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The herald., 1896-11-15
SOME ODD SERMONS.
Queer Mistakes Now and Then Made
by Pulpit Ora tors

A few months ago, says the New York
Tribune, an English religious paper told
story of a clergyman who was called
suddenly to preach before the students
of a college. He hurriedly chose out of
his barrel sermon of general char
acter which he thought would be ap-
propriate, and without reading it went
to the college chapel, the congregation
of which was wholly composed of stu
dents. He got along famously until
near the close, when he amazed the
boys by beginning his peroration thus
and now a word in conclusion to you
who are mothers" The sermon had
been prepared for a prOmiscuous con-
gregatior, and the preacher did not have
the presence of mind to modify it.
On the same line is the story of the
young clergyman who was preaching
on Running the Christian Race. He
also was a slave to his manuscript, and
unfortunately wrote a most illegible
hand. He got along very well until he
came to the sentence. Let us, my
friends, run like''-and then forgetting
the rest of the sentence he looked al
his manuscript again, but in his con-
fusion he was utterly unable to find the
place, owing to his Grabbed chirogra-
ply, and for the moment he could not
remember what he had written. There
was only one thing to do--he must fin
ish the sentence extemporaneously But
in his present state of mind that was
not an easy thing to do. He hoped that
by repeating it. however some thought
would come to him. So he started ovel
again: Let us, my friends, run like
Then he paused for an idea. and as he
did so it flashed through his mind that
men given to profanity. if any such We're
present. might finish the sentence to
their own minds by applying the name
of the place of future punishment. 1,
was horrible to think he was thus tempt
ing men to profanity. Let US, my
friends" he exclaimed again, run like
everything" The ending was absurd
and ineffective enough, but still it was
an ending. and that II q great dea,
to the orator when he is suspended ir
midair on the Jagged point of an un-
finished sentence.
The herald., 1896-11-15
PROPER FORMS IN RINGS.
Circles and Precious Stones to Be Worn
on Different Occasions.


The autumn bride who would be en-
tirely correct must be married this year
with a simple band of gold. Her future
lord must select ring of medium width,
rather less than a quarter of an inch in
width being en- regle. 1t must be rounded
The square ring is very bad style, and
SO also are those ornamented with jew
els or enamel. In fact it must be plain
and unpretentious as possible. Even the
inscription inside the little symbol of
eternity must be most simple. If the
name of the future man and wife be,
for instance, John and Mary, the ring
must be marked u. TO NJ followed by
the date and nothing more. Even John
to Mary is bad form.
There are, however. many people who
have ideas of their own on the subject
of wedding rings, and who will not sub
init to the dictates of fashion. A great
many people Of foreign birth. or even
of foreign descent, feel that they can
not be properly married without a dou-
Bile ring. This is composed of two mar
row circles of gold that fit into one an
other so ingeniously as to form ring,
the opening in which is hard to find.
When open the rings are joined as are
the links of a chain, one passing through.
the other. On the inside quite elaborate
inscriptions are engraved, sometimes
including sentimental line from one
of the poets. Then there are always peo
pie who like to design their own rings
Some like the initials on them either in
Jewels or enamel. but most people are
ready to accept the views Of some lead
ing jeweler on the subject
AS for the engagement ring, there is
but one that must always prove entirely
satisfactory to the fair recipient, and
that is the solitaire diamond The
proper setting must be as incopspicuous
as possible-just enough gold to properly
The herald., 1896-11-15
Bagpipes Have SuppIanted the
Banjo
LONDON SETS the PACE
Fashionable DANES Who Orone the
Scotch Terror
A Fantastic Diversion Which Threat
ems to make Drawing Rooms
Very Empty.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-It Is declared
on fairly good authority that the bag
pipe fad is to take hold of society this
season. The cable has already brought
the news that certain fashionable
danes in London's smart set are taking
lessons on the bagpipe preparatory to
entertaining" their friends at the var
ious social functions. OF course, what
the London women of fashion does her
New York sister must also do.
There are reasons. no matter how
feeble, for every fad. and those ad-
vanced to account for the sudden prom
inence of the loud. screeching bagpipe
are numerous One is that Queen Vie
The herald., 1896-11-15

ing the tongue, the uncut part the tube,
or reed proper.
These reeds are set downward in a
chamber at the base of the drones, so
that the current of air issuing from the
bag tends to close the fissure in the
cane caused by the springing outward
of the cut flap, thus setting it in vibra
ton. The drone reeds are only intend
ed to produce a single note, which can
be tuned by slider in the pipe itself,
varying the length of the consonating
air column.
THE CHAUNTER
The chaunter reed is different in form,
being made of two approximated edges
of cane tied together and is really .
double reed like that of the oboe or bas-
soon, while the drone reed roughly rep
resents the single beating reed of the or
gan or clarinet. In other words, the
drone is an exact reproduction of the
"squeaker" which nearly every child has
made out of the joints of tall grass.
The drone tubes vary considerably in
the matter of length, the longest being
three feet and emitting a note of great
er length than the shorter ones. The
chaunter is a conical wooden tube about
fourteen inches long and pierced with
eight sounding holes, seven in front for
the fingers and one at the top behind
for the thumb of the right hand. Two
additional holes bored across the tube
below the lowest of these merely regu-
late the pitch and are never stopped.
The compass of the bagpipe is greatly
limited and any music covering a wide
range of notes is certain to suffer con-
siderably when rendered. The bagpipe
notes run from G. to A inclusive. They
Go not form any diatonic scale whatever
nor, indeed are they accurately tuned
to one another. The wailing of the
drones and the wild screech of the whole
cover up many of these defects Some
musicians have attempted to accommo-
date the bagpipe to modern scale nota
The herald., 1896-11-15

Mrs. Beck Meyer. a lady who represented
the Scandinavian countries at the Interna-
tional Woman's congress at the worlds
fair, is at present a special lecturer at Stan
ford University, California.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-11
New Methods Of Gold Mining.

The nature of the revolution indi-
Gated will best be understood by con
trasting the conditions of gold mining
twenty years ago and at the present
time. The chief source of the gold
supply, up to a very recent day, has
been the rich gold-bearing a~lluvium,
which bears the same relation to gold
deposits in general as a layer of cream
to q pot of milk. 1t is estimated that
from l848 to 1875 nearly nine-tenths
of the worlds gold came from this
alluvium. Now, in greater part, this
rich cream has been removed and at
the present time not much more than
a third of the supply is derived from
this source. In other words, placer
mining has changed places with lode
mining, and the greater part of the
worlds gold can no longer be washed
down from the hillsides at comparative
ly slight expense, but has to be sought
in the bowels of the earth, often at
far depths. More than this, quartz
mines of extraordinary richness are
by no means so common at the present
time as they were two or three or four
decades ago. The difficulty Of work
ing has been steadily increased, while
the average value of the ore has steadily
declined.
You may Judge of the comparative
cost of working by a comparison be-
tween this and the former day. The
gold bearing beds Of the Transvaal are
not difficult of access, nor expensive
to work. They lie in a curiously reg
ular fashion, resembling coal beds
much more than the general RUIZ of
gold bearing veins. The total output
of these fields was about SO millions
in 1894, and a mining authority, Pro-
lessor Richard. has estimated that to
gain these 80 millions of gold probably
cost as much as all the 143 millions
which California and Australia put
forth in 1850-1S53, taken together.
Or, to put the matter in another way,
it has been computed that in the bo-
nanza placer days two lei with a
shovel, a pick and a rocker could gain
as much gold as ten men and ten
stamps gain at the present time.-Re-
riew of ReyieUs.
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sense it is as big as the earth, it

sense it is as big as the earth, it is
not packed solid like the earth. Take
an ordinary dust cloud for example.
It may cover a mile square Of space,
but if all the PARTICLES were compressed
into the smallest possible space they
would occupy very little room. So a
comet as large as the earth might not
contain more than enough matter to
make a layer one ten-thousandth Of a
millimetre deep, if spread over the
earth. If the comet was made of solid
chunks of matter the result would be
different.
"The heat generated by the contact
with the atmosphere would be sufa-
cient to melt things. For instance, a
1OO-tou piece of iron might burn a hole
as big as the State of New York.
Under the tremendous heat the earth
and stone in the immediate neighbor-
hood would be vaporized Immediately.
But there are no large particles Of
matter in the makeup of a comet.
There is just one possibility of un-
pleasantness in a comets hitting the
earth. That is the subsequent effects
on the atmosphere. 1t would seem
likely that the atmosphere would be
filled with gaseous matter and if the
comet was a very big one, made up in
part Of gases, as they are, it might
induce matter into the atmosphere
deleterious to health. It might give
US the grip or predispose us to the
| attack of other diseases"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-11
A Soft Place

IT was down to see the widow, yes
terday," said Tins uncle, "and she
gave me backbones for dinner. Invent
down rather early in the morning I; we
talked and laughed, and chatted and
run on, she going in and out OCCASION
ally to see to things till dinner was
ready, when she helped me graciously
to backbone. Now [ thought that.
Tim, rather favorable. l took it as a
symptom of personal appreciation, be-
cause everybody knows [ love back
bone. and I fattered myself she had
cooked them on purpose for me. So
I grew particularly cheerful, and /
thought I could gee it in her too. So
after dinner, while sitting close beside
the widow, I fancied We both felt sor.
ter comfortable LIKE know [ did. /
felt that I had fallen over head and
ears and heart in love with her, and I
imagined, from the way she looked,
she had fallen teeth and toe-nails in
love with me. She appeared just for
all the world like she thought it was
a coming-that I was a-going to court
her. Presently, I couldn't help it, I
laid my hands softly on her beautiful
shoulder, aud I remarked when [ had
placed it there, in my blandest tones,
Tim, for I tried to throw my whole
soul into the expression, / remarked
then, with my eyes pouring love,
truth, and fidelity right at her, ovid
ow, this is the incest, softest place !
ever had my hands in all my life
"Lookipg benevolently at me, and
at the same time flushing up a little,
she said, in melting and winning
tones: doctor, give me your hand,
and Il will put it on a much softer
place
'In a moment, in rapture, 1 con-
sented, and taking my hand, she gent:
ly, very gently, Tim, and quietly laid
it on my head-and burst into a laugh
that's ringing in my ears yet.
snow, Tim, l haven't told this to q
living soul but you, and, by jinks
you mustn't; but l couldn't hold it
any longer, so I tell you; but mind,
it mustn't go any further"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-11
Not to be TrIGed With.

Will people never learn, says the
Cincinnati Gazette, that a "cold" is
an accident to be dreaded, and that
when it occurs treatment should be
promptly applied There is no
knowing where the trouble will end
and while complete recovery is the
rule, the exceptions are terribly fire.
quent, and thousands upon thousands
of fatal illnesses occur every year
ushered in by a little injudicious ex-
posure and seemingly triaing symp-
toms. Beyond this, there are to-day
countless invalids who can trace their
complaints to "colds," which at the
time of occurrence gave nc concern,
and were therefore neglected.-When
troubled with acolo use Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. It is prompt and
efectual. 25 and so cent bottles for
sale by Hin Bros.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-11
Blank Was Bored.

The right use Of wealth is a text
that suggests many sermons, and the
influence of wealth upon happiness is
almost as fruitful a theme. A story
told by the friends of an Oregon mil
lionaire goes to show that, after she
has grown accustomed to a simple
way of life, the possession of a for
tune may involve only sorrow and Bit
terness.
When his silver mines began to
yield more money than he knew how
to spend, Mr.. Blanks ambitious wife
conceived the idea of invading society.
Washington was chosen as the point
of attack. Land was bought, architect
and builder were set at work and a
modern palace rose almost as speedily
as Aladdin's s.
Then began the struggle to be fash
ionable, an effort in which MIR. Blank
found himself an unwilling participant.
Balls and receptions bored him. Late
dinners, he found, agreed with neither
his head mol his stomach. Even to
please his daughters, he could not
pretend a cordial friendship for men
who talked of nothing but lawn tennis
and the latest opera.
One CLEAN of pleasure came to the
old prospector when, after a year, a
former "partncr'' visited Washington.
1t seemed obscured when the stranger
asked to see the new house, but the
millionaire was too proud to shirk his
duty.
Wearing a face of deepest gloom, he
escorted the visitor up stairs and
down. The latter was admiring and
enthusiastic. The host said little or
nothing. In due course the inspection
was finished, and they reached the
hall.
"Well, Tim," was the visitors last
word, "you cant say you amt got
everything you want!'
eyes, I can" the millionaire an
swered somberly, II want a parrot"
"a parrot! What fur?"
"To hang up here, so every time l
open the door he can say, Here comes
that old fool agin!''-Touth's COM
n1njOu.
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silent prayer for crest" Mr.. Moody
requested that all who wished the
prayers of the congregation that they
might obtain rest to raise their hands.
This wa done by many.
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cat Home Tuesdays in March
from 3 until 6 o'clock" read a simple
minded old lady on the wedding cards
of a young couple of her acquaintance.
"Well WE'LL" she said, deprecatingly,
"Carrie was an awful girl to go; but
I did think she'd stop her gadding
round and settle down after she mar
ried but this looks like she expected
to 20 it worse than ever, when she has
to send out notice that she won't be
at home but three hours q week. Great
housekeeping she'll do at that rate
T pity her husband ~
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then takes them out and reads them
again and takes comfort. Oh, if the
boys would all write such letters to
their good old mothers. What a word
of comfort there is in them. Carl's
last letter tells us about his getting q
day off, andhe and two Georgia friends
went out a hundred miles to shoot
ducks and killed 156 in a Gay, NAL
lards, teal, ca~nvasbacks and spooubills,
and he says, eff you want to get rid
Of old Grover, send him out here to
shoot ducks and he will never go back
any more, for it takes no boat, and no
blinds and no decoys."
RrrT ADD
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STATE OF OHIO. City OF TOLEDO, 8,

LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
seniar partner of the firm of r. J. tHENEY & Co
doing business in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid and that said firm will pay TIE
,um Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by
the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me- and subscribed in my preN-
ence, this 9th day of December, A. D 1885,.
[sEAL] A. W GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system Send for testimonials, free.
Address, FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o..
S6td by Druggists, roo,
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- A true sense of our unworthi-
ness makes every blessing great and
precious.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1896-01-23
@ismarG fo,nntt | d

8erltn, Is. San. Girit Bis
mard mirb ni@t gum 18. Sanuar
rah Berlin tommen. 81 pirb beute
balbamtli4 gemelbet. Gs bat einen
barten &f ab9eieBt. Wie bereits
gemelbet nurbe, mar Ct felt entf9loiz
len, ber @inlabun9 bes 8aifers Golge
gu letften. Or. S4tpeninger aber
bat Elm Ma@tmort geipro9en, unb
Der sretfe Gurft bat ii@ i9lteBli4 biez
fem unb ben 8oritequngen ieiner Gaz
mile gefist. Die MelDung bon benz
Ni@ttommen beg Guriten bat bier sroz
BE @nttaui@ung berporgerufen.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1896-01-23

auf 100 Stid. sesen ,,ur 695 in
1894. SIN Sabre 1895 tpurben 81
1913 Gifenbabna Gradtpagen 9ebaut
sesen 17,029 i'm 0oriabre, $1,000 in
1898 unb $4,000 in 1892. Mus biez
Ten 3ablen 1hetnt ,b%erpor3ugeben, bab
bic 8abnen ,pGbrenb Der lebten beibea
Sabre mad Rrdften bemiibt sepeien
iinb, bas p%orbanbene alte Magenma=
terial ausauniiben. fobaB ii9 fir bas
Sabr 1896 porausii9tlid Elm ftarter
8ebarf fir neue Gra4ttpasen einitelz
len tpirb.
- Sn ptttsburs, ga, fielen
in Der Nadt bonn Greitas auf Samz
itaa bret Men59enleben BEN Giienz
babnmolo@ gum Opfer. Seth 2up=
tom, Elm '24idbrtses junges Mab4en,
tpurbe auf benz 8abnbofe'b er Woritabt
@lenftelb por ben Musen einiger tbrer
Greunbinnen bon etnem S3uge Der st.
Mapne giisnbabn iiberfabren. Die
2ei9e Der l1nglidliden, pel4e Dor
3uraem nit b0@fter Musaei&nung bic
Mbgangsprifung bon Der Rrantenz
INTERCHANGEABLE bes augemetnen
9oipitals in MIesbenp beitanben batz
te, mar f9redlth p%erftiimmelt. Gin
slei9es S9idial ereilte ben @iienarz
better @bm. Didfon, als ct fur5 Dor
Mitterna9t in Der Ndbe Der 2. @pes
nue. bic @eleiie Der Baltimore C Sbio
@iienbabn iberf4reiten pol1te. @r
tpurbe BOT, elmer 2otomotibe iiber fabz
rem unb 3ermalmt. Seine 2ei4e muir
be p%ollitdnbig in Stiide 3errtfen, bic
auf cine Strede BON 100 SUB an benz
@eleiis entlang beritreut la9en. D1s
brittle Opfer mar Martin Sing, Elm
Gotearbeiter. Ring .tuurbe in Der
Ndbe Der Stubt auf ben @detfen Der
9. C .. Gifenbabn bon Der 2otomoz
tipe bes @etp Dort @rpreb5uses NIT
FOLDER @epalt setroffen unb in bic
2uft ge14leubert, bdb er in cine @onz
.bolazGar zines p%a1itrenben Gra4t3uz
ges fiel unb bort erit IL Meilen bon
Der @tene, an Der ii9 ber l1nfa1 ereigz
'nete, bon benz 3ugperionul ertoedt
SAT- idmmtlt4e Rno4en in
Dem &0rper bes @erungliidten tparen
5erf9mettert.
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WarttberiHte.
Chicago.

Winter,pei3en SO 81; @omper>
tpei3en 52-58; Rogsen SO; @erite
22-4O; Safer $780,; Corn 25--
80; Mebl, patent, per SAP 3.10-3.60;
&leie 8.75-9.75; Rledamen SIS
TBS; 9imotbpiamen 300 $3.50; 9eu
5.00-12.5O: Tlads 9z-94; @utter,
Creamery 1874; Butter, Dairp 2
20; @tiere 3.3O-5.00; Riibe LIS
400; @toders 2.50-3.35; Rdlber
1926 6.75; S@meine 3.65-3.85;
@9afe 1880; 2Gmmer 3.75-
''4.25; @ei4la9tete 9ubner IS; Sur
ter 10-11; @nten 1l-12; @inie z
10; Mepfel per SAB 75-1.25} Rarz
tofeln 15-24; 8obnen 1.00-1.18;
@ier II; Sals 81; Safe, Cream 8
10; Safe, S@met3er 11-12; prai=
rtebibner per Dubb. 6.00-7.50;
Quaits 1.75-2.O0; Rabbits 80.
Mtlpantee.
wei5en $50; @ogsm 36-37;
@er{te 25-38; 9afer 1870; Corn
|26: Mehl, 0qtent Der sfab 3.25-3.6O;
Simothniomen 2.15D3.45: Rlee1az
men 6.OO-7.5O; Fluhs 92-933; ST
motbpbeu 8.OO-l3.OO; prairiebeu
6.0O-10.50; Butter, Creamery 12-
80; 8ntte6, 9a!tp l1-5o; Ta's'
% - aalv' ~ ~ s%iu.'5.z 90 Oh.
e, Sa''ofe1M io@1o, s > : o 7e,
gvPlen - 9-i ! -. Ss.tss $780, 80,
tuge ao0 ~, = u"D y ~
. -. 49, 49, : : 81 Sg : %. u :, !,
o4oo' Sgus SUNNI
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5ohoicbe aus Notb.

Omabu, Nebr., 18. San. sSn Der
persungenen Wo@e brangen gegen
5peibunbert 8urger aus 8opb Co.,
in Mebrastu, berer Gamtlien benz So
be bur@ Grfrieren rube tparen, in bic
Mtlttdr< Referbation 'bes Sorts Ranz
hdu, etn, unb f4lugen bort alleS Qol3
3uiamuten, tpel@es lie ertangen tonu.s
ten.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1896-01-23

Dte DULUTH & Mortbern 8abn an
berte ibren Namen in Dulutb, Supez
rior & 9atota @ifenbabn.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1896-01-23

- Wdbrenb beg abgelaufenen
Sabres purben Der Railroab @aaette
3ufolse IN ben Ger. Staaten 1923
Metlen Giienbabnen t1eu aez
baut geger 1850 Metlen
i'm Sabre 1884. Bon Der erfts
erpGbnten Metlen3abl entfanen 1856
Metlen auf 9eras, IA Meilen auf
bas SnbianerzS errttortum, 80 Mei<
len auf Matne, 81 Meilen auf @eorz
sia, SO Meilen auf Wet @irsinien,
u Meilen auf Obio, less Meilen auf
G%altfornien unb Mrioona, 81 Meilen
.auf Metp Dort. Obl&on ber @tfenz
babnbau gegen bas @oriabr abge<
nommert bat, buben bon ben bret3ebn
2otomptipen bauenbm @eleqidaften
5tp0lf in biefem Sabre unslei@ mebr
2otomottben fertig geiteQt, tpie i'm
Sabre 1894. Die @dammt3abl Der in
ben Ser. @taaten gebauten 2otomoz
tipen be3ifferte ii@ i'm Sabre 1895
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-17
AALLSTEAD.

John NJ. Simmons. who has acted as
the janitor for the Railroad Young Mems
Christian association for several
months. has resigned his position and
will leave for the South in a few days.
He has made many friends here and
they will be sorry to learn of his resig-
nation. Eugene Gathney has been ap-
pointed as his successor.
The Young Mems Temperance league
will hold their first meeting In the Bap-
tist church on Sunday evening
A branch of the Fraternal legion Is
Supreme Commander l. f. YOungs, of
Newark. N. ].
The stereopticon lecture given in the
Baptist church on Monday and Tuesday
evenings were fine i'm every respect. At
the close of the lecture Tuesday evening
an after meeting was conducted and
several conversions were made.
A passenger coach has been added to
the OwegO coal train.
T. ]. May Is performing jury duty
at MOntrOse.
A portion Of the glass for the new
Presbyterian church arrived on Thurs
day.
A Democratic caucus will be held in
borough lookup on Tuesday evening,
January 81. for the purpose of nominat-
ing candidates for the various borough
offices to be voted for at the February
election.
The Baptists are making arrange
ments to secure the services of an evan
gelist to conduct revival services in the
church in the near future.