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The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

life time eternity. And what is more
strange about it all is, we may all get
there. mot l." says some one stand"
ing back under the galleries. Yes,you.
mot l." says some one who has not
been In church in fifteen years before.
Yes, you. mot l." says some one VINO
has been for fifty years filling up his
life with all kinds of wickedness. Yes,
you.
There are monopolies on earth, mon
opolistic railroads and monopolistic tel
egraph companies, and monopolistic
grain dealers, but no monopoly in relig-
ion. All who want to be saved may
be saved, without money and without
price" Salvation by the Lord Jesus
Christ for all the people. OF course,
use common sense in this matter. You
cannot expect to get to Charleston by
taking ship for Portland, and you can
not expect to get to heaven by going in
an opposite direction. Believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved. Through that one gate OF
pardon and peace all the race may go
in.
But" says some one, edo you really
think l would be at home in that SUI
pernal society if l should reach it?"
/ think you would. know you would.
l remember that in the husking time
there was a great equality of feeling
among the neighbors. There at one
corn shock a farmer would be at work
who owned two hundred acres Of
ground. The man whom he was talk
Ing with at the next corn
shock owned but thirty acres OF
ground, and perhaps all covered by a
mortgage. That evening, at the close
OF the husking day, one man drove
home a roam span, so frisky, so full OF
life, they got their feet over the traces.
The other man walked home. Great
difference in education, great difference
In worldly means; but l noticed at the
husking time they all seemed to enjoy
each others society. They did not ask
any man how much property he owned
or what his education had been. They
all seemed to be happy together in
those good times.
And so it will be in heaven. Our
Father will gather his children around
him, and the neighbors will come in,
and the past will be rehearsed. And
some one will tell Of victory, and we
will all celebrate it. And some one
will tell of great struggle, and we will
all praise the grace that fetched him
out of it. And some one will say,
Here is my old father, that put away
with heartbreak. Just look at him, he
is as young as any of US" And some
one will say, Here is my darling child.
that / buried in Greenwood, and all the
after years Of my life were Swallowed
with desolation. Just look at her!
She doesn't seem as if she had been
sick a minute" Great sociality. Great
| neighborhood kindness.
What though John Milton sit down
on one side, and John Howard sit down
on the other side. No embarrassment.
What though Charlotte Elizabeth sit
down on one side, and Hannah More
sit down on the other side? No embar-
rassment. A monarch yourself, why
be embarrassed among monarchs? A
songster yourself, why be embarrassed
amid glorifed songsters? Go in and
dine.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15
Gibhon I'm Parliament.

Edward Gibbon, the great historian,
sat in parliament for many years, but
achieved no success in the house. One
morning, he tells us, "as he was de-
stroying an army of barbarians,"
knock came 20 the door, and the temp
ter appeared in the shape of a friend
Offering to secure him seat in parlia-
ment for the borough Of Liskeard.
Gibbon represented the borough for ten
years (1774-17S3) without ever opening
his mouth; and once when moved to do
so he lacked the confidence TO carry
him through. The great speakers
filled him with despair, and the bad
ones with terror. He grew heart tired
of "this parliamentary prattle" and of
"the noise and nonsense of the Paade-
monium," as ho terms parliament 10
his letters
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

Wilhelmina, the young girl who will
presently be queen of Holland. refuses
20 marry the prince her mother picked
out for her and insists on choosing her
own time for marrying and likewise
the man who is to be her husband.
That is sheer rebellion. No prospective
queen and no real queen has any right
to such privileges. They are reserved
solely for the young sovereigns of the
world who have nothing to do with af-
fairs of state.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15
Tattnoed by Electricity.

An Oakland (Cal.) man, Wilhelm Won
Knapp, Familiarity known as Baron"
stepped on a live wire the other day
and narrowly escaped death. The
baron" is nursing a very sore leg, but
manages to hobble about with the aid
of two canes. His injured
member is quite as marvellous
in appearance as some of those Of
tattooed persons exhibited in shows
Various were the curves which the
lightning seemed to take when he
stepped on the wire. The fluid fol-
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

The Boston subway, one of the most
interesting experiments in under
ground rapid transit, was opened, in
part, September first. The section in
use is somewhat less than a mile long,
and extends from the entrance in the
Public Garden to the corner of Park
and fremont streets. 1t is practically
an underground street, holding a part
of the way four tracks, and part of
the way two, so constructed that there
is no crossing of tracks at the same
grade. Fourteen street car lines, run
ming ninety cars an hour, are using 1t,
to the great relief of surface travel
ON fremont and Boylston streets.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

An east end of London boy of eight
years who was put on the witness stand
said he did not know what lie was.
do you go to SCHOOL," Eyes, sir. q"
Don't they teach you that it is wrong
to tell lies?" "No, sir" What do
they teach you, them" Sums, sir. "
What a picture of a mechanical edu-
cation which cares for figures and not
For faith; for marks and not for man
Illness; for catch question more than
for a clear setting forth of the fun
damentals of morality!
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15
numb, but reached home nnass1sted.
Later my leg panied me dreadfully."
Detecting tho Deasotlons Of Rails

Detecting tho Defsctions of Rails.
A foreign publication announces the
completion of an apparatus for record
ing by means of photography tho &C.
Elections of bridges or rails under NOV
ing loads. The arrangement, as de-
scribed, Consists of a camera, OF
which the plate holder is fitted to
slide across the back by clockwork, so
that series of successive images may
be taken upon one and the same plate
~ uniform intervals of time. The rail
Or beam to be observed has attached
to 1t a brilliantly-po polished bead; which
Is photographed as point of light,
and the successive images of this point
show the reflections. A second lens
causes the images of similar station
airy point to be photographed upon the
same plate in line just below, thus
furnishing a base line for comparison.
The images are so close together that
they practically form a continuous line,
the detection images giving an irreg-
ular curve, showing the movements OF
the rail, while the spacing of the points
upon the base line are clearly enough
defined to enable the intervals of time
to be noted. 1t is, of course, essential
that such an apparatus should De
mounted upon a very solid foundation,
as the least vibration of the camera
would be fatal to the accuracy OF the
record; and the objective used must
have great lightgathering power, ow-
ing to the feebleness of the illumina-
ton. The apparatus, as installed in
the Nordbahnhofe, in Vienna, is fixed
upon a masonry pier, is fitted with a
Zeiss anastigmat objective and has
given excellent results in practice"
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

They told how he ate, drank, slept,
talked, walked, winked, smiled, dressed
and undressed. The result, we believe,
was the supremest disgust the city ever
felt. If it was not fiunkeyism 1t was
the silliest of all possible slush by way
of personal revenge or political opposi-
ton; and the only man Of the crowd
who didn't suffer from it was Mr.. Gro
ker
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15
Protection of yaluables.

A reconstructed adage reads, Eter-
nal vigilance is the price of safety of
valuable property, and in pursuance Of
this idea an ingenious inventor has de-
vised an electric safe, which Is made
with an electric lining, consisting Of
thin metal sheets and strips of such
delicacy that the slightest rupture will
close the circuit and give the alarm.
The thrust of pin point will penetrate
this metal. The casing is of steel and
is built inside a cover, which is also
lined with thin metal. There are sew
eral sets of bolts, which are so arrang-
cd that a considerable length of time
IL required to move them. The slight
est displacement starts off the alarm
and long before the burglar can get IL
the treasure in the heart of the safe
the neighborhood gets altogether too
warm for him.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

The latest rules of the postofiice de-
partment require employees to use the
utmost civility in all their dealings
with the public. Civil service will
leave no room for a demand for civil
service reform
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

The editor of the Brooklyn Eagle
ruts the new woman in boomers and
then, oddly enough. calls her a rowdy
in pettlcoats. One ought to know the
difference between brooches and skirts
II one is going to discuss such a sub
feet as that.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

President Faure remarked nervously,
when the noise OF the bomb mingled
with the cheers with which he was re-
ceived on his return from Russia, Il
say don't be so deucedly enthusiastic"
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

The economy and practicability OF
using electricity in mining coal has
been demonstrated and its more gem
eral introduction should greatly cheap
en- the price of our winter fuel. Only
a few days ago Philadelphia operator
said that in the course of few years
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
NOTES OF DISCOv-
cry AND INVENTION.
Recent Progress Made I'm Electrical
Science - Tattooing by Electricity
An Electric Drnl-Raising sunken
Vesseis-CIoth Printing.
Raising sunken Vessels.

ONE months ago,
when one of our
great ocean liners
was stuck in the
sand at a point on
ly a few hours dis
tant from her des-
tination, the sug-
gestion was made
to get the ship out
of her environment
nv washing the
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

Before the woman's Temple in Chi
cago stands a charming fountain
known as "the little cold water girl"
of whom 1t is said that though her
face is hard and her heart stone. she
has done more good than any other H.
tie Chicago girl of the same age.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
"CCRN HUSKING TIME" SUM-
DAYS SUBJECT.
From the Following Texej job, Chapter
W. Verse &c; "As shock of Corn
Cometh In In His season."-The Har-
vest Waiting for the Lord.

DING at the rate of
forty miles the hour
a few days ago l
caught this sermon.
If you have recent
ly been in the fields
of Pennsylvania, or
New Jersey,or New
York, or New Eng
land, or any of the
country districts,
you know that corn
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

Brown university to e. Benjamin An
drews-"Come back and all will be for
given"
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

lowed the veins of the leg, depicting
some queer, flower-like tracings from
ankle to knee. Won Knapp was thrown
heels over head by the shock and is
wondering how he escaped instant
death. Aside from feeling the jar to
his system when he returned to earth
he experienced slight pain at the time.
Several hours later, however, severe
pains began to shoot through the injur-
ed leg, and Won Knapp was forced to
resort to the use of canes in walking.
IT was about TO cross a car track" said
the baron" (which was in bad condi-
ton. The wires connecting the rails
must have been exposed. My feet were
thrown from under me the instant /
stepped on the broken wire. l could
feel the hot, blisterlng current passing
up my right leg, yet IL did not give me
much pain at that moment. When
regained my feet 1t seemed rs II my
right leg had gone to sleep. 1t was
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-15

Some OF the screws used in watches
are so small that 1t takes 100000 OF
them to weigh pound.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-08

aclerisiic anocdote In his Literary
"Reminiscences" In Cosmopolis. one OF
Professor Mullers pleasaniest memo
rlos Is OF Doctor Holmes. who carried
his wit and freshness Of feeling TO the
last year OF his life Illustrative Of bis
faculty Of finding dcllght IN everything
Is the following: When We came 20
Magdalen College. writes Professor
Muller. Doctor Holmes wanted 20 see
and measure the elms. he was very
proud OF some clms In America. and
he had actually brought some string
with which he had measured the iarg.
esi tree he knew In his own country.
lie proceeded 10 measure one of our
finest elms In Magdalen College. and
when he found that Il was larger than
his American giant, be stood before
{. admlrlng u, without a single word
Of envy or disappointment. had.
however. a great fright while he was
staying at our house. he had evl.
denty done too much. and after our
first dlnRer-party he had feverish.
shiyeIlng cts. and the doctor whom
sent for declared al once hat he mus,
keep perfectly quiet and attend no
more parties OF any kind. had him
several days all to myself. and there
were few subjects which We did not
discuss. We mostly agreed. but even
where we ala not. It was real pleas
ure TO diner from him We discussed
the greatest and the smallest questions.
and on every one he had some wise and
telling remarks TO pour out.
Perhaps ! ought not 10 repeat what
be- said 20 me when We parted. Il
have had much talk with people IN
England: with you ] have had a real
conversation. We understood each
other, and wondered how d was that
men sn often misunderstood one an
other. told him d was the badness
OF our language. he thought Il was m,
badness OF our tompors. Perhaps We
were both right
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-08

Goosnoss Do not an immigrant or an
Import % b native 10 the mind. The
pre-emlucnce oi Jesus - due 10 this.
that he recognized the God within.
We learr from him 20 respect our
selves. 10 listen 10 the vo.c' within.
q run without scruple TO the 0hliga-
ton that knoels AZ our door God T.
not an obstruction. We are part 81 him
Test it and see. Separate tae man
from the Gr7 Ia him. and You love mo
man. The relation Ia vital The nan
blccds 90 death His form remains,
but the manhood pcrlshos. This "a
the meaning Of SIN. Of the wrecks OF
character which We hnd everywhere.
The divine b. oyCrpoworcd and trampl-
ell down ln the lower ranges OF life
ignorance ic,tgrs us, knowledge sets
be- irce But n the higher ranges only
character o. freedom not what We
know, but what We are. To see In youl
fellow and 90 rcspsc. Ia yourself that
divine element which belongs 10 all
That Is the total impulse Of religion
and the liberation OF the human soul
Rev. A. J. Wells. San Francisco.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-08

Young man and woman. TIE eaee.
OF your hfe's work. your individual
success and influence and power win
depend more on what you Identify
Yourself with than upon any other sIn.
Gle condition whatsoever. What would
Paul be without bis Identification with
the Christian gospel? What would Co.
lumbus be without his relations 10 a
new continent DO you not see that
by a. much a. you derogate from bis
peculiar relations as d.scoveror. you
subtract from his claim upon remem.
bIance2 What Is Watt without bis
engine, What Ia Fulton without bis
steamboat? What Is Morse or Cyrus
Field without electric telegraph and
sahle2 What Is Lincoln except Cor lden.
ineaiion with emancipation and re-
united natlon2 u thf item does not
seem as significant TO you as {, does
,C me ] zan better Impress lhc thought
II ! turn % around ] have New Ems.
land orator in mind whom. except ior
The properties of the occasion ! would
namc. who iu the FIRST section of hls
ME- Identified himself with the pioneers
io bleeding Kansas. No one was SO
eloquent a champion of our brother In
black Now. while our orator VAS
dcntiaed with a great cause. he tool
Lightly and quality aud reuoun from
q But emancipation being past no
allied himself with a arge number m
relatively unimportant and doubtful
issues and seemed 20 many. exeepi bv
rcminlscence, n very ordinary lnilyld-
ual. without much of a message lin.
gering belated on the stage Of life In
himself he was as great 10 the last
ciuse as In the first. His powers were
better developed. his utteranee more
hniuent his prestige and influence un.
speskably enhanced yet an the while
he. the possessor OF uncommon gifts
vas becoming smaller Let me ham.
mer on that nail again. young friends
your success and power viii be- de-.
ierielned by what you identify vour.
self with.-Rey. }. l.. Hin. 10 student,
~ Washhurne College.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-08

A lawyer had GAINED the unonvlable
reputation OF excessive sharpness.
Next door 10 him lived a retired sea.
captain. not 80 sharp as his legal
neighbor. perhaps, but pretty wide
awake. nevertheless. The two men had
for some time been enemies. So says
an exchange. one very windy night
the lawyer was reading = book Ia his
study when terrific crash upstairs
startled him. Upon Investigation. he
found that the captains chimney had
blown down and had done consider.
able damage to hls-the lawyers
roof fastening down to his library.
he pulled out his law books and hunted
up similar cases. deyislng and schem-
ink how he could secure satisfaction
from the captain while thus engaged
note arrived from his enemy that
read as follows:
"Sir: II you don't return those
bricks at once. will put the matter
IN the hands Of my lawyer"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-08

and the hardy who have money enough
TO buy seasons provisions and
strength enough 10 Withstand the ex-
treme cold. Those who were In the
gold region OF Alaska have been able TO
Withstand everything. aud are now re-
turning TO warmer and more civilized
climes with plenty OF money In the
summer the miners find the climate de-
lightfuL Those who do not care to
hght the rlgors OF the journey over
the divide north OF Juneau reach the
gold fields hy the steamer route along
the Yukon river. hut the fight FOR gold
Il one In which an the natural forces
OF winter are combined against those
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-08

Sai''' -, and magnificent ma
Nature = =, I'M Of sublime forces Sci
chine s,o,oa a, Is how to lay our hands
ence teaches 800 and make them
upon ,, la0. y ~. il is because science enc.
oeedlens l.,, - ne Inc laws Of nature ,hat
has taught y, ,ssm do our bidding.
We can ann, r (. more than a machine.
But n',u' ,,.a a book. In is pase. arg .,'.
nature !, ,, a,,o truths. To study
written : mot aoi merely to learn the Avs
mature re-. y which We can make 70 srlna
ana lo'o', ~ M. or transport ug across
cur a. nvI' or fash intelligence 20 W.
.,. .S' me depths Of the sea. 70 .'a .,'.
un ,..,. Wv = oi.o 10 understand what has
hs wv, ,,r,,,en IN this book, what - re-
1 D N the pages Of this book Me
''A' '. - = na ' ID We come 10 the HER
oslyphIes in ancient lands s'ranso IN. an
o 0srin,lops which We study for y, nn, no
~ va an, az which. BY and by, oil Dy
s N, MAKE out some old history 30
49, 49, come 10 the footprints OF the Ofe-
y, IN r. me rocss. 70 the record OF a
NJ, p,s' long gone BY Inscribed In earoonlI.
nv w., .,,,ta So We come to the record
I'm !, ~, ss,lyliles God has In the worla
:, IN flower. In herb In trees IN
a,sols manifestations; ana ~ ""
, I,o,''' ~ zee what It Il that Is written
IN thIs book. We draw aside the , ,
md bshold ihe soul that palplia'ea BE-
meath t-Lyman Abbott DID. =
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-08

In November. 1906. vas capsized 10
an open boat In Galveston bay. Being
something OF a sailor. tried 10 right
her. took out the mast and ballast.
then placing myself at the stern tried
TO roll the water ont Of her The sea
being very hish. could not succeed. and
becoming exhausted by my efforts 20
save myself ! got into the boat and
sat down. or kneeled down. holding
gunwale In each hand At this time.
! was quite exhausted and seemed 10
have lost presence Of mind. through
great fear Of loss Of life. etc. Il was
O dark nlght miles from land, and no
possibility Of humaa aid at that time
and place a heavy wind. and waves
running high.
Stripped 10 my underwear. spray ny
Ing over me every moment. was being
chilled 10 death. and. as ! thought.
abou; to perish. thought Of God. and
~ had boen taught In youth, believed
that an things ssre possible with him.
I prayed. asked him 10 save me from
4 watery grave ] lon't remember just
the words : used. but God was there
and heard me. and answered o. soon
Az ! asked him. without a moments
iClay. lie saved me- Who else could
rave done l,y Remember the situation
Kneeling In the water waist deep with
wind and spray flying over me. chilled
Gear unto death. paralyzed with fear
no human hand near 20 help. God. IN
his love and mercy. sent into my body
glowing warmth. wonderfully warm
Ing me up. restoring my presence Of
mind. and casting ont az fear and Civ
Ink me this thought who wishes
Gods help must help themselves" So
! seized a paddle which I had secured
~ iamming under a thwa't. and work
cd with Il all the long night. and until
! vas picked up by a Houston steamer
next morning and carried 10 Calves
ton. Yours sincerely Vim. Z. Parker
Dcnison. Texas
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-08

several yearF without success. lie re-
turned home last autumn. was married,
and took his bride 10 the Klondyke last
November. lie IL now at Portland with
fi35. 900. the result OF a winters work.
Frank Phlscator Of Bac,oba. Mich. Is
another lucky miner. Tie went 70 the
Klondyke las; autumn and Is now re-
turning with ss6.o27. having worked
two claims with nine men three months.
and he still owns the claims. Tie was
one of the original discoveries Of the
Eldorado district. Although most Of
the passengers are returning home
with plenty OF gold they all advise and
urge people who contemplate going TO
the Yukon not TO think OF taking less
than one ton OF grub and plenty Of
clothea While q is a poor mans
country. yet the hardships and priya-
lions TO be encountered by lnexperi-
enced persons unused TO frontier lie
IA certain 10 result In much suffering.
They should 90 prepared with at least
a years supplies. Alexander Orr says:
In winter the weather Is extremely
Geld at Dawson. and q Il necessary that
one be warmly clad. The thermometer
often goes so TO 20 degrees below zero.
/ Ordinary wooden clothes would afford
I little protection. Furs are used exclus-
lively for clothing Dawson Is not like
most Of the large mining camps Il h
not tough town. Murders are al
most unknown. 4 great deal Of
| gambling is done In the town. but serl-
Gus quarrcls are an exception As
gambling town I think Il Is equal 10
any have ever seen. and this. By the
way. Is always the test OF mining
! camps prosperity. Stud poker Is the
Usual game. They play 81 ante aud
ofientlmcs $500 or $500 on the third
card" Albert Fox said. when asked
his experience: My partner. Arthur
Cook. stayed by the claim and viii he.
main Am ! return. brought down
800 ounces that will be over 5000.
a. Il will give more than si5 an ounce.
We sold one claim Tor $4,000 and kept
another which We will work VIXEN I
gci back. wouldn't advise any one 10
go there this iall. Cor people are liable
to go hungry before spring"
Careful estimates show that The
/ Alaska Commercial company cannot
transport more than 200 persons 20
Dawson this year. while the North
American Transportation company.
which runs from Seattle 10 81 Michael
and there connects with The Yukon
river boats. cannot carry more than 400
Those who start from Frisco or from
Seattle a. late az Aug % or Sept. I
will not get beyond 81 Michael this
year The number Of people who can
act IN by way OF juneau o. limited. as
the snow nlos by Sept i5. and Indians
rannot BE- procured 90 pack the supplles
or course man can so m Eight" as
old Alaskans say. that is packing on
bis back 90 or 60 pounds OF grub
aud blankets. but Fcw VIII make the
venture 10 this way. as they would De
helpless should provisions become
J scarce. One Of the Alaska company's