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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-10-05

lumber In the mountains 81 Lebanon. |
think. Of the 10, 900. OOO membership Of the
Christian church today. IL 8, 900, 600 OF the
names were oil the books the church
would be- strontc.. You know that the
more towards and druncs there arc in any
army the weaker II s ! would rather
have the 300 picked J. n ~ Gideon than
the b. 900 unsiftrd host. How many
Christians there are standing In the way
Of MI progress think IL Is the duty u
the church ~ Gcl 10 ride over Them and
the quicker &c d..rs IL the quicker ii does
Its duty.
DO not worry. O Christian, II you have
90 do more than your share 81 the work
You had better thank God that he has
Talled You 20 b. one II the picked men
rather than 20 belong - the host Of strag-
glcrs. Would not you rather De- one ~ the
300 that fight than the %. 600 that RUM I
suppose those cowarally Gidconites who
went ST congratulated themselves. They
said; we Eot rid 81 all that fighting, did
we nots How lucky we have bean. That
battle costs Us nothing ~ all" But they
got none Of the spoils IL the victory After
the battle the 300 men went down and
took the wealth 81 the Midianites, and out
Of the cups and plattcrs 81 their enemies
they feasted. And the time will come, my
dear brethren when the hosts Of darkness
will be routed and Christ VIII say TO his
troops: "well done, my brave men. Go
up and take the spoils. BE more than CON
querors fOrcyeri'' And In that day nil de-
scrtcrs will be shot.
Again. learn from this subject that
Gods way Is different from mans, but is
always the best way. II we had the plan
ming Of that battle, we would have taken
those 81. 600 men that originally belonged
10 the army, AMI we would have drilled
them and marched them up and down by
the day and week and month. and wa
would have had them equipped with
swords or spears, according Ia the way ~
nrming In those times, and then we would
have marched them down In solid column
upon the foe. But that l. not the way.
6od depletes the army, and takes away all
their weapons and gives them n lamp, and
pitcher, and trumpet, and tells them
70 90 down and drive out the MidIanites.
suppose some wisoacres were there who
said; That L. not military tactics. The
Idea OF 800 men. unarmcd. conaucrinr
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03
An oner of Marriage.

The leading paper in a provincial
town recently published the follow.
ing matrimonial advertisement:
"A young lady of enormous wealth,
who is prepared to pay off all the
debts of her intended husband, de.
sires to form the acquaintance of a
respectable young gentleman, with
view to matrimony, Each reply to
be accompanied by a photo of the
sender and addressed to j, p, at the
Office of this paper. y
The delicate hand which drew up
the above lines and thereby secured
very large number of offers be.
longed to no less a parsonage than
Herr Itzig Schlaucheles, who had
lately opened clothing establish.
ment hi the town By means of the
photos sent in he was enabled to as
certain which of his would be GUS
toners were in the habit of leaving
thei~; debts unpaid. -Humoristiches
Echo.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03
Good management.

A Massachusetts, man, driving
through New Hampshire, pulled up
is horse to chat with farmer about
his crops. Some of the old mans re-
marks were spiced with humor, and
some of them, the tourist declares,
were almost as good as a sermon.
My corn's done fust rate, the
farmer said cheerfully, IAN / ain t
a-goin to take no credit fer supplyin
the preachers folks with it, nuther.
Some say I'm too freehanded, but /
tell 'em it amt gen 'rosity, it's jest
common sense and forehandedness. /
tell EN- my preachers patch is with
moro to men It's to the preacher
himself. Why, l cal'late it's havin
of that patch that's Kept my whole
field a-goin fer the last five years. "
Where is your preachers patch
situated?" inquired the stranger,
with pardonable curiosity.
Right slap in the middle O. the
field, (" was the reply.
ANY special reason for having it
just in the middle?" asked the stran-
ger.
"Well, yes, said the farmer, with
twinkle in his eye. "Ye see, that's
where my long headedness comes
in, stranger. 1t stands to reason the
Lord amt a-goin to let the preacher
suffer-an l never see folks that set
so by corn as his do-an ! reckoned
that when he was a-pervidin rain an
sunshine fer the preachers patch by
havin of it right slap in the middle
O. the field there'd most likely be
enough O. both o. them desirable in
grejients to keep the rest o. the field
a-goin an no harm donel"
And with no sign of amusement
except what appeared in his bright
old eyes the farmer turned the con-
versation to the state of politics in
New Hampshire. " outh S Compan-
ion.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03
The Moon q Piece Of the Earth.

When the earth was young, ac-
cording to the testimony of our most
noted astronomers, it turned with
such amazing rapidity that the day
was only about three hours long
The entire globe was a liquid then,
and as it spun around at that fear
full rate of speed the sun, causing
ever increasing tides upon its sur
face, at last pulled,it asunder. The
smaller portion became the planet
which we now call the moon. The
distance of this moon from the earth
has been gradually increasing ever
since, and the time win surely come
when it will not look larger than a
tenth magnitude star to the people
of the earth.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03
AGAINST AffEcrATloN lNpREAcHINo

81 think no man should try to preach, >
Said honest A. NJ. Baird,
"Who hasn't first the power of speech
And shows himself prepared.
II makes me weary TO the core
And sick at heart and faint
To hear gospel pilot roar
And rave without restraint.
used TO think the man inspired
And all o. K, own,
Who by much training had acquired
That blessed heavenly tone"
In these cold, infdelic days
OF practical affairs
We judge a man by what he says
And not the voice he wears.
We walk by reason to the brink
OF the great unknown hence
And it's immortal waters drink
Through classic eloquence.
BY keen, incisive thoughts we train
To view the great white throne,
And il is counted Joss TO gain
"That blessed heavenly tone"
An honest preacher need not change
The voice that nature gave,
For one more sibilant and strange
Has no more pow, to save.
II may be well to dress it up
AS carpenters do boards,
And pare and scrape and bleed and cup
The ragged vocal cords,
But better to be dead and gone,
To rot beneath the stone,
Than down here trying to put on
THAT blessed heavenly Tone"
Nebraska State Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03
BLACK Hole of Calcutta outdone.

Mr.. Reginald Wilberforce, the cid
est son and biographer of the bishop,
has just published a book entitled
"An Unrecorded Chapter CT the In
dian Mutiny, /" which contains the
following astounding story, which /
am sure most readers will wish to
disbelieve:
Just before we got to Lahore, a
native infantry regiment, which had
been disarmed, broke away, and a
young fellow, with some so Sikhs,
was sent in pursuit He caught up
with them some 1875 miles away and
tried to bring them back, but they
would not come. He fred upon them,
killing good many of them, until
his men said they would not fire any
more, they had so few cartridges left
and were long way from any troops
in a disturbed country. The officer
was in dilemma. He could not let
the sepoys escape. His men were too
few in number to march them back
to Lahore, setting aside all the diff
culties of commissariat, etc. If the
sepoys got to close quarters, they
were numerous enough to overpower
his men. He, however, managed to
march them into building, and
when night came on he stuffed up
all the airholes, so that in the morn
ing, when the doors were opened,
there was no one to come out. The
Black Hole of Calcutta was repeated
in the Punjab. London Truth.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03
Howells, Love For James.

! came to knowledge of Mr.. Hen
ry James wonderful workmanship,
in the first manuscript Of his that
passed through my hands as subed-
itor, writes William Dean Howells
in Ladies' Home Journal fell in
love with it instantly, and / have
never ceased to delight in that ex-
quisite' artistry. | have read all that
he has written, and / have never
read anything of his without an CO.
static pleasure in his unrivaled touch.
In literary handling no one who has
written fiction in our language ca.l
approach him, and his work has
shown an ever deepening insight I
have my reserves in regard to GER
tain things Of his. If hard pressed, I
might even undertake to better him
here and there, but after / had done
that doubt if should like him so
we'll. In fact. prefer to let him
alone, to take him for what he is
in himself and to be grateful for ev-
cry new thing that comes from his
pen.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03

Madrid witnesses wonderful contess OF
q Novel Fierceness.

a Nuvaf Fierceness.
The lovers OF bull fights in Madrid
have been treated to novel spec
tacle--a fight between Seneg7m-
bian lion and bull from one Of the
most famous granaderias of Cass5ie.
For several days before the sensa-
tional representation great posters
were placed on all the corners of the
streets, picturing the favorite animal
of the Spaniards at the mercy Of the
king Of the desert But this was
more than the citizens of Madrid
could stand, and in their fury ever
the outrage they tore down the post
ers and trainpled upon them in bully
fashion.
Seeming good business specula-
ton, the ticket buyers, who form a
solid association in Madrid, bought
up all the places in tho immense
Plaza de Toros and resold them at an
enormous profit.
In the presence of 10, 900 persons
the magnificent lion Regarde made
his debut in vast cage specially
constructed to meet the exigencies
of the terrible duel that was to take
place. Then the toril on wheels, con-
tanning the bull Caminero, was drawn
in. The bull was evidently out of
temper, for he roared furiously at
the spectators. But he was soon
placed in the presence of his adver-
sary. At this moment the entire
plaza became as silent as tomb,
something rare indeed in Spain.
The spectators, holding their breath,
watched for the first onslaught. AS
II measuring their distance, the two
animals eyed each other and then
sprang forward. The lion endeavor-
ed to fasten his teeth in the bulls
throat but he received a terrific butt,
which sent him rolling back several
PAGES. He gathered himself togeth-
er, bounded upon his enemy and
fastened his claws in his side. But
Caminero managed to shake him off
and at last tossed him in the air a
second time. Three times more the
lion sprang at the bull and was toss
ed each time.
The advantage now appeared to.
be on the side of Caminero, and the
crowd, silent up to this moment,
gave him a wild ovation. The lion
retired to his corner and endeavored
to climb to the top of the cage, but
before he could succeed he was again
successfully attacked by hisredoubt-
able adversary. At last, when utter
ly vanquished, with his side torn
open, his shoulder crushed and his
teeth broken, he was taken from the
cage, while the crowd hooted and
laughed. Thevictor was then brought
around the arena in triumph, and he
went into the toril under perfect
shower of fans, hats and objects of
all sorts. The enthusiasm was be-
yond description.
AS for poor Regarde, he died the
next day in his cage. So, now, go
tell the Spaniards that the lion and
not the bull is the king of beasts -
Courier des Etats- Unis.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03
English soldiers.

"The English troops were magnifi-
cent in appearance; their bearing
was irreproachable; they maneu-
vered with rare precision, but with.
that rejecting and slow calm which
is the stamp of the nation, al L
which is to be found in the soldiers.
as well as the officers" Thus writes.
the Baron de Bazancourt in his Ex-
petition to the Crimea. 1.-THE en-
semble was remarkable in every re-
spect, the discipline severe, the man
ner in which the officer commanded
was sharp and naughty, but never
were the chiefs to be seen in a pas
sion with their men. What strange,
contrast with the bearing of our
(French) troops with their dashing,
easy gait, their martial and ener-
getio air, the impetuosity which is.
stamped on all their faces!
ION looking at our soldiers we feel
that ardor and impotence run
through all their veins, and we can
understand that in the hour of COM
bit the unforeseen may at any instant,
arise from a difficult situation. In.
the English army, on the contrary,
impassibility seems duty, The off,
Ger in command knows at a glance,
what each one of his soldiers can do,
and that not one will fail him. Brit,
on the other hand, not one, by sud-
den inspiration, will exceed what,
was expected from him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03
no l,est From Sandy.

One of our exchanges, recording a
young mans acceptance OF a pastor
ate, says, He has discontinued his
studies for the present !" There may
be technical meaning in this state
ment but 1t may be remarked that
ministers who discontinue study are
likely soon to be discontinued as pas
tors. Christian Enquirer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-03

/ body could see at glance we wasn't
sailormen, an he supposed Mr.. Sal
mon was a butcher what had been
! carried out to sea while padding at
Margate to strengthen his ankles.
He said a lot more o. this sort o.
thing, an all this time we was chas-
ing his miserable little boat, an he
was adrniring tho way she sailed,
,.ybile the fust mate was answering
his refexshuns, an I'm sure that not
even our skipper was more pleased
than Mr.. Salmon when we caught it
at last an showed him back. He was
ungrateful up to the last an just
before leaving the ship actually
went up to Cap'n Brown an advised
him to shut his eyes an turn round
three times an catch what he could.
II never saw the skipper SO upset
afore, but / heard him tell Mr.. Nc
MILAN that night that if he ever
went out o. his way again after q
craft it would only be to run it down
Most people keep pretty quiet about
supernatural things that happen TO
them, but he was about the quietest
! ever heard o., an what's more he
made every one else keep quiet about
it too. Even when he had to steer
mormon west arter that in the way
O. business, he didn't like it, an he
was about the most cruelty disap-
pointed man you ever saw when he
heard afterwards that Cap'n Mas
kett got safe to Liverpool. wv. w.
Jacobs in Short Stories.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-31

A coroner in Nevada recently reasoned
out a verdict more sensible than one
half the verdicts usually rendered. 1t
appears that aa Irishman, conceiving
that a little powder thro Hn upon some
green wood would facilitate it's burn.
ing, directed small stream from a
Ieg upon the burning piece, but not
possessing hand sufficiently quick to
cut this Off, was blown into a million
pieces. The following was the verdict
delivered with great gravity by the
oflicial Cant be called suicide, be-
kasc he didn't mean to kill himself; it
wasn't visitation of Cod belfasc he
wasn't struck by lightning; he didn't
die for want of breath, for he
didn't have anything to breathe with:
it's plain he didn't know what he was
about, SO | shall bring in-died for
want Of common sense."-Harper's
Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-31
BENEVOLENT ROYALTY.
Bavarias Oculist Duke and His
Be autiful Wife.
Three Eye Hospitals Are Now Maintained
by the Royal Couple Schloss Te-
gernsee, the FavorIte Retreat
of Carl Theodor.

The third of six beautiful and tai
ented sisters, Princess Maria Josepha
of Braganza, became the second wife
of the celebrated royal oculist, Duke
Carl Theodor of Bavaria, on April 20,
1874.
No married life could be more simple
or happy than that led by Duke
and Duchess Carl Theodor, surrounded
by their five children, three daughters
and two sons-Princess Sophie, born in
1875; Princess Elizabeth, 1876 Princess
Marie, 1878; Prince Ludwig Wilhelm,
in 1884, and Prince Franz Joseph, the
godson of the emperor of Austria, on
March 23 1883.
The duke and duchess, says the
Gentlewoman, lead a very busy, useful
life, for the duke has no less than three
eye hospitals under his charge. which
he has himself founded, the principal
and favorite of which is at the royal
schloss at Tegernsee, in Bavaria. The
others are at Munich and Meran, at all
of which places he spends part of
the year with his family. His royal
highness performs the operations very
early in the morning lin summer at
half-past SIX, and ne is almost always
assisted by the duchess, who takes the
greatest interest in her husbands work,
and who is herself very slSillful
trained nurse. He also sees all patients
early in the morning, and, as may be
imagined, the poor look upon him al
most with worship, and have an equal
alteration for the beautiful duchess.
The hospital of Tegernsee, which is
in the old royal schloss, now the prop
erty of the duke, can accomodate sixty
patients, each ward containing from
four to six beds. No fees are taken at
any of the three hospitals, but there
are boxes in which richer patients are
expected to place contribution, the
money being devoted to the deserving
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-31
CARRIER PIGEONS,
How the Messages Are Attached to the
Swlfc Birds.

How the Messages Are Attached to the
swlfS Birds
De Witt G. Lockwood writes for St.
Nicholas an article describing the mail
service by carrier pigeons established
between Los Angeles and Santa Cata-
lima, Cal. He says:
The message, when sent by the
Catalina carriers, Is always written on
sheets of tissue paper four inches wide
and ten inches long. -Four of these
slips will contain enough written mat
ter to fill column or more of an ordi-
nary daily paper, by which it will be
seen that the birds can carry very
considerable amount of correspondence.
1t may be interesting to know that dur
ing the Franco-German war, when
large numbers of carricr-pigeons were
employed with great success, the mes
sages were printed by microphotog-
rapy on fine waterproof films, by which
method an almost incredible amount of
correspondence could be forwarded by
single bird. According to a French
newspaper, nearly two million dis
patches were carried by pigeons during
the siege. The birds were taken out of
Paris in balloons.
There are various methods of at
taching the message. After folding
the written slips together length wise
in the middle, then over and over
three or four times, the whole may be
rolled up tightly into n drum-shaped
pellet, secured with bit OF twine, and
then tied to the birds leg; or else the
narrow folded slips may be wound
round and round the leg, exactly as
you would apply q bandage to a sore
finger. Sometimes the message is at
tached to the wing or tail feathers, or
fastened about the body of the bird,
but not always with the best results.
The well-knowh figure, on certain
valentines, of huge envelope with
Love to Thee" inscribed thereon, the
whole tied about the neck of dove
with yard or more, apparently, OF
pale blue ribbon, is undoubtedly re-
sponsible for the prevailing belief
that this method is the one generally
employed. 1t was no uncommon thing
to have a man rush into the Office with
q yellow envelope, duly sealed and ad-
dressed, almost as large as the pigeon
itself, expecting the bird to carry it (in
his beals, probably across the channel.
After few experiences of this kind
the boys were not at all surprised when
somebody wanted to know if he could
get bird to take over an umbrella for
him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-31
sCBLoss TEGERNsEE.

poor of the place. Duke Carl Theodor
is the only royal oculist who exists, and
when first he announced his intention
of studying medicine, in order that he
might spend his life and talents in the
service of the sick and suffering, every
one declared that it was an unheard of
thing for IL prince of royal blood to
adopt any profession but that of arms
The duke, however, was wiser than
his generation, and preferred to heal
the sick rather than to inflict wounds.
and his name will live longer and be
more loved by generations to come than
chat of any soldier, however brave and
noble his life may have been. The
duke cotld nowhere have found a
nobler and more unselfsh wife than
the duchess, for she enters heart and
soul into his philanthropic work, and
SO thoroughly understands the great
nature of her husband.
1t often happens that a clever woman
is domineering and unamiable, but this
is not the case with her, for she has the
sweetest and most unselfish nature,
and is always thoughtful and consider
ate to her attendants, who are one and
all devoted to her. Her tact in dealing
both with high and low is unfailing.
and she is as great favorite with all
the relations OF her husband as with
her own family.
The duchess has many interests in
life, and one of her chief hobbies is en-
cheering; she takes an immense in.
terest in machinery of all descriptions,
and, what is very rare in a woman,
thoroughly understands the subject.
In appearance she is very queenly, with
a perfectly beautiful face, and lovely
eyes, full of expression, the greatness
of her soul showing plainly when she
speaks, but perhaps her greatest
charms are her womanliness and the
tenderness that she shows to the poor
patients when she is assisting her hus-
band in painful and difficult opera
ton.
Schloss Tegernsee is beautifully sit
uated on the Lake of Tegernsee, al
most ON the edge of the water. Tegern-
see is very ancient town, founded by
two brothers, Count OttolIar and Count
Adalbert, in the year TAG. 1t is now
very preIty, quiSb pace, greatly ire
quented by the Inhabitants of Munich,
who came there on account of the pure
ness of the air and the beauty of the
scenery.
The ancient schloss, which was for
merly a monastery, became a private
residence in the year 1903, and in 1917
became the property of King Maxi
milan I. of Bavaria. The king made
1t his summer residence, and generally
spent several months there every year.
Now it is the property of Duke Carl
Theodor who has put it to a sloble
use, and has made Tegernsee the center
of charitable work among the poor
The hospital is situated in one wing
of the schloss, as the duke finds it most
convenient to have his patients under
his own roof No royal duke aud
duchess in all Europe lead such truly
unselfsh lives as the Duke and Duchess
Carl Thcodor of Bavaria, and if only
his example will be followed by those
who are talented among the royal and
noble families of Germany, only good
would come TO the Fatherland.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-31

A boys fishing pole was fastened to
the root of tree on the river bank, and
he was sitting in the sun playing with
his dog, idling the time away, as he had
been fishing all day and had caught
nothing.
"Fishing?" inquired man passing.
yes" answered the boy.
Mice dog you have there; what is his
nane?"
"Fish."
Fish? That's a queer name for a
dog. What do you call him that for?"
"Cause he won't bite"
Then the man proceeded ON his way.
Erie Messenger.