Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 3, 1887, Page 2

SERMON, Rev. T. M. House's Morning Sermon At the M. E. Charch, The following 15 an abstract of the ser- on delivered yesterday by Rev. T, M House, pastor of the st M. E. church, The sermon was appropriate to new sonr's and was based on tho ffih verse, thirteenth chapter, ii. Corinthians: *‘x amine yourselves, 'whethor yo be in the faith prove your own solves.” *Wa haya not the time nor the inclina- tion to euter upon a discussion of church crecds as built by human interpretations, Consideration of the shifting remnant in theology might be amusing and enter- taining bt [ wced it would be profitless, which ] shaken™ are all rtive to a certain class or mdividuals, who seem to delight in being able to push over a cob house Iready tottering and whose greatest re. gions enjoyment is to belch forth throulh their tin horns in the midst of stich stupendous desolation, In the history of revealed religion it is not difficult to trace a nuclens of truth which has been permanent through all ages and dispensations, and also to vote the imitations of the fringes, or shifting remnant, that forms the corona of tho solid body of truth. The history of christianity exhibits the same law of vermanence at the centre as of an asland in the hanging #en amid the flux and reflux of the tic *Our littlo systems have their day. 1 have their day, and cease to be, nucleus is the essential thing, It is the part which cannot be shaken, and is rooted in the essentinl nature of man and God. You find it in the devout Hebrew, the saintly Catholic, the fai - ist and thi i We have ra enough, “If thy give me thy hand.” If you have any more straws to split, muke a bonfire of them. ve me the simple, child-hke faith which builds up horoes and saints, chiurches and empires. Do not couple on to a graveyard. “Hiteh Your wagon to a stur.”” We are on the upgrade in this age; the brakes arc off m“L[ the throttle is wide open. Stop your whining and aboad. * There is a per- petual temptation to bigotry; to feel th. Wwo who are the heirs of wll the ages, po: K08s the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Let us learn the losson of charity and forébearunce. O, for the faith that is broad, practical,’ spititual, whose strongth 18 o life and death grip upon the doctrines of grace, the fundamentals of redemption.” So much with regard to the faith. Let us turn our thoughts to the examination urged upon us, 1t is the examination of scif. Self knowledgo is as necessury as it 18 important, a duty which was hdld in as high esteem in the school of Socrates as i that of Christt “Know thyself” was one of the sayings of the wise men of Greeee. Tt was ascribed to Solon, the wisest of them all, and cut upon the en tr: f Apoilo’s Delphic temuple, Know thyself.” I venture the tion that we are not acquainted with our Ives. Wo know other people to p ion. We can tellevery fault and fail- uro in them. If our estimates of each othor are to have any woight in fixing our future destiny, I advise you there is hope for a very small portion of the human race. Isuggest this plan, get sclf into the same scales by which ' we have been weighing other people. One good long look at our own meannecses will prepara us to look for a_fow good things in our neighbors. As to when self-examination ought to be practiced, 1 answer: 1. Daily. Short settlements make fricnds. " No man _ can ac. know the general course life or average strength of his without daily scttlemen with yourself and bring self to ts God at the opening gates of day, and ere you &ive yourself to refreshing sleep, tuke one long look toward eternity and’ mako self answer for the items on the day book. 2. Let therc be a yearly examination, Be us wise as the business man who care- fully takes an annual inventory. The clanging bells of time have but just rung out the death of one, and, with quickened stroke, the birth of another year. Thus, the coming and the going, toucl hands for a moment, crowd eachi other (or the space of a heart-boat and then separato forever, one to run the race the other to lie down In silence among the ages of the past. And as they thus mcet to oxchange their greeting, and then part forever, it 15 the hlghest wisdora for us to summon the days that are dead with their record of rights and wrongs before us and go over the account carefully, in the pres- ence of our heavenly I'ather, alone, The past yoar has™ sung sweet hymns in our cars.” It has put the praises of God into our mouths. It roofed ounr days with soft skies, out of which mellow-throated birds have flooded us with mus It has strewn our fields with rustling grain, and laden our orchard boughs with clustering fruit. It has mado autumn brilliant with waying ban- ners of gold, and purple, and orange. It has lighted our winter fires and kept thew burning warm and ¢ i It has sheltered us” trom storm, from sickness, and death. It has filled our cup with goodness and mercy, so that it runneth over with blessings. I’ me it bronght now and then elond , cups of sor- row, disappointments and defeats; there are many graves m the valloy of the grey old year, and it may be some of our dar. lings are lying thére under the snow, Beloved, ean you not suy wrk hours, nights of pain, days of averment—ye: evan theso—were blessed angels, thotgh their faces were veiled in gloom, ‘Trust not the future; seize the present “The light of hope ms m from the eyc of the year ahead, dream-like prom may lure you on in the beaten path of ucglect, but if you wonld come to the end of 87 with no evil things written aguinst You in its ealendar, with no shadow, great or small, upon its face, which yout lapse has caused, anchor yourself ancw to the Rock of Ages. Heve the preacher cited oceasion: well as stated times for solf-cxamination (1) At the mile stones in life choices, (2) the presence of God's ufflictive dispeusi tions, (3) and revival seasons. This duty should be don and in the light of God's word. The crage level of human motive and action, the standard of the multitude 100 low. Nor 1s the common measure of wcter in the church a safe staddard. Tares and wheat grow together till har- vest. Nor is sincerity the standard of in- nocenc through ignoranc and again our ignorance may be culpa. In examining scif keep in mind responsibility” reaches up to the ure of our capacity and means o; wing the divine will. "T'he standard is God’s law, which may bo smnm L up in one word, to-wit, Whatsoever is you, contrary to love, 1s opposed to God, for God is Tove. What lessons for 1S Lo gather out of the depths of our own Leing. shall not be here alway sowe have gone before mysterions unknown, our places will soon be vacant, we cannot aftord to make a mistake on the groat question of lite’s duty and destiny.” Study to show thyself approved of God, n° workman that needeth not to be ashamed. We Kvow full well there is one whose band vols all the years, and to Him we can the guardiunshin of every inter- and every moment, “for He dooth all things well,” in 't be us my heart acter fully , our loyed s into the -~ OWING L W, 0B a's Sermon at Fivst Preshyterian Church, A lurge congregation listened to the sevmon of Rev. W, J. Harsha at the Dodge Streor Preslyterian church yester worning. Fhe sermon, which from the toxt: Prov. IV, 15: *The path of the Just is as the shinipg light that GHT, e A LIFE OF G shiueth more and more unto the perfect 1 outlined as Iullnw- A Among all the sayings ot the wise King Solomon there is none more {rue, smore beautifal than this. To what can a true and noble life be better compared than to the growing glory in the sky between morning and midday Let us consider the just man first of all in relation to his past, The text implies that he will advance from s old condition to a higher and botter one. Light is a symboi of purity, of goodness and in this respect n trus christian adyances. Even his sorrows help him. He is mellowed by them, made true and tender by them, and he comes to_sce that God has sent them to him 1n wisdom and love. We have scen in our own church and haps in our own homes here a istian grow in purity year by year, s this, light is a symbol of knowl edge. The sunlight is a_great revealor, It hows us the earth and ‘the flowers, S o just man increases his knowledge, He learns more and more of God, of the atonement, of the Holy Spirit's comfort as the yoars pass. At first his mind is in darkness, like the sky ut morning, but his knowledgo increases until it is liko the noond Then light is an emblem of joy, and in this a true ochristian ad- vances. He Christ_has saved him. He h use God is his father. He has joy Hecanse heaven awaits him. But in the second place let us consider the path of the just man IN RELATION TO HIS FELLOW MEN. There is nothing grander than the spread ing of the morning over the landscape Al men _instinctively acknowledgo beaut In the same way ull men s knowledge the grandeur of a trine chris- tian life.” They may deny your creed, they may dislike your sect, they ma lm] your appeals, but they will’ suc, sefore your cons; i s this, men will be bles . The sun is always a source of good, and the rosebuds cannot resist being kissed by ight into beauty and loveliness. In y life forcos men to do better, ¥ becomo ashamed of their sins. They ‘make therr language more chaste and honorable when you are ne In this way you 1 be a great ble But the 4 concluding thought the just man’s relation to God The sunshine is God's cf said, “Let there be light" tho ‘sun to rale the d same. way christian i ation. You may feel t planted this new lifo in you, new creature. God's” spirit has been breathed upon you. More than thit you can feel that you are fultilling God's purposcs. He ‘has sent the light into the world to do a work, He has also sent you upon a mission, and you shall not lose your reward. Itrust that during the coming vear your pathmay be brighter and brightor and when all years are for you oy trust your hfe may be merged into the perfect day of he 1mb eation, He e ordained In the iod's cre- God has You are a a A Change in the Firm, With the new year the firm of Collins, Gordon & Kay, the well known dealers in sporting goods, was changed by the re- tirement of George E. Kay, the popular Junior member of the firm. The future style of the firm will be Collin: & Gordon. It is not known in what pursuit M Kay will embark, but he has the best wishes of a host of friends for his success in any aking. Mr. J. K. Gordon, of New , 8 Lrother of Mr. O. H. Gordon, has ed himsclf with the new firm. Hanley's Athletic School. Jack Hanley, the well-known pugilist, bas fitted up a cosy room mn Gruenning's new block at the corner of Thirteenth and Dodge, and will open & boxing school. Already he has seenred a goodly number of pupils who are anxious to by educated in the manlyart, At the proper time Mr. Hanley contemplates fitting up a complete gymnssium, Many Persons Burned to Death. MADRAS, Jan. 2—A fire in the reserved en- closure at the People’s park on Fr only fiteen minutes, It is now ascertained that 300 persons lost their lives, being aither burned to death or suffocated, while the num- ber injured is ptaced at the same figure. The gommander-in-chiet and first prince of the ‘Travacore, who were present, escaped un- inju Among the victims were two Euro- pean women, and many Europeans are miss- ng. ‘The fire s supposed to laye been of in- cendiary origin, DYSPEPSIA Causes its vietims to be wiscrable, hopeless, confused, and depressed in mind, very irritas blo, languid, and drowsy. 1t 13 a diseaso which does not get well itself. It requires careful, persistent atte throw off the eauses and tone up the di tive organs till they perform their duties willingl, villa has proven just the required remedy in hundreds of cases. “T have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for dys- pepsis T tried many other medicin 0 satisfactory as Hood's I10MAS CoOK, Brush Electri New York City. Sick Headache “For the past two ycars T have been afilicted with severe headaches and dyspeps sia. T was induced to try Hood's Saisapa- rilla, and have found great relief, 1 chce fully recommend it to " Mus, ANNABLE, New Haven, Conn, Mrs. Mary C. Smith, Cambridgeport, Mass, was a sufierer from dyspepsia and sick Lead- ache. She took Hood's Sarsaparilla and found It the best remedy she ever used, Hood’s Sarsaparilia Sold Ly all drug for $5. Made only by G L HOOD & €O, Lowell, Mass, 100 Doses One Dollar, GHICAGO SHORT LINE Chicago, Milwaukes & St Paul B'y THE BEST ROUTE from OMAED wd COUNCIL BLBFFS ot TEE REAST. N OMAHA Sarsaparilla Light Co., LYy TWO TRAINS DAILY BEIW. COUNCIL BLUKFS —AND— Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids, Ulinton, Dubuque, Davenport, Rock Ialand, Freeport, Rockfor Elgin, Madison, Jauesville, Beloit, Winona, La Crosse, And all other important poinis East, Northeast Bouthoast. 8 oall on the Tioket Azen ot (in Paxton Hotel,or & Chicago, acitio Depot Pullman diecvers and the fnast Dinlng Cars world are yus on the wain lines of thy GO, MiLwAauses & 87. PauL RaiLway, wad every Pald 10 passongers by ourtaon compay. oneral Manager. J. F. TUCKER, Assistant General Manager. A V. B Caurayrss, Geooral Passnger aud Tioket Agont, GRo. Hy, ORD, Assistant General Passen ¥ér and Ticket Agent 4. T. Onank. General Superiatendeat e e — THE OMAHA DAILY TIE ENJOYED THE ROMANCE, Told by a Young Tolegraph Operator, Storfes The Sort of Dispatches Newly Wed- ded Conples Send to Their Friends and Refatives. New Yo There is nothing in the least ry able about the external appearance of a certain httle up-town telegraph and messenger office. There is the ultra-marme coloring that all know so well; there is oven the placard be ring the picture of the small mossenger in the much ridicnled position of a male Atalanta: and yet this small oftice is far from ordinarily interesting. 1t is near o church. 1t is within a stone’s throw of the house of one of the most agreeable, impressive, talks ive, and genial vastors possible to imagine, The neighborkiood 18 respectably sedate and pleasingly mo- notonous, Its three elements, tho pastor, the church, the telegraph oflice, seem in- evitable to its well-being. Minus the or, the church would lose its princi al attraction, and the telegraph office a Zood deal of work, Minus the church and the telegraph oflice, the pastor's arily be eramped, Inside this office is a youth with r, blue eyes, and ‘an expression of bland ignorance. He is one of the people before whom nobody minds saying. any- thing, No one would ever suspect him of paying atiention to anything on cartl but his dinner, ~ Nine people out of ton would say that he was a mere autons aton, doing his work, recciving his puy, and then beginning again. Lo tenth person would soon see thiat the other nine we wrong, t the telegraph operator was neither an automaton nor a (llrvll‘ that ho saw all that went on before him 'with the keenly eritieal understanding of the si. lent ‘man fact that, like the old woman’s | , he aidn’t say much, but feuce of a thinker, " outh favored me with various communications, In fact he talked so much that in the course of what he said he made so many interesting pots that thoy are worth repeating. It was he who culled the three elements of that neigh- borhood the chureh, the pastor, and the telegraph oflice. *There's n g going on in this tolemr Sthatis tinged, and ve tinged with romance. Oh, temptuously, “I know very people think of these pl tagine that wll messazes are of the pi safe, practical nature belonging to many of them. supposo that telegraph oper: + by dint of transeribing stupid, dull, incomprehensible messages. bocome stupid, dull, ada_incomprehensiblo fel. it nothing ever ocenrs to waken them from their leth rgy. What i ! Inmy own quict way I often weave romances of the most thrilling Kind from the messages I transmt or transcribe, 1 © some of the most in- teresting experiences. In fuct, 1 enjoy my position. The 't that there are a pastor and a church so close to us gives me plenty of work to do. 1 don't know what there is in this neighborhood to J count for it. but 1 tetl you the truth when LI'say that runaway counles, clandestine lovers,and such like all scem to favor this church above any other. That m e supposition on my part, You can it for what you like. "Thero never passes aweek but a young man and woms enter this officeand in the g t agi tion send some such me s th :Mary and T were marricd to-night by Dr. Blank us. More anon.' ve invariably come from Dr, n and “the young woman cqually invariably wears a plain gold band on her finger. As a ruic, these couples are very umusing. T can tell n newly married conple ns soon 2s I som one. They generally come ut Jike this: The man opens the door with some slight reluctance and waits for the girl to enter, hic has become so extremely coy that she dreads being the first ono” to - face the telegraph operator, who of course she imagmes knows exaetly what she hus come for and is overwheélmed with curi- osity, They generally remain with the door open for some twenty seconds, In winter that is just about long enough to chill the room.” In summer 1 don’t mind it. When they have shut the door they advance to th o and with a trem- bling hand he takes about six dozen blanks, as though he were Zoing to tele- ph 2 three-volume Then he bites the end of the nd thinks what he ought to coplo 50 unred curs to him t } statement of fact, 1ts Lo use the telezraph for some pretty little thing of his “own not intended for publication For example, a couple 1 had' last night, aftor going through the waneuvres I nave Just deseribed, put his pen to paper and wrote this verse, which Ilearned by heart beeause 1 thought it so good: *Across the threshold led, And every tear cast off 45 soon as shad, 11is housé she enters, there to be a light Shining within, when all without s night; A guarding angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling 'his pleasure and his caves divid- ing? “This he read i quite u ther 1t were the correct thing to Finally ho handed it to the gi standing at the desk playing piano on it with her bare loft hand, so that I could sec her new wedding ting, T sup- pose. She took the sheet and vead the poetry. Sho was evidently of a practical turn of mind SRy at to Chi dly onsense,” quoth he don’t get ma 1 cyery ds You were more appreciative, That's “an awful pretty thin *s “Huoman L It's Tug membered it \m;x‘l \I|||m-r~":\11<li-,' wnd as he dW'E know anything I really do think it would | better to give him the news in a straght- forwar 1y, 1 suppose you w rried your “daughter Mary Forgive us, Arthur.” Pshaw! 1 hate to send a messoge like that on sneh n sub ject.! The young man was eyidently Lot tin ngey at this early stage of his . rvied life, “The young woman wus eyi- dently getting deter| | carly stage of her marrie her wa howeyer preced She began o on. The dispateh | Tows: *You duughter wife. Forgive us, bly happy. Arthur.' After they had handed ‘me the sheet, they suddenly | seemed to remember the fact that I was flesh and blood., He colored slightly turned erimson, of course I always pre 1 1 don't understand a thing. Thethis 15 n-nothing t-10 s-suppose,’ he stammercd, “Precisely, said I, alably absolutely, T assure you,' *“Ihen they went dway. Once,” con tinued the operator, I had an awfuily jolly young fetlow here to help mein my We used to have the greatest fun imaginavle with these ung couples, It was last winter, aud ‘1 think on an’ av wo had four couples & ki for throe months. - We managod to v agaln, and ible (0 mako up his mind end, viully expensive to send *she said simply and un- testily, **We 1 thought 1 15 from us tools, about th it me to say, “I've m to-night She got blished a moant to ran us fol- is now my inexpressi y-you, 1 “Nothing lot of quotations about marriage. asionally 8 young man in his agita tion and hurry, sks us for some appro- priste verse tovehing upon marpisge BEE: MONDAY. 1t doesn't ofton happen that they apply tous. But I can tomemaber half a dozen such cases. Last January a very young couple came ing They wanted me (o tele- graph to papa. They were %0 very juve- nile and so far from ‘being bashful, (hat [ felt that we cowld fangh with them *‘Emily, said i, when he had got the blank, ‘tell me:a vorse to t graph to your father. Tt'lLtickle the old man, “Eity reflected, ‘I can'’t only re momber twe ®ecos,’ sho said, ‘and I don’t believe thaggr do, Une 1s, “Mary had ‘a Dttlo lamb," ang he otheris, (Wito ran to ottsh e when T feil? My mothe ¥ No,' said the yonng man. “Those are nota bit approprinte. 1'm blessed if I can think ‘of angthing.’ Then he tarned to me. *Can’t you hetp us ont? “Now was my time. My o mpanion's eye twinkled,” He got down ook from the shelf, and opened it at o page which we both knew. Then he vointed out a verse to the young man and told him that he thought it would do very nice T'nis was the verse “*Marriaze from like vine wine A sad, sour, sober beverage—by time IS sharpened from its hi h celastial flavor Down to a very homely household savor. Below that were the follow ing lines: \Wedlock's a saucy, sad, familiar state \\1».]-..; folks are "very apt to scold hata: TLove keens a mod Obliing, and say “You should have seen the expros on their faces, Tean hardly describe it, She looked ineffsbly disgusted and looked up at him appealingly s she camo to the end of the second stanza, Ho looked an- grily at me, bithis lip as though to try fand suppress some supertluons langhter, "Men ho broke out as follows: “I don’t know if you are paid to be insolent. It seems to me that when a ewil question 1s asked you, you,’ e could 2o no fur- ther. ‘He burst'into s fit of 1rresistible laughter, which was so contagious th inafew minutes the four of us were holding our sides, and Iaughing at the very tob of our voices. Of course this putusall in the best of tempers, and ended in my giving them a couple of lines, which were so neeeptable that thoy \tonce sent to Minneapolis by elec- y. ‘For what ean carth produce, but love, to veprosent the joys above? Those are some stock lines. I always keep them inmy mind. They are non com- mittal and they are pretty, As [ said, the young couple were perfectly satistied with the “The friend who w. shelpmg me in my rk,"* continued the operator, “used to wonder at the uner, in which L could distinguish a newly married couple. Sometimes the young people rccompanicd by a father, mother, unele, cousin or friend, I neyer had any diflicalty in distingui hing them, 2 Ly young fricnd to won- he said to me: “Jim, [ be- o don't make your discovery y t it 1s by some hint droppei that you ascertain who are the married couple.’ I n I protested: he would not belic So 1 offered to bet him a —good oncs, too—that the next couple who canie in to send away u dispatch, accompanied by a friend, I would nhesitatingly make known to him. Two evenings er, i we were sitting there, 1n wulked young man, accompanied by two protty rls, so exactly alike that it was hard to tell_one from the other. They st come from the ehureh, T know, because the pastor’s servant was with them, hay- ing offered to show them tac telegraph The young man must iave mar- ried one of the ‘girls, but it was, [ a knowledge, almost impossible to tell which. My friend looked at me with o . I scent those ciga id, the most provoking ' readiness sGive me alittle ggme,” 1 suggested, really beginning to f annoyed. *“This is & diflicult case, and Tmay not be able to fathom it until they l¢: The three then began to talk N 8¢ love, and t distance, is divine, verything that's ane.” on . O © that to your father?’ ho asked, looking at the blunk sheot. “*Say that his daughter is now Mrs, suggestoe irl, bashfully. el him you ppy you don’t know where “you a: said the other. Then he commenced to write, and one pet stood on each e of him. ~One smiled at him, the other smiled down at him, old man,” smd one. © to write dispatches to cr - rupped the othe came upon me. both! It must be atme with the eyes. ‘( He had ed them My companion looked SLamusement in his he said, sententiously. And he said nomore. ‘Uhe young marricd man teiegrapl as follows: ‘We are married, and you could not be with us. D performed the ceremony.’ they preparad to &0 away. Not an inkling as to who was the bri with me. I was completely mystitied and mortified. I felt that my box of cigars was a thing that needcd consideration, 1 resoived upon a bold stroke, even if it w un- justifinble impertinence, 1 should neyer see these people again, so that it didn'( niatte Besides it would be all the same in 100 Thus I thought. 1 ran 's sorvant after the young 1 their earriage and oung woman!' T exclaimed, ‘1 be Lknow something uhout this mar riage which T onght to tell. Which of the lies who' came into my offic said the girl, rat “T'he bride nained in The others were her sisters, w it allin o moment, 1 «d my steps after havin it that T'was not a lunatic the next day I purchased a bz box of which wi pted with fierd- lee by my friend and co-worker." —— What Made a Minstrel Melancholy, Chicago Evening Journal: I met Prank 1, White, the negro comed, an, the other afternoon. He was feeling quite gioomy, ity grieving over the loss of some friand. I asked him wise of his sorrow and ne ted followi story, which illustrates, in a manner, t sLro| traction pr vencration some e tors have tor certuin i pertaming to their stago wardrobe: *When 1 i went into the show business, sixtecn years the 2:d last February, 1 bought W pair of cowhide shoes to wear in ‘nig, Lhey were and ked; in - fact, shog In course of timd ; I;_'m 1O wenr them resoled. “Ihe upperp then showed signs of decay and | Nhr'l new ones put on Constant use wore the soles out again, and new s replaced the old, As season rolled around I 1 to ni new uppers and ifew until cyer vestige of the original shoos had long sdisappearcdfbut to mo they w the ne old nd I woulan't bave parted with th r a good deal Well, to 1 long story short, I stuck to thos until the other nig when all a sudden, like deacon's ‘one-hoss shay,’ all at onee, and nothin, st, they burst and went all to picces.” It vwas like purting with old friends, but I had to let "ein rip. 1w nto a shooe store to-duy and r puir of ‘army and navy® shoes, The elerk ized up my'wood clothes and dinmonds i thought 1 was erazy. I finally found e pair [wanted and asked the clerk to take the heels off. He hesitated, asked e if I was joking, and at last wished to know what | wanted of them. I told him to wear on the st It was all clear to I hen, and he reduced the pr 10 §1.38, ened., riage [ I retr -~ Fitty of the finest lots in the annex were réserved and are now offered for sale.’ Come early and scoure your choice. V¥ Tood, 1509 Farsam street, v | fate, JANUARY 3. 1887 THE CAPTAIN'S DIAMONDS, A Box Which (’—n;:l Mautin came a Successful Merchant, His Crew w York Times: I got my start w38 by helping a smuggler to save ing to smuggle, and wrong by it," ¢ to the goods lie wias Ldon’t think I did any said a ship chandlor of this » group of soa captains who had assom- bled in the snug little office of his w stocked store ono afternoon recently I'lie surprise which this announcement had provoked gave place to expressions of cutiosity on the part of the assemblod captains, and the chandler proceeded to explain his innocent con on with the smugeling industry. “When T was about nineteen years old,” said the chandler, “I went to se . Ishipped as cook on an’ Amerioan bark which finally landed me 1 Liverpool, where L was paid off, After I ot rid ot my wages I looked about for another ship. I found a borth as cook on an American bark of 600 tons, which w 18 bonnd for Savannah, The captain was g quiet sort of man, with small black each of which looked as if it was trying to keep what it v doing ont of the other The day before the bark sailed along, narrow box came on board, and the ea ptain had it stowed a v earefally in his stateroom. The box looked ns though it might contain a coftin, 1 made up my mind that there w a body in- side, but as 1 wasn't superstitious myself [ didn’t pay much_attention o the terat the time. The crew looked li tough men, They were hard casos as & rale, but they scemed willing enough to do their work—all except two, These were a big, brawny Irishman wo called “Dublin Mike, Spanish-look- ing chap named Tony. Mike and Tony were always telling the other chaps that they were working too hard, and were advising them o stand up for their rights. " We had a good ran for about two weeks and had made the befter part of the voyage, when a heavy norther] sotin.” T good deal of iron in the eargo und that made the bark Tabor badly. "She strainod_so much that sho spranga bad 1 The pumps had to be kept going n all the time. The gale Tasted od - con- sider he me got tired of working so much at the pumps, and then it leaked out about the strange-looking box in the captain’s stateroom **No wonder we | il Dublin Mike, ‘with that stifi and the chap began to work stitious feeling of the men by telling thom that no ship with a dead body on board was ever known to get through o v without trouble. Ihat night, at four bells in the dog ch, all hands 1 ft and asked to . The skipper camo out of oin looking sort of scared and asked the men what they wanted, Mike, who d that they couldn’t 1y longer with a dead body Zon lic body had got to go oyer: : r olso the ship would go down, The skipp 1l that the idea that a dead body could bring any harm to a ship was all nonsense, and he told the men to e forward. 'Then Tony cried out to the men to follow him “and made a dash the cabin door, Stop men,’ cried the ecaptain, ‘there ain't any body in that box.’ “Tony and the rest stopped, **“That box,’ the captain went on to ot some silks in it that through without duty. Por- s some diamonds in ‘with the more diamonds I'm going to put into LW within two il of Bermuda now.’ **But,’ said Tony, 'if we help you to monds and silks you ought to vide with us when we get to nnah.’ nd so L will, said the skipper., “Mike swore that the captain ought to open the box and show the men that there was really no body in it. Tony scized the arm and whisperéd some- thing to him in an angry tone, Mike then stammered and said “that he would take the eaptain’s word for it, and all went forward quietly, *The wind was fair during the next hours, and the next night when I turr in Lunderstood that ‘the chances were that we would reach Bermuda some timo in the mornin The wateh on deck had Leen Keeping the pumps going nearly a1l the time, and I could heat then Lfell asleep. Laslept i room right aft ot the for b ¢ L little air hole in the bulklean be- tween my room and the forcastle. I had fre y ieard what was going on in the for. but had never paid much attention to it. ‘I'hat night ! woke up feeling kind of uncomfortable, 1 heard voices in the foreastle. I fancied that the watehes had just been ehanged and | tried to go to sleep aguin,but 1 could not, Ihe talking in tho foreesstie kept on, This surprised me, men usually went to sleep the moment they turned in, “Fputmy ear up to the air hole and listened, *What will we do with the cook? I liear ilor sy, * “They’ll loek Tim in just hefore cight bells,” veptied « voice, whiieh I recognized as Mike's, “Then I heard a noise as if my door and the shutte over my window were being fastened. I got up softly and feit my door, Lfelt that I hud been fastened in. Iellmbed back into my berth and putting my car to the hole listened zain, **What will become of the poor cook locked up there,” I heard the suilor ask,® (T same Will become of the ship,' replied Mike, with o luugh A chilly, awful kind of fecling 1e when he said this, ¢ cight bells we begin,’ he s, gale Iue aid on bhard,’ on the super- 2 cime con rd the eight bells strike, and and then I heard the men rush out of forceasie. An i t luter I neard to | everal nistol shots fired, This was fol- lowed by loud shouts and somcthing which sounded 2 the smashing in of | doors. Then I heard several more pistol shots, and then everything was quiet, Ilay there in my berth not daring to ery | out lest the mutineers shonld come back and kill me. ‘Their plan scemed clear to me. They undoubtedly intended to secure | the dizmonds. and, leaving the ship to her to make for B Wa in the | open boats Oceusionally I would hear some enter the forcastle for something and then got out again, 1 could not hear the pumps going and I thonght that the vessel was illing fast, | Llay uietly in tuy bunk until daylight began to show itseif through the chinks in‘wy doors and window, then 1 heurd several more fired, ‘T'his wade me think that the captain and the mutes had eeded in harricad themselves in cabin and were stll lolding out. Afew hours passed it out my hea:ing uny more sounds, Tnen Il of a sudden it seemed to me thus the P was sinking The mutineers," 1 thoaght, ‘have killed the oflicers and have left in the boats, leaving me to go down with the ship r to tho door, and shook it v times. but it remained nds 1 was out of fy he and I yelled like madman, threw myself on the deck A woment later I heard some one un- fasten my door. I opened it and sprang | out on tho deck, 1 saw the captain with | 1 suilol st Then 33 and 1-3 PER CENT DIVIDEND. ————— DIVIDERD ~ NOTICE. In addition to the redu yearly puyy pared with (he rat Charged under fhe old system of Life ine Atoe. whioh teduction cquals o CASH DIV | REND of more than FIFIY PER CENT. UPON THETOTAL PREMTUMS PATD, Noutioa (s horel, Aforosnid vsh Fedi tho orodit TUAL KK Who biocur direc to his large oilskin coat on, men who were getting ready two bouts, The ship was fa and the decks now lag alr water s edgo. *We'd fo n all about yon,” the satlor who had unlocked my door. L went aft and took a hand in launch the boats, As 1 did so I heard the captain say: ‘Remember, men, that we must stick by our agroement. You to do your best and the mates and 1 to say nothing about the mutiny, Quick the ship is sinking and we'll be swamped with her +In o moment the boats were over the side. - We were about to got into them when Mike said to the eaptain *Ain't we going to have somo of thom smuggled diamonds for helping you to get them nshore, captainy * 0 have no diamonds,' replied the captast. ‘Now thatit's all over I don’t mind telling you that there really is a dead bondy in that bux. L iried fo put you follows oft by saying ihat it con- tained diamonas and silks.’ 3 ©We'll make sure of that, eaptain, gard Mike, who started toward 'the cabin nid n of tho oureo #iven, thatin addition to the etion, th Amount now to 8 _of the MU. v ASSOCIATION rain 1881, oquale & DIVI: THIE THIRD . 1 the entire assogsmeont prom; 1t box contains the body of my during the ficst quinguennind (five It must not be tonched, If you {vmwpm d, viz: from 1881 to 183 inolusive " o trot int S YORED. asip o | Which nmounit has been denosited with and (.;p:(‘il:‘u live get into the boat! eried ‘the neld by the Contral Trust Company of New York, as Trusteo of the Resorve Fund of this “Mike, followed by Tony, el Assoulat d npplicabio ne proyided in the down into the smaller ” of the two itract by the mewmbors of the Assooin- Then six of the men, the steward the two mat into the largor boat. The bout to follow hen the boat pushed off from the side Then the cantain told me and the only ro- maining sailor to get into the smaller boat, mto which he followed, Weo had LIF, j|;u pushed away ;vluin qu- bark gave @ 2 plange for kecled over to one side [ S Rt b rrowly escaped being [ EDWARD B HARPER, Tres, swamped by the sinking of the vessel % We could “sce the land about twenty 2 [ noticed that the cap- tain didn’t scem pleased at being in the smaller boat along with Mike and Tony. 1 thought that he omng to hail the boat and have the mate change places with him, but whon I lpoked around 1 saw that the other hoat was TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIV MIL- King rapidly {ur]llwlluml .'x;ul was \lt LIONS OF l)ul,ll:‘l‘lrt st ot 4o 1GaAEE o zotting boyond iling distance. A o o o o e ’,'rull. Fiho stroke oat wl Just belind me 1BLEy HiRvo bool recalvod 1nto tts: was ‘Tony, who was next ' to Mike, The aptain urged them to pull hard in order to keep as near as possible to the bir t, but the two chaps too and in an hour the other boat was out of sight. I could h Tony and Mike whispering to enen other in low tones, but I could not make out what they said. The eaptain in steering the boat moved rather stifily as though his clothes didn't st easy on him. 1 got the idea that he must have somcething Stowed I had no doubt that the box had contained diamonds and that and So did drew his revolvol who stopped. Wptaj pointed it at Mi SSOCIATION., BURAMAN, Secrotary, Notion f8 also_givon that during said timo (from 1581 to 1846, fnolusiy ] - SERVE FUND LIKE AS o the widows nnd orpiians ot its deconsed members nearly LIONS OF DOLLARS IN CASH Within this time jts totui buainess exooods ¥ death claim has been paid promptly in Tull, i ANy instances the widow and children receiving tho mon ore the body of the o ased husband and fathor w laid in his grave Within this timo (from 1881 {0 1886 Inolusiy there hos nccumuinted in jts CA 1 TONTIN! RE {VE FUND n ly ONE MILLION 0! ARS, which fund is hold either govern mental authoritios, a8 required by luw, or hela by the CENTRAL Tk UMPAN New York, as Trustee for t) cuhors, tl precluding the possibility of tho Lt se ¥ Of this associntion from being squnndored the officers of the associntion,ns nil investm: mmust be nuade upon the joint” upproval of TWO COMPANI vcluhvl held by (Iul~ L fil.\l Compuny yot invesiod in the nameof tho . Mu- ho had them about him. - Afier wo had [ (oD yet nvestod § ARsocintin s tos ek been about three hours in the boat Tony | failure. or institution would not joopar- jumped up and, pointing astern of the | ¢ hold by tho “Trust Comonny boat, cried, ‘Loak thoro!! on of oltr mowmbers, und Wiy I'ho captain turned around to look NDRED and Tony sprang over me. 1 saw the blade of a stiletto flashing ‘in his hand. £ fllf‘j“"::‘; Quick 1s a flash I grappled him, and we CEA RS o both fell in the bottom of the boat. Mike N MILLIONS ARS 3 Jumped toward us, but before he could URPLUS is lnrwely | s of ONE do anything the captain had got the sti- MALLION ONE HUNDRED SAND DOL- letto_out of “Tony’s “hand.” Fhen he “Our new business for the yonr 1850 exooeds covered Tony ]wnn s |]n~lul| 'Iul made | PIFPY-FIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLALS, him crawl back to his place behind me. The captain kept his pistol out and made OUR EXPENSE ON MANAGEMENT IS AND the two mulinecrs row hard for several hours. We wore getting in | #AS BEEN LESS THAN ONE-THIRD AS GREAT close to the land when a' coasting schooner ~camo along and picked us up. The captain said nothing about the mutiny, Late in the afternoon the schooner lnnded us Bermuda, wher we found the ercw of the other be rorted the loss of the b the Awmcrican _consul, but snid nothing about the mutiny. Nearly all of the crew shipped on vossels then” in - port. consul gave me assage on o st iled for New York a few day rd. The captain came to sce e NEW BUSINESS TRANSACTED, AND LESS , and handed me an order for $300 on the New York agents, 1 at first told him THAN ONE-THIRD AS GREAT UPON EACH that I conldn't tike pay for helping him fo Bningaleidlattoa e o he h ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF OLD BUSINESS e e e et there w W aganst his o monds from England and landing them in an Enghsh colony, and that probably he would dispose of his - dumonds before going to Amer in, T reame my seruples, V in'the junk line in nticmen, is the w A SO Q} 'Y v ‘.:téqk 3\'\{&&0{&%&Y No Opium noarly E DULLARS PER DAY Wo HAVE tion of the p old gystem within the puat S AS THAT OF THE LEVEL PREMIUM MONOPO- LY COMPANIES, TRANSACTING BUSINESS UPON THE OLD SYSTEM OF LIFE INSURANCE BEING LESS THAN ONE-FIFTH AS GREAT UPON EACH ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF against this assoc by the The conflic Association greets i howders thro our land, WISHING THE CEAR, and wssuring them thint perand no safer form of UND LIFE ASSOCIATION nation cun ho bt nt any of the the uscocintion, which are lo- wed in the leading eities of our eountry, or by npplying nt the Home Office, Potter Bullding 35 Park Row, New York City. 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