The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-15

Pat went off to the stable feeling
| confident that he had an easy job be-
/ -ore him. Somebody had told him the
| Hey TO take a horse with dry powders,
| vas TO take q reed, the joints Of which
| aad been burned out, Gas pipe stems
IRE burnt,) put the powder into the
ceed, put one end OF the reed into he
| lorse's mouth, the other into his owp
mouth, and blow the powder down the
/ lCrse's throat. Pat said that was an
! sxisy thing to do, and so he tried it,
| But it was only a short time before
ne was seen running toward the house,
With both hands upon his stomach,
-rying out:
"Oi'm dec mon, Oi'm a ded mon!
| Dim ded mont
whats the matter?" asked the
ady. as she came in haste to the
! ioor.
"Orm a ded mon! Orm a ded mon."
"Why, what il. the world is the mat
lcr? You say the pony is dead?" ask
ID the lady.
"OI'm the wun thet's ded mum. OF
put the powthers i'll the reed, and put
he reed into the pOnys mouth,
md
We'll, what's the matter with
you :! asked. the I2Qy.
''Oi put one end OF the reed into the
oony's mouth and the other end into
ne own mouth, and
And what? asked the lady
Faith mum, the pony got the blow
IN me and, by Saint Patrick, he blowe0
he powder into me, Sted O me BLOWN
into him, and Dim ded mon"
l think, since I've heard how things
nave gone over in the east, that the lit
lie Japan pony got the blow on the
iuss- an bear, and that the latter must
;e feeling about as Pat did after he
lad swallowed the powder
There's no telling what may happen
o change the status of things, but As
figure it out Japan has whipped
he fight, and it is impossible for Rus
ia, great as she is, t. regain the posi-
ion lost, or recover from the blows
eceived. With Port Arthur she lost
Ter fleet, lying in the harbor. Her
3altic fleet is scattered all around, and
inder the most favorable circum-
tances cannot reach the Yellow Sea
before February. In the mean time
Admiral Togo is abroad with a strong
Japanese fleet to meet the Russians.
Flushed as the Japs are with the VIC
tories won, both BY sea and land. they
are going to tear that Baltic fleet into
splinters. or go down themselves in
the attempt. t is doubtful whether
Russia will allow her Baltic fleet to
continue its voyage or return, now
that Port Arthur has fallen. Whether
it proceeds or retraceS its steps it Is
costing the government a mint OF
money. a st. Petersburg paper says
it requires 5000 tons of coal daily
when steaming at a moderate rate.
What an expensive business is war?
Preachers are supposed to be a
little better than other people: but
whether thew are or not is question
to be decided when the secrets of all
hearts, shall be disclosed. There's
one thing all of us must admit, and
that is. we might make some i'm
provement. and be more useful, if
we'd use the means of grace, as we
should.
l know that preachers have to deal
with all sorts of people. and have
lot of trouble keeping everything IN
shape; and, to do their work success
fully without flattering. on the one
hand, or offending on the other. they
have to be as wise as serpentS and
harmless as doves: which. I also
know. is a very difficult matter-un-
less thay've got more religion than
some very good people think it neces-
sary for one to have. Having said this
much, by way of introduction. I shall.
take the liberty of abiding to some
things which. in my judgment.
preachers should do and should not
do.
In the first place. / maintain that
a preacher should be careful not to
allow himself indulgences which he
would condemn in others. If he
breaches as Paul said to the Thessa-
| lonians, that men should abstain from
all appearance of evil, this conduct
and conversation should exempiify his
doctrine.
l once knew a preacher who. at
camp meetings and other big meet
| ings would preach hell and damna-
ton TO drunkards, horse traders. cir
Gus goers. and gamblers: but his SER
mons had no more effect than so
much chan pitched against the wind:
for, even while he was foaming at
the mouth and ranting, men III the
congregation would be winking at
each other and smiling. After the
meeting was over and that preacher
went back to his home, he was just
what he had always been, a most
worldly minded man. whose life did
more to weaken than to strengthen
| the faith OF men.
| on one occasion that preac her was
| holding forth at a church in another
neighhorhood. (for he never nnlcr~
| took to preach around home,) when
u little circumstance occurred which
came near breaking UP the meeting
III the congregation there was u man
who was half drunk, and occasionally
| he would humble out something at
which those who sat close by would
smile. The name of the man was
John ----; and the man sitting
| beside him was a friend, who was try
! ing to keep him quiet. The preacher
| heard Johns maudlin remarks and
| knowing what kind of a fellow he was,
when under the influence of liquor, he
| wisely paid no attention to him. but
| continued to roar and soar and hurl
aTathemas at the ungodly. Intending
| to quote that text IN the third chap
| ter OF John which says: He that
! Lel.eveth not is condemned already
/ he asked: What does John say"
| Just then the drunken man mumbled
cut something which made the man
| sitting beside him smile. At which
t.oment the preacher, looking in that
direction, repeated the question: What
does John say?"'
| The man, sitting beside the drunken
man, thinking The preacher was
speaking to him, sung out
"lIe says you cheated him out'n ten
-e,1fS the last time Won and he DlaVeCi