A cold may come in may forms.
Sometimes Il Sc with a chill, a shudderlng chill,
sometimes with pain IN the shoulders and
the arms; sometimes with vaguc aching in
the muscles or he limbs. In whatever fnrm
it may come it l. a cold and IL means disease.
often dangerous disease or death, unless taken
IN hand promptly.
may run along iuto something that Is danger
Gus. Remember that an ounce Of prevention
Is worth pound OF cure. What should you
do as n sensible man or woman. Watch the
symptoms, guard against he first signs, tOru-
IS against everything that can be unpleasant,
injurious OF dangerous. There Is only one
way by which this can he done. lt ls DIV the
use of some pure.reliahle stimulant something
that Will quicken the pulse.rencw the life, bring
into action aud agluw ali the faculties. some
thing hich has been tested and tried. some
thing that Is superior t0evcrything else. You
do not need to ask whai this is. IL Is sufficient
20 name it. Duny's Pure Malt Whiskey has
been proven 70 be superior TO anyth ng; all
things that have been presented TO the public
for checking y cold curing pneumonia and
re ndering the life at this season OF the year
happier and better. 10 has been used by
more people and Il mora popular tO-day than
any other known preparation In the world land
it deserves its popularity because a has
proven its merits bs the cures 10 has effected
Care should be exercised that no unscrupu.
/ lous druggist or grocer tries 70 substitute any.
/ thing which he may claim 10 be"just as good
| There Is nothing that can take is place.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25

REFERRINo to the collapse of Reading
one Of the friendly and authoritative edi-
torials In the Philadelphia Telegraph says
''The prime cause Of the collapse is given
in one word-namely, over-extension.
Under its recent management the Read
ing reached out in every direction. and
acquired possession Of railroads and
other properties far outside Of the teri
tory naturally and legitimately tributary
to it's traffic, and involving financial
obligations equally far beyond the nor
NAL resources Of the company. In pur-
suing the purpose Of creating monopoly
10 control the production, the price, and
the distribution Of anthracite, Reading
not only outran all reasonable bounds OF
financial prudence, but at the same
time incurred hostilities and in
vited opposition to an extent wholly IN
necessary and unadvisable. The invas
sion Of territory equitably pertaining tc
other organizations, and by the unwrit.
ten law Of railroad management usually
20 be held inviolate. was an error that
involved It's own defeat, and the end was
only a question Of time. It has comeia
little sooner than was expected, but il
has been inevitable as q result Of persist
ing IN a mistaken policy. In the reha'
biiitatlon Of the road this mistaken policy
VII. necessarily be corrected The re
csirership has been arranged. as may DC
fairly saia. with that object dirortly
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
AFIne Thlng for Claus.

st Louis Post-Dispatch.
Claus Sprecfels owns about seventy
five per cent of all the Hawaiian land fit
for the cultivation of sugar and rice.
some of which he works himself the
rest being rented to other planters
Why should the United States annex
these islands, spend millions on cable,
build few battleships aud pay sugar
subsidy TO the tune of 81 000,0 annu.
ally, all for the benefit of this Hawaiian
lied German, who never did a thing in
America except to extract some Of the
peoples wealthl
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
A PASSING FANCY.

! sit alone tonight. and In the CRATE
watched the dying flame fash up and
CLEAN
late.
And still in silence do sit and dream.
The fancies that ! see within It's light
Are sometimes like its ashes-cold and
dark:
Another moment flashing mp as bright
As II In keeping with It's brightest spark.
B ut why should ] sit sadly here 20 night?
There're other girls, III one but thinks there
are
That last red coal win make a splendid
light.
And1ah, by Jove. but that's good olearl
James g. Burnett.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
Gresham ID q rI.herman.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.
When Cleveland wants to take a fish
he will hnd his Secretary OF State just as
good with a bamboo pole and a Frank
fort reel as he will be in the state De
lartment There is no better man on a
ishing iaunt or in the tent than Gresham
keenly. With Partner Bssell and Dan
along to make up "a four handed
game. It almost seems the Cabinet
might have some fun mixed up with
statecraft after all
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
Anodd Fish.

One Of the oldest fishes that ever swan
in any sea is that known to naturalists
under the unattractive name of "ophioceph-
alus" a species Of it is found in the sea
of Galilee, where it builds nest which fol
beauty of design and elegance Of workman
ship eNcels the efforts Of the majority OF
feathered nestbuilders It's favorite spot
for building is in an old root or rock pro
iecting under the water and the material
consists Of seaweed, grass and leaves. -
Rochester Times.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
Tn e same old Crowd.

HARDWARE.
II it is advisable TO annex the Sand
wich Stands let Il be done decently and
In order There are signs that the same
skilful hands which engineered re
ciprncity' treated aud pocketed several
millions Of dollars per year out Of IL are
behind the public opinion" which favors
annexation aud that the programme is
to rush it through before sober second
thought comes Il is well sometimes to
make haste slowly with important mat
iers.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
A Cnnartnersl,ln Notice.

The following notice by a Virginian black
smith indicates readjusting sentiment on
the part Of Noses partner:
"Notis-De oopartnership heretofore re
sisting betwixt me and Nose Skinner is
hereby resolved. Dem what owe de firm
viii settle wild me, and dem what de firm
owe will settle wild Nose. "-Exchange.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
The weather.

WASHINGTON Feb. 25.-Forecast till s p. m.
Sunday. For Maryland: Probably fair on
Sunday, preceded by light rain OF snow dur
ing the az iernoOn or evening. westerly
winds For Delaware and Eastern Penn
sylvania: Light local showers 10 day or to-
nignt, probably fair SUNDAY; westerly winds'
probably colder on Sunday evening.
New York Herald Forecast-A storm now
forming on the Gulf coast, with its centre
near Gal, eston. Texas, Will probably move
east-northeast and may increase seriously IN
energy off the Carolina coasts and northward
Tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25
win He Accent?
New York World.

New York World.
Wepersume that It is quite true that
Governor Mckinley can have all the
financial aid he may require in his
present misfortune. His labor has put
millions in the pockets Of the tariff
barons, and we have no doubt that they
are disposed 90 show their gratitude.
But II he accepts their assistance he
ought TO retire from public life. His
obligations would prove to be an en-
berrassment In future
Evening journal., 1893-02-25

NoTHrNe is thoroughly agreeable to a
man which does not tickle his vanity;
even as a melon is sweeter for the salt
on it or any meat more palatable for a
spice with Il.
Evening journal., 1893-02-25

CorFIDRNoE is the chief requisite for a
newspaper reporter as it is the basis Of
all business transactions. The former
is sometimes called cheek, the latter,
credit