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New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
SIGN OF A LOOK INTO ETERNITY.


nv obsa-yatto9s I" sai5 TIE Rev cortland Myers
pastor OF the Baptist Temple. Brooklyn, gave a
0osl'lve ssh 81 1908 ia5o e1eIIl'y g ss $50,
LAan sloNeo leaE oE zHAe'S - Lspei.' ~ ,,o 80
Only yesterday DYING man said 10 me in the last
r,,r,ar+s + haya ho15 nf the hand OF Christ and
to-..-A-s7. - Il -- .,..,- a..
I VIII not let 90" This IS the greatest real-y -
,. - a+ r7 ba,e seen die said
C-.s ~ 4,-,., a,4-s rastor of the
First Baptist Church, Eastern District. BrooNiyn,
II have observed variety Ct mental ana
attitudes, but can now recali two Cs CisSS .I+SS,
were not filed with visions and apparent ey5uelS S
Of a future LIE IhS[e 1W2 WS5e esrSe The con-
sensus OF cases ihder my oose' % az ~, ,ss Ls
has fs 5 mind i his statement doubtless the great
majority OF them We're not tar eases jqSt as I.'
PhyslC5ani ana sIsf2n aia iaatIs rom injury
Fra tbe faetias sre Il.lrbed or deadared by
operation never fully recovering from the .s aneeS
thet:c none q which would oe IaT 81 and
u IS slIe SHOWN 70 II 5sS - ~, man
ner nor expressed IN the terms ST physical dagno
fIII vel rbaf mani i disease may be lurking about
~ b,,-,,1 @ ~ ,,biSb tbs rafIert seems PER
me niIilsih ooiy q Y tJil Lie p 3I,t 1,Isr
91ce the physician has located the trouble {ne6 y
I9r ,7 IHe tltsI 'lLIle In. ,1 PEI stfsIt
snirtai condition 81 these 500 as carefully as he
did their physical condition he would have found.
WI pC,os iSt an az me- ~ sgantt whom and
TPat5 4 conscioTsness If a 'rsaping what they
I,ad s,,, +,f y,ebera e,9 vrberT S0nscioiIsress
~ nss6 IN tbis reIation but need OF what? And
1iLeiy 4 conscioiIsness OF a great good and glory
either missed and lost or believed and expected.
Thus the seeming sleep and forgetting which ne
ohsery-ed would bave bepn found TO contain dor
nan Ri natertFeIees m real and signifcant atti-
tmdes of mind and soul toward the future Barring
ali Unfair cases such as mentioned above it IS
neither unscentific nor untrue to say that con-
ception Of future state of some sort is un-
yersaI human endowment present in all races in
one form or another, and more or less manifest in
| re baf,
Fl have watched a great many persons die and
found them filed with sense OF re-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
COLLEGE BOY PEDLERS.

College students were employed last summer IN
peddling vegetables for a farmer at Houghs Neck,
Mass Young men from Harvard and Dartmouth,
although the only Americans employed the farm.
hands and the pickers being Italians. found this
form OF employment one which involved no sacri-
fee OF their self-respect students and which
yielded them large returns IN health and money
The college boys were not required 10 cry theiA
wares. Each follow had regular routs which hs
covered daily, taking orders and delivering tbs
same as the grocery clerk. In addition each was
expected 20 load Ills wagon and 20 make his own
collections AS II IS almost wholly cash trada
the collecting takes almost extra time As
soon as a man has sold his load he returns an6
has the rest OF the day to himself
Mr Cavanaghs farm being situated at q SIM
n1er resort the college pedlers had the opportunty
to enjoy many OF It's pleasures. and so combined
fun with work When they returned 70 college
their tinted faces. clear eyes and increased
weight told how well the work had agreed with
them and their efforts had been satisfactory also
Mr. CavaHagh. who has long been q progressive
legs men on his vegetable teams a few months ago.
His long experience with college students IN their
opportunity TO DO light farm work would be gladly
accepted by young men who were putting them
at Harvard and secured from there and from
Dartmouth as many men as he could employ.
When the farmers IN The neighborha0d first
Iers they snOrted in disdaiu- College men Selling
ve vegetables: what do they know about it2 Prob
ably can't tell a squash from a haymow-" They
felt their doubts confirmed wnen they heard Ot
the arrival OF The men one day late IN June. The
man who took them down 70 the farm heard one
the other. pointing 20 soTne lettuce. Il thoss
Wsra pea bushes. His companion GIG not know
what "those" were bur suggested tomatoes. pea
bushes" spIuttered the farmland IN telling tia
storv and tomatoes. Oh just wait until they
get an order for lima beans. they win probably
fetch squash" But It did not take them long 70
learn the different kinds OF vegetables, not only
20 distinguish between them. but 70 learn all
about their cultivation, 50 that they could talh
most inrsIll gently with their customers
II is an interesting fact IN illustrating the change
IN the nationality Of farm employees IN recent years
that these college men were the only Americans
employed on the farm All the field hands wera
Italians and the p!ckers were women oc the saTcs
The college men were provided with all the
forts OF homo in neat cottage the farm. where
their meals were cooked by cook. When
nigh. comes after days work On the farm IN
somnfa "a an unknown element IN thu hves o.
these younR men
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

LAS rule nan dies as he has lived unnhuenceo
practically by the thought of future life
T7ass utterance Of DR.. William Osier, made Il his
new book, has aroused widespread comment among
the clergyraen OF this country The majority q
churchulen. who are called 50 often % eeathbeds
say that Dr. Osler is mistaken. that diving men
most times become aroused a. = their fate; tnat
in the final hours Of mortality the soul gives IN
mistaka5la signs Of passing - another existeis se
On the other hand few men of the cloth agree
with the famous physician They say. as he docs
that az the point of death differs little from
what ne has been II active life and that in out
ward appearance ''man dieth the beast oisth.
-'BGnyan could not understand the quiet easy
death OF Mr.. Badman and took {. AZ II incoEtesf-
able sign Of hts darnnatior." faid Or. Osler ne
ideal death OF Cornelius. 50 beautifully described
by Erasmus, is rarely seen hare careful records
OF about five hundred deathbeds, studied particu-
larry with reference 10 the modes Of death and me
sensations Of the dying The latter alone concern
us here Ninety Suffered bodily pain and distress
Of one sort or another. Eleven showed mental ap-
prehension. two positive terror. one expressed
spiritual exaltatlou one bitter remorse. Ihe great
majority gave no sign one way Or the other; llke
their birth, their death was sleep and forget
ting The preacher was right; IN this matter man
hath no pre-eninerce over. the beast as tle one
deth. so dieth the other.
The death Of Mr. Badman, 10 which Dr osiel
refers in support Of his belief thar men die as ihey
live IS told in a dialogue between Mr. Nlsefnan
and Mr. Attentive. "As his life was f1I Of sln,'
says Mr.. Wisemsn, so his death was without re-
pentance. lie had not in all the tine Of ms SICK
ness sight and sense Of his sins but was 50
much at quiet as he had never sinred in his lie
He was as secure II nc had been sinless as an
angel When he drew near lis end there was 10
more alteration in him than what was made by his
disease on his BODY. he was the self-same Mr
Badnan stiII not only In name. bur in condition,
and that 10 the very day Of his death and the mo-
1nent II which he died. He died like lamb or, as
men cal it ike a chrisom child quietly and with
out fear"
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
AGREE WITH DR. osLER.

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Mer.e s. CrclN N-.SEt pastor 1s tie --eitoN ~
nue. Unitarian Cfureh .Cr ccCrse there may be
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itSts 1ee1-...S -i----.1. a-.~'S. =,
r2orSetG! feelings, ana evan 2rft Ty it.s455S
- that last Eu.C. though these. tlllN are ssiiv4
discovered vE-u rot tteocrasyl and eSpeStsI
The common cUsr Dies game ana does "o- nov lleE
adays cbanse sitas Ietaerats,y chosen: con con1.e-
uOusy hved-in the ia~t s.-s5s Al t5iS. GoNeNet'
seems % Us 70 possess l.itie te--..t1Le 20 -
theory ot immortality. y Catvyer cestil j lt1NS
have on orthodoxy. Even LIVING un!.Hag.-se" p'sss
cure conclusion ii the negatives scarcely ever.
more mans opinion, bar only the AazlFo o.
his practice. .,-
II believe thar lie majority cI Peo-e o. qt.i- a.
ity. OF definite character and settled cClCtNLo; 80
they have lived, and make it r point OF Ae''A
10 do so out of consistency and selt-reSpect
.Dr. Osler saws tbac rule man dles as tS
has lived. uuiudueDCtd practically oy Jle ll1LAt
persons dying find nothing in this Win WHICH
I not IN substantial agreement l- Z,
such was lce comment tL lLe KEY II Sev-SSi
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

ite could not be seen by the Workmen i was q
no benefit to the stonecutters.
All attempts TO manufacture chalk holdlng
red ochre or other ruddy ingredients had failed,
the material coming off from the line every time
If was snapped along the gritty rock. Simpson
remembered what the angel had told MIN. ana
when he had collected slabs and driftWood
enough from the shores Of the river to build
shelter for his family he constructed 3 kin
from rude stones in the field and. digging blue
clay from the brooks and mixing il with ochre
and other ingredients, shaped the raw mud
in rude squares and baked Il until it vas of a
talowy consistency.
AS soon as he had cooked enough 10 make q
backload, he put his chalk in a pack and walked
away on a peddltng tour among the stone quar-
ries At first the workneu laughed al him
They had been deceived in red chalk TOO many
times to buy without questioning.
Simpson sold as much as he could. and wt,en he
found men who would not buy from him he left
bars of chalk With them on trial When he re-
turned to the sheds a month later With a fresh
supply every man wished 70 buy his chalk and
since then the red chalk made by the simp-
son secret has been the favorite among ell
granite workers. Between 1870 and 1880. when
the government was using Maine granite for
the construction OF public buildings much
money was made from the sale OF ths chalk.
ana when Simpson died ne left his secret to
James Holbrook who has a monopoly OF the
business
A wholesale house IN Boston takes the whole
output Of the Prospect chalk factory. and Is
pushing the article TO all parts OF the world
Meantime the secret which Simpson said he OBJ
tanned from an angel in Orland IS as much 2
secret as it was half century ago. and nothing
the chemists can do is able 10 bring them any
nearer TO solution OF the mystery
Another waiusbis secret connected with the
cutting and shaping Of sTsn!ts-a secret which
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
ARMY SURGEONS AGREE.

The testimony Of many army surgeons IS in &C
cord with Dr. Osers views Men who witness
thousands or deaths on the battlefield IN camp or
prison say that tie soldier usually goes through the
gates Of death he goes through life. In writing
on this subject nearly twenty years ago in The
Forum JGnius Henri Browne. military CORE
spondent OF Tie Tribune in The Civil War. used
almost the very words or Dr. Oser. The majority
Of men III this age" he said, die as they have
lived
Mr. Browne was especially fitted 10 speak Of the
death Of soldiers for he saw with the eyes not
only Of a newspaperrnan. but also Of a surgeon.
FarIv in the spring OF 1863 he captured by the
Cof7federates and spent two years in various
Southern prisons. AS he had some acquaintance
with medicine he appointed by the prison au-
an assistant surgeon and mnistered daily
TO the sick and dying "T'he sights that Wit
messed he said were deeply distressing, but they
furnished copious evidence Of the fact for such It
surely seems 10 be. that whatever dread we have
Of death under ordinary conditions, we become re-
signed to it as il draws near. cannot recall a
single Instance of man who troubled with
doubt or alarm They were not concerned about
the future bur about the past and present, leav-
ing messages and mementos for the near and dear
and passing away gently and in peace.
"As nave said. most men die as they have lived
If they have been selfish unjust sensual, vicious
they pass away in selfshness, injustice, sensuaty
viciousness. Even should they promise amendment
in serious illness they would if they should be
cured keep their promises. The pious man who has
adopted creed follows his religious oDSerYanceS IN
a dangerous Illness and believes that his soul wII
enjoy bHssfui Immortality. The infdeI in Ike
condition. though ne regulates his worldly affairs
concerns himself about the future. caring little
and doubling much whether there be any. He IS no
more likely then and there, the orthodox view to
the contrary notwithstanding, to recant than the
Christian is 10 proclaim himself suddenly
atheist
The Marshal de Richelieu was one Of the most
notorious profiEates of his time He cultivated
HeiCy
centuries. He was a paragon Of unscrupulousness
and debauchery.
But good fortune ever attended him. and at
ninety-two he terminated his disreputable exist
ence as terminates day in blooming spring Will
lam Cowper, contemplating poet. purest. kindest
gentiest of men, who wronged human
creature spent sixty-eight years without hope
and died despair
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

X. sane type died ii an agony q terror F,Eeh
though Afr Badnlans brother did not repent ns'.
theless the very fnct that he became fTelzie1 =.
his erd Dr. Oslers critics assert SHOWS 1t1es I'd
approach {: death made him think q = -
IN describing the erd of the wicked Dtoe'is
yyiseman said to Mr. Attentive:
AFTER be had lived great while Z s.ia Ems ~
s,no-e him with sickness 0s vhicn he dec. No"'
!a this sickness. his ccnsc. .ence began 10 ne
ened. ana II began 10 out of his i-spee i,1e'
insorauch THAI the town began g I3ls - -
>- t,a, 81 Vas ,,oised about many Of the neigh
Ts came - see HIM and to read Dy him as is ne
common vav with some but all that they could 60
could not aoate his terror but he would lie a ms
hsd gnash;ag Of his teeth and wringing g hls
wrists concluding upon the daTnnatton q MS SOUL.
and n that horror and despair re died not calilhs
upen Cod. but dfstrusting in HIS mercy ana bias
..nrI IL arre
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
ART MUSEUM GIFTS.
Bcsfo1ccd by Sorereigns on Metro
pOEtGR:

The library a the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art has recently been enriched by gifts from
two Kings King Edward of England has given
to the Museum two large albums, richly bound.
one entitled The Royal Armoury at Windsor
by Guy I.aking and the other The Furniture in
the Royal Palace" by Lionel Gust, keeper of tho
Royal Portrait Gallery. As the titles Indicate
the one is filed with rich engrdvings and text
descriptive of the armory at Windsor, while ths
other is filled with plates and descriptive matter
relating TO the palace furniture of olden times
as well as Of the present day
The volumes are models Of the typesetters'I
engravers' and bookbinders' arts. Both are i'm
peral QuartO volumes bound in white leather
and gold The tile of each book IS stamped In
gold ON the back. and on the front cover OF each
appears the royal initial e. in scarlet, crown
occupying the upper half and the Roman char
acters VII the lower half. on the fly leaf or
each appears the Inscription. Presented by
King Edward VII TO the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New-York." Perhaps the most interest
ing Of the two volumes is that descriptive OF
the armory at Windsor. This armOry. which Is
the finest in England. If not I'm the world afA
fords an interesting topic and the book abOunds
in striking Illustrations of Oldtime armor-
There are four albums included IN gift from
King Victor Emanuel OF Italy. three devoted
plates and one to text, and together they con-
stitute complete catalogue OF the royal ar
mory OF Italy. at Turin Each volume Is bound
in blue cloth of the finest texture. The title,
surmOunted by the royal arms OF IJEly and tha
crown in gold. appears upon the outside cover
Of eacu while the Kings inscription to the Met
ropolitan Museum or Art appears on the flyleaf
of each book.
Sir c. PurdOn Clarke director OF the Museum,
takes Just pride in the royal gifts which hs
prizes not only because they came to the Aiu-
scum from the mOnarchs Of two friendly nations.
themselves patrons Of art but because the books
themselves possess a real value. As works OF
reference they will prove valuable addition to
the Museums library.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
DIES DECLARES DR. 0sIER -

scious assurance 81 inlrIortalty when men 80
q life they let 90 their doubts and sweep into
endowed with this intense cIinginE - our own
conscious personal life. T. maybe tomorrow or
surely IN a few years shall be s1uffed out i,ke
q carde9"
.In my eighteen years, pastorate IN BROOKLYN
l have attended more than TWO thousand tuneT ais
and have been present hundreds OF de1thpeGS.
said the Rev D-. Charles Herald. pastor ot ne
Perierce IS utterly at variance with that Or bE,
Osler,S OF course. where the brain has been CeaG-
ened nv extreme Pain or weakness there has been
no siEn, but in scores OF instances the nope q a
future life has brought peace and courage In
soma instances the view OF the future lie n9S
been the means of the making 10 of old feudS. N
others Of restitution Of money, and in many the
forms and faces Of those gone before seemed 10 oe
plainly visible The diving Instead OF being r
sleep and a forgetting K was q reality and re-
nlsTnbarirg :,
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
GREEK CATHOLIC VIEW.

.sDr. OsIer could never have seen many Russians
on their deathbeds 70 say that as rue men uLe
,,y,,,ai,anced by the thoughts OF a future life"
said the Rev A. Hotovitsky. pastor OF the Rus
sian orthodox Church. in East s7th-st Practical
" ali Russians on the approach OF death call
tIa dn mis- II they had belief in Immortality
II they did not feel that soon they would enter enter
i1roI1 another existence? say this not Only from
nv own experience and from observation. but
fSv, he testimony Of all the Russian priests with
Tn1,, have talked on this subject. No matter
whether or not a Russian has been regular
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
THE IMMORTAL HOPE FLAMES UP,

my observation and experience are totally at
variance with the statements of DR.. Osler, SAID
the Rev Dr. Newell Dwight Hills, pastor OF Plym-
outh Church. Brooklyn II have known many,
many men who have had little interest in the sub
ject of personal immortality during years OF life
and hard work. but once they saw the signals
hung out bidding them make ready for theH
departure the immortal hope famed up IKE
not talk freely about immortality and their per.
sonal faith Most men seem to approach the
of their feeling that they are unI9l4iieo i
planned they have not written the book they have
outlined. they have not founded the business Whcn
them + IS an 5Inbearabie thought that they Will
have another chance l think have had 2 hum
dred men say that it was the hope OF i1nmoT Ttalty
and of continuance of their work righting q
their wrongs and the correcting of their mistakes
that made their final sickness and death endurable &
cases l have noted gave sign, one way or the
n9re ife e pr osen does not seem 70 under
stand what silence means. Tennyson.s Enoch Ar
did not love hts wife and his children. who were
and rough without. but inwardly there is a mass
of shining crystals that glow however less bright
heart Recently certain prominent man N pqPgo c
Immortality and denied the immortality Of the in
about nothing but the immortal hope one night
while we We're speaking Of other things ne sudden
And l understood. He silent but his silence
was big with testimony. and if his physician or DR.,
Osler had been present they would have been
astounded. The power Of gravity IS noiseless; it
does not blow the trumpet for which Dr. Osler Is
eagerly straiuing his Nevertheless. the moon
and gravity heave the with irresistible tides,
and immortality heaves the soul as the tides the
sea-
t.TVhat DIR. Osler says is true very often OF men
who in their lifetime uInnfiuenced by the
thought of a future said DR. Madison G. Peters,
pastor of the Baptist Church OF the Epiphany at
Madson-aye and 64tn-st. The latent aptitude and
ability for spirituality and Immortality want be
stirred Eyes kept long in the dark go blind.
Thought becomes inbece in long solitary confne-
ment The souls vision OF God and realization
Of immortality may be lost likewise.
"On the contrary. have testimonies CT dying
men which might multiplied indefinitely. Bee
thoyen. who was deaf dying said; 1 shall hear
in heaven. Nine. de SJael exclaimed. L have God
my father and liberty The scholarly Addison
said TO a young noblenlan: I have sent for you
that may how Christian die.
Il have many die, but when death
comes it seems to bring with it to most
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
TEXT NOT READ ALRIGHT.

DR. Oslcr IS also said 70 have twtated the mean
ing OF the Bible IN the reference lie made TO i re-
garding the death Of men and beasts IN MS IN
terpretation Of this passage Dr Oser Is clearly "a
error" said Or. Joseph Silverman, rabbi OF the
Temple Enanu-EL ''IIe says: The great majority
gave no sign one way or the other; Ike their birth
their death was ..sleep and forgetting The
Preacher was right in this matter man hath no
pre-erlinence over the beast as the one deth, SO
deth the other"
which he quotes he would that Solomon does
Of beasts He does not refer 10 how they die, but
merely to The fact that both must die. He simply
says both are mortal I will read the whole verso
TO prove what say. is Eccesastes, iii. 19: For
that which 5efalleth the OF men befalleth
beasts: even one thing befaeth them; as the one
deth 50 dieth the other; yea, they have all one
breath: 50 that man hath Hre-eminence above
a beast; for all IS vanity
4 would also say that Dr. Osler any one else
is unable 10 Judge whether dying men think OF
a future life because niuety-nine out OF a hundred
on their deathbeds do not believe they are going
to die From my own observations would say
that nearly every one point Of death believes
he IS going 20 live. The reasons are plain First,
medicine Is given which has for its purpose the
stimulating Of life. Second, the friends about the
diving man are all in a league 10 buoy him up 10
ma Ike him believe that he not going to die. IN the
hope. that even in such an extremity his will power
Will turn the tide. Third nature IS kind to the
dying and prepares him for the end by making
him feel better She numbs the nerves and lessons
the main
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
Golden Ridge.

Flowing is the order Of the day, at
present.
Miss Rosetta Walter left for Chester
Sunday, to resume her school work.
The Ridge has increased by another
new family.
Dan Bronner and wife were Elma
visitors, from Saturday until Monday.
Miss Lena Miller has been assisting
Mrs. John Bigalk with her household
duties, during the past week.
The sewing school in Granger is
completed and the new dress-makers
are all rushing the season.
Chas. Mast and John Bigalk, with
their wives, Sundayed at the Earnest
Bigalk home.
Miss Leopa Bigalk is the proud
possessor OF dandy" piano.
The country is booming; the houses
are flying.
Gustave Miller Sundayed with
friends on the ridge.
Miss Mollie Miller expects to attend
the Fair at Preston, MIMI, next
week.
Chas. Mast, wife and daughter Lena
expect to attend the State Fair at
La Crosse, Wis.