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pressing through the long ages. But
tread softly here; for it was within this
dungeon that ST. Paul suffered imprison-
ment, and from here he was led out to
his martyrdom. 1t was here that he
wrote his Second Epistle to Timothy,
some friendly guard, doubtless, at times
letting down torch that he might see.
After standing for time in this damp
and dismal dungeon, I could better I'M
derstand the apostle when he urges
Timothy, to DO thy diligence to come
unto me before winter; the cloak that
left at Troas bring with thee" Some of
the exegetes tell US that it was something
else that st. Paul wanted. l believe tht
word rendered CLOAK" is correctly trans
lated in the King James version.
l have only a few minutes to give to
the Appian highway, over which st
Paul came into Rome, and upon which
armor, on mighty chargers, and with
golden eagles glittering above their ban
ners, went forth to war, or returned
with kings and princes chained to their
chariot wheels. Here stil stand hoary
memorials and historic tombs that st.
Paul must have seen as he passed on
into the city. They present the same
appearance now as when he saw them,
only bit more time-stained.
o. there Is so much to which 1 would
gladly conduct you. but limited space
forbids; we must go, however, to st.
Peters cathedral.
This great church stands to the right
OF the Vatican palace. and is approached
by crossing the splendid piazza of st.
Peters. This expansive space of piazza
is embraced within the graceful sweep of
two majestic semi-circle colonades, I'M
equalled for beauty in all the world.
Cross the piazza climb the stone steps,
pass through a wide portico. push aside
heavy leather curtain hanging at the
door, enter, and you are standing in st.
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have no right to complain of God for not
performing absurdities. and we can no
more conceive of the use of absolute
force to prevent a free moral agent from
doing wrong, than We can conceive of
Gods making twice two to be five.
We find 1t impossible to give salts
factory view of the NERVOUSNESS Of
Christ's sufferings. 1 do not know just
precisely how, or in what sense Christ
suffered for my sins. And yet He bore
our sins In His own body on the tree.
Even In Christ God hides Himself.
Christian brother though God hides
Himself now, you may take comfort in
the promise that we shall see Him as
He Is.
Unconverted friends. beware lest God
shall hide Himself from you forever
How dark. how dreary, how fearful must
be the place where God hides Himself
always, where He has forgotten to be
gracious. where there is outer darkness
where there is weeping and wailing and
crashing of teethl
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in, 'cept this here signater in print let
tiers; that's his" The pretty housemaid
suggests that Weller. senior, had Sc
cured aid in the writing. Sam again ex-
amines it and thus states his improved
hypothesis. 1t is the reduction theory" :
you've hit it. The genrm'n as wrote
it was a-tellin all about the misfortun'
in proper way. and then my father
comes a-lookin' over him. and compli-
Gates the whole concern by putin his
oar in. That's just the very sort o.
thing he'd do. You're right, Mary. my
dear"
l venture to commend this piece as ev-
idence quite sufficient for the Bacopians.
that Dickens was at heart one of them
selves! 1t is so charming. so comforting
to them to add one more to the Cult of
the Elephant They have dragged EN-
erson out Of his solaceful enjoyment of
representative men, the society of Plato
and Shakespeare and Swedenborg. and
compelled him to sit with them and help
them enjoy the conviction that the Ele-
plant is a Bird, and as an ancient ditty
hath it, pigs begin to fly" nay, even
to sing! Not for them to answer facts
or to revere the rights of a deceased
New Highlander. Tearing Emersons re-
mark from its context they use 1t for a
blindfold around the eyes of his ghost.
and shout: Say Bacon!" The ghost S
silence gives consent, and the Baconians
grunt satisfaction.
Now in spite of my great respect for
the intellectual attachments Of my de-
ceased Baconian acquaintance, 1 must
confess that their seriousness makes me
laugh. 1t is too ludicrously like Mr..
Pickwick, Mr.. Snodgrass, Mr. Wrinkle,
and Mr.. Blotton, peeking at the mystic
hieroplyphics wrought by plain Bill
Stumps Their ingenuity amazes me-
They read intention into the most inno-
cent illusions, and claim allies on the
least suspicion of quvering wink. On
the same principle. working altogether
by a prior assumptions, they could
prove that pumpkins grow on oaks and
acorns on the lowly windfower. With
characteristic angle. certainly not acute
or right. they bend themselves to the
task of compelling us to make chart OF
Bacons days to prove that he had nc
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Peters, the mightiest minister on earth
and the marvel of the world.
A scene of magnificence bursts upon
your vision such as you had not con-
ceived, and which laughs to scorn any
attempt at adequate description. Move
forward under the lofty arches, adorned
with arts Hottest conceptions: pause
before the magnificence of tombs; look
away to the vast dome of Angelo, that
opens like heaven above you; see in it's
golden vault representations of the II
apostles standing in radiant glory: be-
hold the mosaic work, the mellowed
paintings of far off ages, the numerous
shafts of many colored lights falling
upon the marble pavement; look upon
it all, and then, what follows? Silence.
You are speechless. These is no lam
guage of the lexicons adequate.
The magnitude of St. Peters cannot be
appreciated at once. It's lofty roof and
mighty dome make all else seem small.
The picture In mosaic of the Descent OF
the Holy Ghost looks to be just behind
the high altar, but it Is 300 feet away.
There, to the right, as you face the bal
dachino, you may see mosaic OF st.
Luke. with a quill pen in his hand, and
you may judge of the size Of the mosaic,
when you. learn. that the pen itself is 8
feet long. OF course, the whole Is in
perfect proportion. Figures that seem to
be the size of the average man, are
colossal, and birds that seem to be about
as large as doves, are immense creatures
of enormous wing. The twisted brass
columns OF the high altar, you would
say, are about 30 feet high; but In fact,
they are 100 feet.
AS you stand at the entrance vast
plane of polished marble stretches away
before you, forming an area of 2231
feet, while the transcept Is about a
tenth of mile in length. The ceiling is
$50 feet above you, and from this height
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|fnch by inch. The tooth of Time gnaws
it's massive masonry. The lofty galleries.
once vocal with the exciting howl of the
wolf, are now silent and hung with
vines, weeds, grasses and yellow wild
flowers. The "Podium." the emperor's
place of honor. once the scene of beauty,
wit and hilarity, is now the haunt of the
lizard by day, and night the refuge of
stealthy birds. No silken awning now
stretches from wall to wall to shut out
the glare of the sun; 1t Is roofless and
open to the heavens, as the heart of men
are open to the eye of God. Of the Coll
scum I asked the question that Hamlet
put to the skull of Yorick; Where be
your gibes now? your gambols? your
songs? your flashes of merriment? Not
one now, to mock your own grinning."
Our next stop shall be at Marmatine
prison. You enter the place of gloom
through a little church called San Pietro
In Carcere" This prison was constructed
about five hundred years before Christ,
and Is the Oldest place of its kind on
earth. Down you tread into the darkness.
The walls are black. dank and forbidding.
Here Cataline was imprisoned for his
conspiracy; here Jugurtha, king OF Maui
ratania, was strangled; and who shall
tell of the sufferings of men, the sui
cides and the murders that these old
walls have witnesses.
But to your horror, you are told that
you are not yet In the dungeon. Is there
a worse place, still? Yes. Do you see
that circular opening in the stone floor.
Just large enough for a mans body?
Hold your torch high, and look. That
was the original entrance to the dungeon.
There has been built. in modern times.
a stone stairway leading below. and down
the damp, slippery steps we are conduct
ed The prison above was densely dark,
but this is the perfection of blackness
There is no opening to let out the dark
ness that has been gathering and COM
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Y TsRILY thou art a God that hides
" myself. o God of Israel, the
Saviour-Israiah 45-15.
When men are diseased the process of
cure is often dsagreeable to the patient.
Persons restored from fainting fit, or
rescued from drowning say that they
suffer more in regaining than in losing
consciousness. Medicines commonly
produce disagreeable effects. These facts
are not merely arbitrary; they are based
upon a principle. The explanation is that
the curing of disease commonly requires
q struggle between the remedy and the
disease, and this war going on In the
physical man produces what we call pain.
Now the world is diseased with sin,
and the Bible presents, nay it is, the
remedy. 1t is singular, then, that men
md fault with the Bible, that it is I'M
palatable to them? This is really the ex-
PLANTATION of much of the infldelity all
along the ages. Even popular common
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that slavery was wrong, because Prov
idence destroyed iti's And yet those who
speak and write thus do not believe that
the successful kidnapping of slaves and
their subsequent introduction here was
any proof that slavery was right because
Providence established It,"
Some people said when Chicago was
burned, that 1t was "a judgment upon
the Yankees for burning Columbia" but
this was a foolish and superficial view
of the subject. We seldom know what
the Lord means by any particular event,
unless He tells us. and human interpre-
tatlons OF Providence are commonly open
to the charge of darkening counsel by
words without knowledge.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides smiling face.
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan His works in vain
God is His own interpreter.
And He will make 1t plain
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rogues: look In the chronicles; we came
in with Richard Conqueror. Therefore
paucas pallabius; let the world slide;
sessaw
That Is as natural style for Bacon
as the arm chair for the elephant.
Could the author Of the Novum Organ
I'M play those antics with Spanish
speech or English history? Alas, yes!
But when Shakespeare sings and when
his song is put into Baconian lips and
accompanied by the Baconian Tyre. the
effect is no less amazing than when the
said elephant essays to play the flute;
or would a crow sing:
''Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet birds throat,
Come hither. come hither, come hither:
Here shall we see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.
He that hath an ear. let him hear"
Bacon possibly has now a harp. On
earth, indeed, he never proved that he
was training for minstrelsy. If he could
have sung that sweet Shakespearan song,
at least he never proved it. But our
Baconians come with confidence to say,
as their latest exponent too glibly hath
| it, Bacon wrote the plays; and so we
also have 1t settled. There ris no more
to say" the Canterbury Pilgrims would
observe The elephant did sit in the
armchair Mr.. Pickwick did become an
antiquarian, and in spite of the evidence
adduced by Mr.. Blotton. Mr.. Pickwick
held to his theory of prehistoric origin
of the Bill Stumps inscription. Yes. the
elephant did play the flute. The Bacon
ians say so.
The suspicion that Dickens was inter-
ested in the Baconian controversy,
wherein all the 'controverting'' is Ba-
CONAN, is further indicated in later
Pickwickian records. where what have
called the most shining example of Dick
ens's higher criticism is forthcoming,
Mr. Sampel Weller, Jr., received docu'
ment, signed TONY Weller" which led
| him to exclaim:
'sWot incomprehensible letter! Who's
to know wot 1t means, With all this he
ing and Ling; 1t amt my fathers writ
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The Music Was Fatal

From Success Magazine.
New York politician once found it
necessary to attend an entertainment at
an orphans home. and he was having a
bad time of it. The selection by the boys
band was particularly distressing. Turning
to a friend. the politician said with a
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TN the veracious and classic pages
wherein the Posthumous Papers of
! the Pickwick Club are preserved by
the diligence of Dickens, there is record
ed a famous discovery. AS an honored
friend of mine has shown, it is a shin
ing example of the lower criticism, fol-
lowed later on in Pickwick by still
more shining example OF the higher crit
icism of which anon. refer of course to
the unearthing of the remarkable in
scription upon the small broken stone,
partially buried In the ground in front
of a cottage door, / believe at Gotham,
which Is not far from the ancient city of
Rochester. Mr.. Pickwick's scientific
blood was Immediately aboil in his veins
and everyone remembers his enthusiasm,
his calculations, his wiping away the
dust from that stone with his pocket
handkerchief, his gazing intently Through
his spectacles, his enquiries of the cot
tager as to whence came the stone, on
which he had already recognized "a cross
and a and then a IT, 1t will also be
unforgotten how the cottager confessed
that the stone was there long afore he"
war born; how Mr.. Pickwick purchased
the stone for 10 shillings; how he
wrenched it loose with spade; how the
triumphant procession bore it to the
Leathern Bottle, which is to say, the vii
lage inn, and how at last the reading of
the mysterious signs gave them thus:
x
BILST
UNI
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ANTIOUARIANS AND OTHER ANTICS-By George D. D.
MAYOR GAYNoR's RECoF

cannot even give Bill Stumps his due.
And that is stupid.
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What erudition was displayed by Mr..
Pickwick in his famous lectures before
the club! What pamphlet containing
96 pages of very small print he wrote,
giving "T different readings of the in
scription! Did he not have duplicate
of the stone prepared and presented to
the Royal Antiquarian society? Some
lovers of Pickwick may even recall how
three old gentlemen cut Off their eldest
sons with shilling for presuming to
doubt the antiquity of the fragment. and
despair of discovering the clue. One
Pickwickian, Mr. Blottoh indeed. being
small and vulgar of mind. suggested the
The Washington herald., 1910-01-19

AGAINST GALLINGER BILL
Claim Law for Late Opening and Early Closing
Would Seriously Iniure Their Business

Senator Gallinger has stirred up a hor-
nets nest.
He introduced a bill in the Senate yes
terday for stringent regulations Of the
liquor traffic in the District, which is
termed the most drastic provision of its
kind ever submitted to Congress. The bill
provides that saloons open at Z o'clock in
the morning and close at 10 o'clock at
night
This will put a serious crimp In the
receipts of the saloons, the owners as
sert, and will make the payment Of the
$500 license a heavy handicap.
Chance for BeIlrinEers.
Although many are Of the opinion that
the proposed law is only for the purpose
OF giving the "beIlringers" a chance 10
get in their work. the saloon men are not
letting grass grow under their feet, and
tentative plans have already been made
to wage a bitter fight against It's passage.
a new set Of regulations are embodied
in the measure. and special attention is
called to those classes of persons TO whom
intoxicating drinks are sold. The pro-
posed law is along the lines Of the cOndi-
tions existing in Boston. The bill vests
in d new excise board powers which Will
place a ban on dealers who infringe on
the law.
Senator GallinEer also recommends that
the new excise board shall consist of the
Judge Of the Juvenile Court. the health
officer, and an inspector of police. whose
duty it shall be TO act upon all applica-
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MASKED ROBBERS
BIND DEPOT AGENT
Escape with Cash After Hold
up at ElktOn, Va.

Special % The Washington Herald.
HarrisonbUrg, Va, Jan. Sat an
early hour this morning three men, at
the point of revolver, held up Frank
Coleman, night operator of the Norfolk
and Western at Eiktop, and gUt away
with $3.50 in cash.
After getting the drop on Coleman, the
robbers tied his hands and feet and then
bound him to a post in the office.
Coleman can give no description of the
men, save one was tar and slender one
short and stout, and the other medium
sized
Coleman was found by the crew of a
freight train which came 10 a stop be-
cause the proper signal was not dis
played.
The fact that no effort was made 70
rob the safe, which contains records
only, incline the officers TO the belief
that the hold-up was the work of local
men. Baldwin's detectives are on the
case, but no clews have been found.
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4. J. DREXEL WILL
WE'D MISS GOULD
Announcement a Surprise to
COtillOn Guests.

New York, Jan. IS-The engagement
of Miss Marjarie Gould, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. George J. Gould and grand
daughter Of jay Gould. to Anthony J.
Drexel, jr., of Philadelphia, was an
nOunced tonight at the cotillon given
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gould at
SiXty-seventh street and Fifth avenue.
1t was said at the house before the
entertainment that it was not given pri-
marily in honor Of Miss GOuld's engage
ment, and that the announcement would
surprise a majority of the guests. only
those closely connected with the family
being in the secret
There were large numbers of persons
prominent in society at the cotillon. 1t
was the first dance given by Mrs. Gould
in the reconstructed mansion. and the
halls and rooms Of the great house were
veritablc bowers Of orchids and roses.
The invited guests numbered 80. Among
them was Anthony J. Drexel, ST, of
Philadelphia. father of Miss Gould's
fiance. as well as the young man himself,
The coullion was danced in the ball
room on one Of the upper floors Phoenix
IngTaham. who has the reputation Of be-
ing the best cotfIion leader in this city,
led it. The music was furnished by
Nahan FTankos orchestra, which was
hidden behind greenery at the foot of the
main staircase, which was decorated with
flowers.
The cotillion began at 1 o'clock. After
Il was over supper was served. This
was followed by general dancing. Valu-
able favOrs were distributed.
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Chicago, Jan. fs-John r. Walsh was
taken 10 the Fort Leavenworth CKans)
FederG5 prison tonight 10 serve a five
ycarg' sentence for wrecking the Chicago
National Bank
The United states Circuit Court OF Ap-
peals refused his petition that the verdict
be set aside and the case. tried over
again. and issued a mandate directing
that the sentence Of the lower court be
carried out az once
United States Marshal L. T. Hoy. with
Walsh IN charge, boarded a train leaving
here ar p. IN. They Will reach Kansas
City at $50 a. m. tomorrow and the
Federal prison az about $3.50 a. N.
Failed in 1908.
Four years. one month, and one Gay
viii have elapsed since the Chicago Ma
tional Bank failed. carrying down with #
the Home Savings Bank and the Equitable
Trust Company.
Judge x. N. lands, of the United
States District Court, who refused TO sit
in the Walsh case when it came up after
the suspension Of Mr. Walsh's bank in
1905, becauses he had long been an inti-
mate friend Of Mr.. Walsh1 to-day found
himself confronted with task most
disagreeabl TO him. lie was the only
District Court judge now in Chicago and
TO him fer the work Of signing the order
committing Walsh to prison.
Walsh appeared in Judge Lands court
at 4 o'clock. when the mittlmus was
signed. Attorney Sims asked for issu-
anCe Of the commitment, and Judge
Lands signed it without a word Neither
the Judge nor NJ. Walsh nodded to each
other
T0tters Down the steps.
Walsh left the court room with his rela-
tiyes and Attorney John 5 Miller He
looked Old weak. hopeless. and almost
H. He tottered and almost fell as ne
descended the steps from the building
very slowly.
Meanwhile, though Walsh himself. and
his family had given up hope. eleventh
hour attempts were being made to save
him from the penitentiary.
II was learned that Federal Judge San
born, of Madison, Wis, was coming 10
Chicago. and it was expected that when
he reached Chicago a petition for a writ
OF habeas corpus would be filed with him
in an effort to have Walsh stopped while
on his way to the peHitentiary, and
brought back.
Marshal Hoy declared before leaving
.f.. r
corpus We're issued by Judge Sanbon to-
night. and served by telegraph on him.
he would ignore any such order
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down, the fall knocking him partially
unconscious. When he recovered HIM
self the men had disappeared. King is
a one-arm man. Sheriff Sweeney was
not at the Jail at the time.
Sheriff Sweeney Arrives.
Following the hurried recital of the
escape Of the four men by Turnkey
King, Sheriff Sweeney arrived on the
scene and quickly organized a man hunt
for the fugltIves, several parties starting
in the hunt through the town and others
securing the adjacent country. The hunt
lasted well after midnight, bat no trace
Of the men was found.
Sheriff Sweeney notified the Washing
ton police, giving only their names and
a brief description of the men. Three OF
the men, in their hurry and excitement
to escape. forgot to put on their coats
or hats, Frank Bonner being the only
one Of the party that had either coat or
| hat on. The hats and coats Of Mullhol-
land. Lee. and Coates were found hanging
/ in their cell
All four of the men are from the vicln-
80 VA - ehNtH aA4Ns aAuililbildlu ana Lee
have a police record In this city. on
December S they were arrested by Cen
tral Office Detectives Warren and Mullen
on suspicion of having in their possession
valuable Jewelry. which they were try
ing TO dispose Of and which was thought
to have been stolen at Mount Rainier.
Nd,
They were turned over TO the Mount
Rainier authorities. The burglary for
which they were charged and confined
! awaiting trial in Upper Marlboro had no
connection with the jewelry they We're
trying to sell In this city.
One Man Remains.
William Brown. young white man
doing a thirty days sentence in Jail for
a minor offense made no attempt to es-
cape with the four men who GOT away.
Central Office detectives believe the
men Will head for their homes near Hy-
attsville with the purpose Of obtaining
hats and coats. and will reach there
before daylight this morning Sheriff
Sweeney hopes TO head them off and
reach the Hyattsville neIghborhood
ahead OF the fleeing fugitves
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AND LEE IN
RACE FOR SENATORSHIP
Washington CIubman May Contest With Son
of Former MARYLAND Leader.

Annapolis, Nd, Jan N.-"Beyond the
Alps lies Italy, the chroniclers Of Ma
poleOn Bonaparte have set forth in the
history Of the doings Of that distinguished
maker and breaker Of kings.
Beyond tire presidency Of the senate Of
Maryland lies the governorship Of the
State" say those who are in favor Of
Senator Arthur P. German. "Aud beyond
- governorship Is the United states
senate the pluckIng OF which will be
ripe six years hence, when some one VIII
have 10 be selected.
Then, too, there are tie supporters of
Blair Lee. Of Montgomery County. Demo
crat wealthy. with hosts of friends, and
a prestige that should make him a winner.
These friends say that Lee Is worthy Of