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ForeDodlng il tie prophet OF Ill Hope of
good. Foreboding cries, 1--WE shall certainly
fall by the hand OF Saul y Hope replies, "No
weapon that Is formed against us shall pros
per-" Foreboding cries, "who shall roll
away the stone?' Hope sings merrily.
The Lord shall 90 before us. and make the
crooked places straight" Foreboding born
OF unbelief, cries. "rhe people are great aud
tall, and the cities walled up to heaven =
Hope already portions out the land and
chooses its Inheritance. But Chris
tian hope Is infinitely better and more
reliable than that of the worldling. In or
dinary hopo there Is always the element Of
uncertainty it may be doomed to disillusOn
and disappointment things may not turn
out ~ we expect and 80, being the chara '-
teristic Of youth. IL dies down IA the years
advance. But Christian hope IL based On
the promise Of God, and therefore Il cannot
disappoint nay, It Is the anchor OF the
aged soul. becoming brighter and more en-
during IA the years pass by. because He Is
faithful that promised. Rev. 4. d. Meyer.
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AuINnEnEn OF wnnr-

Sir Andrew Clark said ~ call perfect
health the loyeliest thing In this world, and
alcohol even in small doses will take the
bloom of, will injure the perfection OF love-
illness OF hoaltb, both mental and moral;
go still further and say, alcohol Is not only
no helper OF work, but n hinderer OF work,
procession In London Is marked by this one
characteristic, that tho more busy he gets
the less In the shape OF alcohol he takes,
and his excuse Is Il am very sorry, but can
not take II and do my work."
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M A LOVER

De great lover, be- n great lover fyou
will, look out upon humanity IA a ship sail
ing from the harbor on Il summers morn
ing, mirth abounding. music filling the air
yet love humanity and be happy in its hap
piness. IL you will. look out upon human
ity IA ship whose crew are absorbed In
their purpose, be that purpose quest Of
any form OF power or OF pleasure--yet love
IL. III You will, look out upon humanity as
ship whose crow are drunken men
drunken In and because of peril-yet love IT,
rescue II IL you can. II you will, look out
upon humanity n a ship there on the lake
beating itself against the crass and tear
ing itself to pieces by the wayes--yet
love 1t, love It. save II. love 1t Never.
never, never stand on the sands and curse
the happy, despising the blessed and hard
ened against the lost Ba rich or be poor
yourself, hut love the rich and the 3oor f:
triumph or fail yourself. but love those who
succeed aud those who fail be sad or be glad
yourself, but love both the glad and the sad
Form college settlements or do not form
college settlements be missionary or
do not be missionary, butever and every
where be lover From president G.. L.
Thwings Baccalaureste sermon on "The
Wls.th ~ Personality"
Anhf hA.a
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06

There are two ways la which the value Of
n lifetime may be measured. II can be
measured by years or byevents. A man may
live TO be- eighty years old and yet lind at
the end that his life was hardly worth living.
A Mozart may die ut thirty-tiye and measure
his life by the birth Of great compositions,
each an event in the musical history OF the
world. Years do not count A man lives
by events. Charles Barnard.
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The theory that whisky is necessary In the
treatment OF pneumonia has receiver blow
from DR.. Bull, Of New York City, who dis
covers that In the New York hospitals sixty
i've per cent. OF the pneumonia patients die
with alcoholic treatment, while In London,
ut the Object Lesson Temperance Hospital
only i've per cent. die. Scientific American
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Your power will be according to your ex-
perience, but your experience must be your
experience and not somebody's else. Faith
ia your fathers faith Is not faith In God.
Intimacy with your mother is not knowing
your mothers Saviour. Reading the Bibls
Is not necessarily walking with Christ
Knowing "A good deal about him Is not the
same thing AZ knowing him. DIR. Park
hurst.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
Lions ana Tigers.

Gagged lions and tigers. pumas and
jaguars take no notice of the men and
women passing in front OF them. but
II a dog be brought anywhere near
the cage they show their savage ma,
turs at once.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06

Personal acquaintance with Christ IL a
living thing, like a tree that uses every hour
for growth. II thrlyes In sunshine. II Is re-
freshed by rain-even the storm drives II to
fasten it's grip more firmly In the earth for
its support. So troubled heart, in all ex-
perlence, say, ''rhis comes that may make
closer acquaintance with my Lord"
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Pleasures or rne seushore.

She--I have often wondered what tho
wild waves are saying.
He-Judglng from their roar I should
say they were Joining the general kick
against the high prices at this resort
Philadelphia North American.
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The hypocrlte In politics can double
discount the hypocrite In the church
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
GREATEST DANGER.

greatest danger Paul sees for the
y soldier Is Just at the point where
uohe all. And IL not Paul right
rrreption2 Is not the arduous iii
Pr,,Nstlah P,Nth life rather the camp than the
"heh man feels he Is surrounded
|sS, V.oIu OF witnesses, 1t is compara-
Cy 70 iay aside every weight. But
"fo ''le.i, rs no outward battle, no visible
possible wreath for the victor. when
- MS own heart, and the enemy his
ash' and the spectator his own
f,mn' When there Is no human voice 10
: uohe, and no public opinion to
nih nas Fought a good flght'-that Il
.o mneh ne needs the Christian ar
eorge Matheson, ID. ID.
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MYSTERY OF suFrrn1Nn

OF suffering Gu, o. its dorknesa
,ga, res light, for Ia 1t not true that
npefihg there came atonement and
rs II not true that out of suffer.
,0ah 0ane power which transfigured
nna ou the ialnistry Of Paul? B,aten
Vii &,Si, wlth bleeding back, at Philippi :
sraa beasts at Ephesus stoned at
'asged out Of the city and left for
sufferer, surely thou wilt abandon
'se va 80 OF NE Abandon 1t? With
r. se m eSclaims Abandon It for
cona, o%a,,,ctionsY sEever The love
ess eoass.ralneth ~. This one thing
Doaggiass.sda aSgs.d d bte1}%ark Tor the prize ,
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pearance they presented was th1t of
boy and a giant standing tAgathcr.
And curiously enough. when Lincoln
r1me Ia bee iuauEurated at Washing
ton. Douglas held tho high hat in his
aand, hat no careless person might
put his foot IN Il.
Tn" reader can readily imagine thu
appearance Of Lincoln when arraycd
iu his faNoritc plug. II few well
known facts are borne in mind. The
president had gauut and crDtcsuuc
frame, and stood six feet four inches
I'm his stocking feet. His strength
cqualed his length. for hp could lift a
cask fun Of beer and drink AT of the
hung holo. II was such Hcrrulean
feats as this that made MIN TIE hero
he was In the eyes of tho Clary Grove
boys
Tn" Hon Robert Il. HIT. chairman
or the committee on foreign affairs at
the house o. representatives. WAS the
of'icial steno"laphor i'm the famous de
bates already mentioned. and from
him | gained the following informa-
ton regarding his famous tile:
Yes. | remember that Mr. Lincoln's
hat was very large. lie was a man OF
large head. and the style ut that time
was - wear high and fun crown SIX
hats. The one he wore toward tho
last OF his lie which Is preserved IN
compared with the hats seen nova
days. When he was making speeches
I'm thu campaign 90 rs. ne often mad
paper newspaper clippings chiefly
which We're caught just hehird he lining
81 the hat and easily taken out | rcrol-
lect his taking from his hat as we
were IN the cars = slipI ing from the
Charleston Mercury. then one from the
Charleston Courier. which he after
wards used I'm the Oldroyd museum n
WASHINGTON, il is that which M Lin
coin wore on the night Of his aSsassi-
nation. II stands under a big glass
case. and suggests that worn 10y eN-
President Harrisou's grandfather |
tried IL on recently. and / found IL very
heavy and cumbersome il fitted me
loosely, and was a good IA in size
In addition to the heavy black band
around H. there was another tiny band
with dainty buckle. This hat is in a
remarkable state Of preservation. and
the makers name on the lining inside
shows IL 10 have been manufactured
by ]. Y. Davis Of Washington ID. c.
showing that Mr.. Lincoln believed in
patroniZing home industries.
Mr.. Lincoln's hat played a very i'm
pOrtant part in his career. when no
was postmaster al New Salem. II was
before the days Of the railway mail
service or steam OF street cars There
were no special delivery carriers at
that time. But Lincoln was equal 10
the demands Of the situation. and be-
came peripatetie pr-tHffs..
tho letters ggera r-
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helped Mrs. Lincoln prepare a little
supper for friends who had been in
vited in to hear the returns. Every
half hour or so we would pass around
coffee and cakes About | O'Clock in
the morning enough had been learned
to warrant the belief that the Rail
Splitter" had been elected. | think il
was when We heard the news from
New York. The mon rushed on Mr..
Lincoln and shook his hands, while the
women actually Rugged him, and,
might as well admit IL, | kissed him.
Then some one went into the hall and
took from the rack that old silk hat
WHICH he wore as long as n joint of
stove pipe and about as shapely to my
mind. and il was thrown up to the cell
ing. As ii came down some one gave
ii n kick; then the women Joined i'm the
fun. ana we played football with that
hat until IL was an unrecognizable
mass. We were simply beyond control
What a ridiculous scene IT would have
been 20 one looking I'm without know
ing what prompted it'
1t was the more 50. 50 far az ] was
concerned, because I had been a Sew
ard woman. While the convention was
In session it had been arranged to fire
a cannon in case Lincoln received the
nomination. My nearest neighbOr was
Mn. Dubois with whom ] had had
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-11

To his friends he confessed mysterious
affection: his lungs had once been strong,
but the Lord had smitten him, he knew
not how or why. His hearers knew, for il
was plain enough. lie could not use the
ordinary tones; with the first word of
prayer or exhortation his throat still at
tempted the l-of-Bashan roar, or the
suicidal scream, which no human powers
could have long maintained. Thus the
straining style breaks and falls eX-
hausted. a vaulting ambition which GER
leaps itself: IL is not the reader. but the
style. that is paralyzed. The result,
though reached by a different road, is
much the same as that of laziness that
writes anyhow and will not stop TO re-
wise and criticise: tedious superiority of
connectives, or italics. or exclamation
points-either a poor tale unredeemed by
the telling or good work measurably
spoiled.-Frederic NJ Bird in February
Lippincott's.
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he would put them In his hat and stroll
through the town. His tall. gaunt
form could easily be described from
all quarters, and everybody was more
or less concerned i'm the contents Of
the hat. Upon being questioned as TO
what the mail had brought, Lincoln
would remove his tile and carefully
look over the lot Of letters. In this
way he not only became acquainted
with his neighbors, but his unique and
utilitari1n hat became almost an OBJ
ject Of reverence.
II was. however. on the night Of his
election to the presidency that the no.
bic tile served to bring about a foot
ball game. which for genuine excite
ment and the prominence of the par
ties engaged. has never been surpass-
ed. The news had just come to the
old homestead in Illinois that Lincoln
was elected Here is the story as told
by an eyewitness:
"A few of us ladies went over and
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-11

several friendly spats during the cam
palcn. | heard the cannon shot. and
thu next moment saw Mrs. Dubois
running across the street She had
been making a shirt for her husband
who was about the size of the late
Judge David Davis. so you may gain
some idea Of tho size of the garment
sh" was waving. She rushed into the
house and Haunted ii in my face. 1t
mai" IN" 50 MAD that ! sat down and
began - cry. The good woman put
her arms around me. begged my par
don. and kissed me: and from that
time We werc both Lincoln women.
she also took part i'm the football
match
There are a good many stories anoat
concerning the hat of the martyr pres
idcnt which are hard - verify at this
late day. one Is to the effect that Lin
coin was saved from death some
months before his assassination by his
truSty tile. 1t was his wont TO 70
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Too Explanatory.

Probably the most grievous misuse OF
All is that of the exclamation point. We
cannot dispense with it entirely, yet one
is almost moved to wish IL out OF exist
cnce. so prodigally is IT bestowed, even by
some reputable writer's The judicious
printer is often too lenient here. and in
certain classes and specimens of litera-
ture allows il to march in companies,
where n corporals guard would be ample.
Note the effect of this liberality on IA
miliar passage:
We met, Twas in a crowd
And | thought he would shun me-
These decorations are supposed TO be
more admissible in verse than in prose
Take later example:
Al passes Art alone.
Exchanging. stays with MS!
The bust outlasts the throne!
The coin. Tiherius.
The awed heholder. il he reads with his
mind as well as with his eyes. feels that
stiu greater impressiveness might be at
tanned by the use of two or more points
instead Of one at time. thus,N
These eNpcdients should bc relocated TO
show bills Literature should be exter-
nally calm and decourous. whatever
passions may surge within. good manners
and good sense prescribe self-rcstraint in
their expression. our Anglo-SaXon taste
does not run mainly TO shrieks and yells
There are exceptions: but. as rule, feel
ing. to move responsive feeling, must be
indicated not lavishly reiterated. The
clown NAV rush on the stage in n broad
grin: the humorist sometimes makes his
hest hits by an air of solemn uncon-
seriousness. An audience likes to carry its
end Of the log. TO have something left TO
its intelligence.
Attached 10 a certain company in war
time was a pious washerman. whose tes-
tiruonv was never lacking AT prayer
r...ffnE though his voice was wheezv
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-11

Copyright. 1896, by Bachelor. Johnson
n Bacheller)
The annual recurrence of Lincoln's
birthday invariably brings to light a
number Of new stories about the mar
tyr president. These are always in
ttasely interesting. / have just run
across sevctal good stories about the
high silk hat that Lincoln always wore.
This important piece OF head apparel
served the grcat kcntucbian in as good
stead as the magic cap did Siegfricd.
"tiding him through wonderful tasks
In all positions that he filed. whether
as soldier. store keeper. surveyor. So
Ncitor or statesman. the silk tile was
alike indispeHSa General Grants
cigar came in for a good deal of at
toution by writer's and reviewers. but
the hat Of Honest Abe" was q vcrita-
BILE treasure house. II served in turn
for carrying surveyors notes, letters
dispatches. newspaper clippings. law
ycrs' briefs, and state papers OF all
sorts. 1t even figured in a hilarious
football game on the night OF his cleo
ton to the presidency, and the scene
would have done credit to the best
memories of Manhattan Field.
But before passing to an account OF
tn part played by the noble tile in The
martyr PRESIDENTS career, it may be
The hat that Lincoln was accustom-
ed TO wear seemed to be a foot high,
with a hrim almost as big as a South
c-n sombrero. Indeed Lincoln's mead
gear was something like his old kit
chen stove-large, generous and built
for hospitality. In this Joint of stove
pipe as one writer has described II.
We're tucked away all his personal and
professional papers, while it's broad
hrim made il alike scrvicoable for rain
or shine. Perhaps the piCturesqueness
OF the plug" had something to DO
with naming the mob that threatened
his journey 10 the national capital the
"pluE-uglies"
AIR. Crane, the comedian. introduces
in his play Of Brother John" a kind
of derby as the distinctive Yankee
h"adgear. and In The senator" sort
of SLOUGH hat TO typify the Western
style: hut neither Is as picturesque as
The Lincoln tile
I'm his debates with Douglas tho hat
fairly doomed into space. The small
moss Of the stature of The latter is
VOL known, and when Lincoln stood
To- side him with his hat on. the ap-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-11
LINCOLNS BIG HAT
Served as Cabinet for His Papers, and
Even as a ValiSe.
SAID TO HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE
Used as a Football by a Merry
Party When the Election News
Was ReceiVed-UnCouth But
Massive, Like the Wearer.

Copyright. 1896. by Bachelor. johnson
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The Helm Fountain Controversy

The main objection to the Heine memo
rial-that IL is time to quit giving away
monument sites 10 foreiCners-is based
on the observation that There are innu-
merable generations of statue-deserving
men in the United States still to come -
for whom places must be reserved. \
proper reply to this that there are in
Vulnerable generations still TO come
which whether they produce statue-de-
serving men or not. Will give the world
none who can excel the dramas of Shake
speare. the tales OF Boccaccio. the sus-
tanned poems of Shelley or the lyrics OF
Heine.-Mr. William Steinway in the
February Forum.
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ternoon as he and Sally were commun-
ing in the fashion of lovers and watch-
ing the passing ships he took her uld-
n,0nd ring from her finger and COM
menced to scratch her name and his
on the pane. They were surprised by
the watchful mother just as the C
was finished. He doubtless intended
to write Cornelius and after that the
date"
Mrs. Muller said that her father had
often told her the story. but II ala not
co very far. She was reluctant to re-
peat 1t for publication.
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You can travel on a railroad train
that cost $50. 10000 for day and at
night for $1,000. but you can't own the
train. Pay the Standard $1,000 for a
yearly subscription and Sights and
Scenes OF the World and they both be-
long II YOU
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horseback riding. on pleasant after
moons. from the white house. IN tba
vicinity of the Soldiers Home one
day. his horse was startled hy the re-
port Of a rife Upon examining his
silk hat. Lincoln discovered a bullet
mark n the top Of tho crown. misled
by its height. the w1uld-be assassin
had oversh1t his mark IL is needless
u say that horseback riding was dis
continued after that.
Lincoln once met with q misNnn to
h.7 headsear. II was before the days
Df quorum hats" IN order :, nra-
vent "a quorum. bee Ieap.I from a win
a-. .ru.H.. H.. t... beyond rccog-
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To test coffee put spoonful gently on
the top OF glass of water. II the coffee
Is pure IL Will not sink COR some minutes
but If chicorN Is mixed with IL IL will sink
10 the bottom at once. rapidly absorbing
the water and also giving the water
dark reddish tingc.
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For a quick trip TO Chicago try the
Burlington route via Northern PacIlc
at Billings.
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x Oet q e*s*It will be to your
g advantage and contri-
D Line on butte to your comfort
x and welfare. 1t can do
9 the NEWS you no harm to be
. well informed might
X be great loss to you
9 some time, to be igno-
o rant of what's going
a on in the world. Ask
. your next door neigh
0 Dor if he is taking the
S Standard. If he is not,
9 you are conducting a
o small campaign IN the
u way of education if
@ you tell him what you
D certainly beieve--that
q the Standard prints
q more news than any
D paper IN Montana.
X The rate per month is
2 $1.OO. That's just
5 what the other daies
3 charge, but it comes
< cheaper by the year.
$40, and we give you
3 a premium, "Sights
and Scenes of the
World' free. If reas-
enable price should be
3 allowed for this superb
Art Work, the paper
would cost you about
? one cent each day.
Standard agents every
where will be glad to
show it to you or write
to the home office re-
hitting $40 for the :
paper one year and
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-24
CHARLES NJ. BOMEISLER.

Charles NJ BomeIser. senior partner in the firm
OF C. NJ & T. r. bomeiser dstillers agents AT No
] Broadway. died on Sunday at Forked River, ~ j.
Mr. Bomelslcr was born In Philadelphia slxty-four
years ago of "A well-known Bavarian family. For
many years he engaged in the whlskey business
In this city and 1t his boast that he had sold
more Of the s.mulant than any other In New
York He was for twenty three years agent for the
Carstairs-NcCall Company. and year and a half
ago ne. with his nephew, took the agency for the
Hannis Distilllng Company.
In his younger days Mr.. Bomeisler ardent
deyoee If outdoor sports, especially baseball In
Philadelphia he was a member OF the Eureka Club
and he aftcrward played second base with the Al
lantic Baseball Club. OF Brooklyn. or recent years
his favorte diversion was saltwater fishing,
which he adept lie was thirty-second de-
gree Mason, member OF the Mystic Shrine IL Of
Manhattan Chapter. and belonged to New York
Lodge No. $50. +. and A. NJ
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rvJyPrD on THE dictated ROAD.

.rr,cev pisbrow. forty-hve years old. OF one-huh'
s.,a ,,i. ,ortv-first-s, and Eighth-aNe, track
walker on the elevated railroad was injured D! IN
elevated train at Observation-Disclosures u-S~
and Eghth-ave yesterday morning
D,sbrow was walking along the uptown track anu
ooin, tra,n coming stepped 10 ihe downtown track
>, void IT, Before the first train had passed an
other came. going south. and Dish Nv swung nih.
so.f down between the ties. having no oner Wa! ..
escape He was not quick enough. however ahi
Is Struck by the ashpan of the engine. when t'dS-
,mred his skull He retained his grasp. ana SUI hu"S
between the ties ,,.,s AZ
,ba One-hundred- nd thirty -hfth-st. station, ani
Disbrow was taken from his perilous position aI.a
carried TO the Manhattan Hospital, where nc IN
ainnd conscousness after several hours. His con-
ditlon Is considered critical