The sea coast echo., 1895-10-05
egKsoNAL Anp LlreaAaY.


Ex-senator james NJ. Scovel, OF
New Jersey. after thirty-five years Of
activity in politics, has turned evan
gelist, and, under the direction of
Dwight L. Moody, will hold revival
meetings throughout the United
States
MIR. Walter II. Page has resigned
the cditorship Of the Forum. Mr. Page
has been in the service of this review
for moro than seven years, and has had
exclusive editorial control for more
than four yenrs. II was he who re.
duccd the price OF the Forum to TWEEN.
ty-five cents
Capt. Henry Bundy, now sixty.
seven, IL one OF the most interesting
characters on the great lakes. lie il
known rs The sailor evangelist" and
for twenty years las been doing mis-
sionary work among the lake marines.
He distributes tracts, sells Bibles, and
when family Is unable to purchase n
bible he presents 1t with one.
"A lost set OF poems by Goethe,
written when he was q student OF
eighteen at Leipzig In honor OF his
flame, Anna Kattarina Schonkopf, and
entitled Annette has been found by
DIR. Snlphen, OF Welmar, among tho
effects Of Gocthcs friend. Fraulein Won
Gockhanscn, TO whom the poet prob.
ably presented the manuscript.
Ray York, aged twelve, and Erwin
+, Lake, aged seventeen, arc holding
successful revival services In Missouri
Ray waa converted when six years OF
age, and not long afterwnrd united
with the baptist church, at ones be.
coming preacher. Erwin IL the pas
tor OF the First Baptist church OF
Mount Carmel, Ill, and Is said to be
the youngest pastor in the world.
&C. II. Huffman, who has written n
book about Spain, says Of the girls OF
Seville, Of whom Carmen WAS one and
over whose charms the woriti Inns gone
into ecstasics, that they nre F'blacis,
eyed, sullcn .faced, thicls- dowdl.
ly dressed III were slslscd wllat the
face OF the Spanish woman most regu.
larly lacks" says Mr.. huffman, ~
shonld say goodness One rarely seea
good face in Spain"
There Is n story Of Crockett, OF
"Sticltit Minister fame. 10 the effect
that when he offered his first volume
TO Scotch firm they return II with 4
polite note assuring him that therc
was no market for that sort OF thing.
The letter was marked mo. 3O6 h." In
later years when the same publishers
asked him for one OF his manuscripts
he politely requested them to refer To
their previous correspondence with
him marked 1896 b."
There are now only three men In
France who took part IN the battle OF
Waterloo. The eldest OF these is Vic
tor Ballot. He was born at Carescy
In 1898 and was caught In the last ol
Napoleons conscriptions lie was
taken prisoner at Waterloo after re-
ceivinR saber cut across the helmet
which felled him TO the ground. Hi
chief recollection OF the great battle Il
that the growing wheat iupcded tn,
progress Of the French army and cav
airy were sent TO trample It down.
"A story as TO the thickness Of q
negroes skull, which comes neDi
touching the record, Is told and youchct
for by the Livingston (Aln.) Sun. II
says that a negro living near York
Ala, was shooting rats recently Will
u cap and ball pistol, and the car
snapped and the charge failed TO ex
plode, The negro turned the pisto
upward and looked down the barrel I,
see what was the matter. when tn,
weapon went Off and the bullet strucl
him squarcly between the eyes Th,
bullet fell to the floor, fiattcned out
and the negro was only hurt TO the ex
tent of an inconsidcrablc flesh wound