The Exeter Advocate, 1897-2-18, Page 710
A KING EATING GRASS
REV. DR. TALMAGE ON THE DESE-
CRATION OF SACRED THINGS.
Two Styles of Character to Illustrate God's
Word..One Is Eike a Lighthouse and the
Other is Like a Bleck 1Mney--41. Weird
Scene.
Washington, Feb. 14.—Dr. Talmage in
his sermon uses a weird and strange
scene of ancient times to illustrate the
behaviox' of modern people who desecrate
sacred things and for their arrogance get
a bad tumble. His subject was "A King
Eatina Graes" and the text Daniel iv,
3.13, "The same hour was the thing ful-
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filled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was
driven from Men and did eat glass as
oxen, andehis body was wet with the dew
ofheaven, till his hairs were grown like
'eagles' feather and his nails like birds'
claws.''
Better shade your eyes else they be put
out with the splendor of Babylon, as
some morning you walk out with Nebu-
chadnezzar on the =pension bridges
whieh hang frora the house tops and he
shows you the vastness of his realm, as
the sun kindles the domes with glisten-
ing is alinost insufferable, and the great
streets thunder up their pomp into the
ear of the rimearch, and armed towers
stand around, adorned with theapoils of
conquered empires. Nebuchatbeezzar
waves bis hand above the stupendous
scene and exclaims, "Is not this great
Babylon'that I have built for the house
of the kingdom by tee might of my
power, and for tho honor of my maj-
esty?" But in an instant all that splen-
dor is gone from his vision, for a voice
falls from heaven, saying: "0, King
Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken,
The kingdom is departed from thee, and
they shall drive thee from men, and thy
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the
field. They shall make thee to eab grass
as oxen, and seven years shall pass over
thee,until thou know that the Most High
ruleth in the kingdom of men and
giveth it to whomsoever he will." One
hour Tram the time that he made the
boast be is on the way to the fields, a
maniac, and rushing into the forests he
becomes one of the beasts, covered with
eagles' feathers for protection from the
cold, and his /tails growing to Mods'
claws in order that he might dig the
earth for roots and climb the trees for
nuts.
You see, there is a great variety in the
Sokiptural landscape. In several discour-
hes we have looked at mountains of ex-
cellence, but now we look down into a
great, dark elitism of wickedness as we
come to speak of Nebuchadnezzar. God
in his Word sets before us the beauty of
self denial, of sobriety, of devotioo, of
courage, and then, lest WO should. not
thoroughly understand him he intro-
duced Daniel :aid Paul and Deborah as
illustrations of those virtues. God also
speaks to no in his Word as to the hate-
fulness of pride, of folly, of impiety, and
lest we should, not thoroughly understand
el he introduces Nebuchadnezzar as the
impersonal= of these forms of deprav-
ity. The former style of cbaracter is a
lighthouse, showing us a way into a safe
harbor, and the latter a style of character
is a black buoy, swinging on the rocks,
to show wbere vessels wreck themselves.
Thanks unto God for both the buoy and
the lighthouse! The host of Nebuchad-
nezzar is thundering at the gates of Jer-
usalem. The crown of that sacred city is
struok into the dust by the hand of
Babylonish insolence. The vessels of the
temple, which had never been desecrated
by profane touch, were ruthlessly seized
for sacrilege and transportation. Oh,
what a sad hour when those Jews, at the
conereand of the invading army, are
obliged to leave the home of their nativ-
ity! How their hearts must have been
wrung with anguish when, on the day
they departed, they lieard the trumpet
from the top of the temple announcing
the hour for morning sacrifice and saw
the smoke of the altars ascending around.
the holy hill of Zion! For well they knew
that in a far distant land they would
never hear that triunpet call nor behold
the majestic ascent of the sacrifice. Be-
hold those captives on the road. from Jer-
uisalem to Babylon! Worn and weary,
they dare not halt, for roundabouts are
armed. men urging them on with hoot
and shout and blasphemy.
Aged men tottered along on tbeir
staves, weeping that they could not lay
their bones in the sleeping place of their
fathers, and children wondered. at the
length a the way and sobbed themselves
to sleep when the night had fallen. It
seemed as if at every step a heart broke.
But at a turn of the road Babylon sud-
denly springs upon the view of the cap-
tives, with its gardens and palaces. A
shout goes up from the army as they be-
hold their native city, but not one huzza
is heard from the captives. These exiles
saw no splendor there, for • it was not
home. The Euphrates did not have the
ater gleam of the brook Sear= or tbe
p,00l of Siloam, The willows of Babylon,
on which they hung their untuned harps,
were not as graceful as the trees which
at the foot of Mount Moriah seemed to
weep at the departed glory of Judah, and
all the fragrance that descended from
the hanging gardens upon that great city
was not so sweet as One breath of the
acacia and frankincense that the high
priest kindled in the sanctuary at Jeru-
salem.
Pride and Built.
On a certain night.a little while after,
these captives had been brought to his
city Nebuchadnezzar is scared with a
night vision. A bad man's pillow is apt
to he stuffed with deeds and. forebodings
vvhich keep talking in the night. Ile will
find that the eagles' down in his pillow
will stick him like porcupine quills The
ghosts of old trangressions are sure to
wimder nhout in the &winless and beckon
and lit Yet, when the morning came,
he found that the vision had entirely fled
from him. Dreams drop no anchors and
therefore are apt to sail away before we
can fasten there. Nebuchadnezzar calls
all the wise men of the land into his
presence, demanding that by their necro-
mancy they explain his dream. They, of
course, fail. Then their wrathful king
Issues an edict with as little sense as
mercy, ordering the slaying of all the
learned men of the country .e Bot Daniel
the prophet comes in with the inteepreta-
Sion just in time to save the wise men
and the Jewish captives. '
My friends, do you not see that . pride
and ruin ride in the same saddle? See
Nebuchadnezzar on the proudest throne
of all the earth and then see him graze
with the sheep and the cattle! Pride is
commander, well plumed and capari-
soned, but it leads eorth a dark and
fro-weing host. The arrows from the Al-
mighty's quiver are apt to strike a man
when on the wing. Goliath shakes kis
great spear in defiance, but the smooth
stones trom the brook make him stagger
and fall like an co under a butcher's
bludgeon. He who is down cannot fall,
Vessels scudding under bare poles do not
feel the force of the storm, while those
with all sails set capsizeat the sudden
descent of the tempest, ,
Remember that we can be as proud of
Bur humility as of anything else. .Antes-
thenes walked the streets of Athens with
e ragged cloak to demonstrate his humil-
ity, but Socrates deolared he could see
the hypoerisy through the holes in his
cloak, We weuld all see ourselves smaller
than we are if we were as philosopbic as
Severna, the emperor of Rome who said
at the close of his life, "I have been
everything, and everything is uothing."
And when. the ure that was to contain
his ashes was at his command brought to
hien be said, "Little urn, thou shalt
contain one eor mho= the world Was too
ittle. "
Do you tot also learn from the misfor-
tune of this king of Ilene= what a tor-
rible thing is the loss of reason? There is
no calamity that can possibly befall us
in this world so great as derangement
of intellect —to have the body of man
and yet to fall even below the instinct of
a brute. In this world of horrible sights
the most horrible is the idiot's stare. In
this world of horrible sounds the most
horrible is the maniac's laugh. A vessel
driven on the rocks, when hundreds go
down never to rise and other hundreds
drag their mangled and shivering bodies
'upon the winter's beach, is nothing com-
pared to the foundering of intellects full
of vast hopes and attainments and cap-
acities. Christ's heart went out toward
those who were epileptic, fallieg into the
fire, or maniacs, cutting themselves
among the tombs.
We are accustomed to be more grateful
for plereical health than for the proper
working of ow mind. We are apt to take
it for granted tbat the intellect which
has served us so well will always be
faithful. We forget that an engine of such
tremendous power, where the wheels have
such vastness of circle and such swiftness
of motion and the least iro.pediment
might put it out of gear, can only be
kept he proper balance by a divine hand.
No human hand could engineer the train
of immortal faculties, How strange it is
that our memory, ou -whose shoulders all
the misfortunes and successes and occur-
rences a a lifetime ere placed, should
not oftener break down, and that the
scales of judgment, which have been
weighing so much and so long, should
not lose their adjustment, and that fancy,
which holds a dangerons wand, should
not somethnesonalieiously wave it, bring-
ing into the heart forebodings and hallu-
cinations the most appalling! is it not
strange that this mind, which hopes so
much in its mighty leaps for the attain-
ment of its objects, should not be dashed
to pieces on its disappointments? Though
so delicately tuned, this instrument of
untold. harmony plays oe, though fear
shakes it, and vexations rack it, and sor-
row and joy and loss aud gain in quick
succession beat out of it their dirge or
toss from it their anthem. At morning
and at night, when in your prayer you
rehearse the causes of your thanksgiving,
next to the salvation by Jesus Christ,
praise the Lord for the preservation of
your reason.
See also in this story of Nebuchadnez-
zar the use that God inakes•of bad. Men.
The actions of the wieked are used as in-
struments for the punishment uf -wicked-
ness in others or as the illustration of
some principle in the divine government.
Nebuchadnezzar subserval both purposes.
Even so I will go back with you to the
history of every reprobate that the world
has ever seen, and I will show you how
to a great extent his wickedness was
limited in its destructive power and how
God glorified himself in the overthrow
and disgrace of his enemy. Babylon is full
of abomination, and wicked Cyrus de-
stroys it. Persia fills the cup of its in-
iquity, and vile Alexander puts an end
to it Macedon roust be chastised, and
bloody Emilius does it. The Bastille IS to
be destroyed, and. corrupt Napoleon ac-
cornplishes it. Eden so selfish and wicked
inen are often made to accomplish great
and glorious purposes. Joseph's brethren
were guilty of superlative perfidy and
meanness when they sold him into slav-
ery for about $7, yet how they must have
been overwhelmed with the truth that
God never forsakes the righteous when
they saw Ile had, become the prime min-
ister of Egypt! Pharaoh oppresses the
Israelites with the most diabolic tyranny,
yet stand still and see the salvation of
God. The plagues descend, he locusts,
and the hell, and the destroying angel,
showing that there is a God who will
defend the cause of his people, and. fin-
ally, after the Israelites have passed
through the parted sea, behold, in the
wreck of the drowned army, that God's
enemies are chaff in a whirlwind! In
some financial panic the righteous suffer-
ed with tho wicked. Houses and stores
ane lips in a night foundered on the
hoe, bankruptcy, and healthy credit,
without winning, dropped dead: in the
street, and money ran up the long ladder
of 26 per cent., to laugh down upon those
who could not climb after it.
Dealers with pockets full of securities
stood shouting In the deaf ears of banks.
Men rushed down the streets, with pro-
tested notes after them. Those who before
found it hard to spend their money were
left without money to spend. Laborers
went home for want of work, to see
hungry in their chair at the table and
upon the hearth. Winter blew his breath
of frost through fingers of icicles, and
sheriffs, with attachments, dug among
the cinders of fallen storehouses, and
whole cities joined in the long funeral
procession, marching to the grave of dead
fortunes and a faelen commerce. Verily,
the righteous suffered with the wicked,
but generally the wicked had the worst
of it. Splendid estates that had name to-
gether through schemes of wickedness
were dashed to pieces like a potter's Yes -
see and God wrote with letters of fire,
amid the ruin and destruction of reputa-
tions and estates that were thought im-
pregnable, the fashioried truth, which
centuries ago he wrote in his Bible, "The
way of the wicked he turneth upside
down." As the stars of heaven are re-
flected from the waters of the earth, even
so God's great and magnificent purposes
are reflected back from the boiling sea, of
•
human passion and tor -moil. As the
voice of a sweep song tittered among the
mountains may be uttered back feom the
cavernous home a wild beasts and rocks
split and thunder scarred, so the great,
harmonies of Godes providence are rung
inek from the darkest caverns of this slit
struck earth. Sennacheribeand A.binielech
and Herod and Judas and Nereerancl
Nebuchadnezzar, though they struggled
like beaata unbroken to the load, were
put iota a yoke, where they were oom-
polled to help draw ahead God's great
projeets of mercy.
Desecration.
Again, let us learn the lesson that men
can be guilty of polluting the sacred ves-
sels of the temple and carrying them
away to Babylon. The sacred,yesseis in
the temple at jeriesalein were the cups
and plates of gold and silver with which
the rites and ceremonies were celebrated.
'rile laying of heathen bands upon them
,ml the carrying them oir as spoils was
o irabounded offense to tbe Lord of the
temple. Yet Nebuchadnezzar committed
this very sacrilege. Though that wicked
king is gone, the sins be inaugurated
walk up and doe= the earele cursing it
from century to century. The sin of dese-
erating sacred things is cominitd by
those who on saeraniental day take the
connnuoiou eap, while their couversaelon
and deeds all show that they live down
in Babylon, How solemn- is the sacra-
ment! It is a thne for vows, a time for
repentance, a time for faith. Sinai Stands
near, with its fire split clouds, and Cal-
vary with its victim. The Holy Spirit
broods over the scene, anti the glory of
heaven seems to gather in the sanctuary.
Vile indeed must that man be who will
dome in from his idols and .unrepented
follies to take hold of the sacred vessels
of the temple. 0 thou Nebuchadnezzar!
Back with you to Babylon!
These also desecrate sacred things who
use the Sabbath day for ahty other than
religious purposes. This holy day was let
down from heaven amid the intense
securlarities of the week to remind, us
that we are immortal and to ailow us
preparatio, for an endless state 'of happi-
ness. It is it green spot in the hot desert
of this world that gushes with founleins
and waves with pahn trees, This is the
thne to shake the duse from the robes
of our piety and in the tents of Israel
sharpen our swords, for future confliet
Heaven, that seeins so far off on other
days, alights upon the earth, and the
song of heavenly choirs and the hosanna
of the white robed seem to mingle with
our earthly worship. We hear the wailing
infant of 33etb1ehem, and the hammer
stroke of the carpenter's weary sou in
Nazareth, and the prayer of Gethsemane,
and the bitter cry a Golgotha. Glory be
unto the Lord. of the Sabbath! With that
one day in seven God divides this great
sea of business and gayety, so that dry
shod we may pass between the worldly
business of the past end the worldly
business of the future.
But to many the Sabbath conies only
as a day for neighborhood visiting, field
rambling, hotel lounging and political
caucusing. This glorious Sabbath, which
was intended only as a golden chalice
from which the thirsty should drink, is
this moment being carried down to Baby-
lon. I do not exaggerate the truth when
I say that to tens of thousands there is
no distinction between the Sabbath and
tho week days, except that on the Lord's
day they do not work, while they eat
more largely and diesipate more thorough-
ly. Sabbath breakers are like hunters
who should compel their hounds to take
rest while they themselves conthaue on the
weary ebase, for men on the Sabbath al-
low their bodies, which are merely the
animal nature, sulllcient repose, while
their immortal nature, which should be
fed and. refreshed, is compelled to chase
up and down this world's highway. How
shameful to rob God of his day, when he
allows men so much lawful acquisition,
even of it worldly nature, on the Sabbath,
for, although men themselves are com-
manded to rest, the corn, and the wheat,
and the grass grow just as rapidly ontke
Sabbath as on other days, so that while
they sit in the sanctuary they aro actually
becoming richer in worldly things! While
you are doing nothing your bonds and
mortgages are all accumulating interest
for your estate just as fast as on other
days. efen hired by the inouth or year
are receiving just as much wages while
quiet on the Sabbath as they are the
hardworking week days. No, I say how
unutterably mean it is, when God is add -
to your worldly estate on the Sabbath
as certainly as on other days, that any
should be not satisfied with that, but at-
tempt to seize additional secular advant-
age from the Lord's day! Have you never
noticed the curious fact that our worldly
occupation frequently seems to be divided
into sections of six days each?
Every week we have just enough work
given us to do in six days.. God. inakes
just enough breaks in our continuous oc-
cupations to thrust in the Sabbath. If
you have not before noticed, observe
hereafter thab when Saturday night
comes there is almost always a good stop-
ping place in your business. All things
secular and spiritual in providence and
revelation seem to say, "Remember the
Sabbath day to keep is holy." When the
six days of creation had passed God
stopped working. Not even a pure flower
or a, white cloud would he make, because
it was the Sabbath, and, giving an ex-
ample to all future times, he rested.
The Best of All Days.
He who breaks the Sabbath not more
certainly robs God than robs himself. In-
evitably continaious desecration of the
sacred day ends in either bankruptcy or
destroyed health. A great merchant said,
"Had. it not been for the Sabbath I have
no doubt I should have been a maniac
long ago." This rentaik was made in a
company of merchants, and one of them
said: "That corresponds with the experi-
ence of my friend, a great importer. He
often said, 'The Sabbath is the best day
of the week to plan successful voyages.'
He has for years been in an insane hos-
pital and will probably die there,"
Those also repeat the sin of Nebuchad-
nezzar who in any way desecrate the
Holy Scriptures. There are men who use
the Word of God a.s an instrument of
angry controversy. Bigots at heart and
zealots, in the advocacy of their religious
peculiarities they meet other sects with
the fury of it .highwayinau, thrusting
thern through and through with what
they consider the word of the spirit. It is
a wonder to me that some men were not
mtde. with horns to hook with, arid hoofs
to kiek with, and with claws to grab
with. What Christ said to rash Peter
when be struck oie the ear of alalchus he
says to every controversialist, "Put up
again thy sword into its place, for all
they that tate the sword shall perish
with the sword.'"
Rev. William Jay met a countryman
who said to Jilin: "I was extremely
alarmed this morning, sir. It was very
foggy, and I was going down to a lonely
place and I thought I saw a strange
mon;ter. It seemed in motion, but I
could not discern its forni. I did not like
to turn back, but my heart beat and the
more I looked the more I was afraid.
But as I approached I saw it Was 0331011,
and who do you think it was?" "I know
.not." "Oh, it was my brother John."
Then Mr. Jay remarked, "It was earl,'
in the morning and very, foggy, and how
often do we thus mistake' our Christi=
brethren."
Just in proportion as men are wrong
Will they be boisterous in their religions
contentions. The lamb of religion is al-
ways gentle, while tnere is no lion so
fierce as the roaring lion that goes about
seeking 'whom he may devour. Let Gib-
raltars beloh their war fiaine on the sea,
and the Dardanelles darken the Ifelle-
spent with the smoke of their batteries,
but for ever and ever let there be good
will among those who profess to lee sub-
jects of the gospel of gentleness. "Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will to men."
What an & nbarrassing thing to rneet
In heaven if we have not settled our con-
troversies on earth. So I give out for all
people of all religions to sing John Faw-
cett's hymn, in short meter, composed in
1772,‘but justus appropriate for 1897:—
Blest be the tie that binds
Our liearts in Christian love. •
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like tothat above.
From sorrow, toil and pain
And sin we shall be free,
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
The Gospel.
Whatever bears on the text or meaning
of the Bible cannot but awake curiosity
and arouse interest among more people
than the handful of professional theolo-
gians. Mr. Ingersoll, to the contrary not-
Withstaoding, the Bible will remain
'what it bas been—essentially the book of
the people, from -which to draw its
poetry, its religion, and by which to be
comforted and consoled. Tbis is the rea-
son -why the discoveries in Egyptian aud
Mesoputamiau archaeology are watched
with such keen interest by the public at
large. The excavations on Trojan soil
have by fax the fewer followers. The
former bear on the bible, the latter on
Homer. The kinee of Judah aro mu&
nearer the heart (be people than Aga-
memnon and Paris. Tbis to dispute is a
folly clf wbica only puerile agnosticism
will be guilty. The doeuments bearing
an his life and death have, therefore, an
exceptional position among the records.
purporting to chronicle eve,nts or to
speak of the career of hero or warrior.
This, as much as any Other consideration,
has prompted modern new testament
soieuce to the effort to fix, if possible,
the earliest and nicet authentic text of
the um testament writings. Greek man-
uscripts and the quotations found in
early churelefathers did good service in
tIns direction; but the critics were also
powerfully aided by the old translations,
that often preserve a text different from
that of our Bible and often nearer the
original form.
Three years ago on Mount Sinai an old
Syriac version Wee discovered which, as
it now appears, shows most strange de-
partures from the received text of the
gospels. Of Syria's translations of the
Bible or New Testament no less than
five had been known before the discov-
ery of this last paliinpsest. 'When in 1858
Cureton published from a very old natiuu-
script fragments front a new Syriac ver-
sion of the gospels he and many scholars
supposed to have at last the original form
of Matthew. In thisthey undoubtedly
erred, but the Cureton text could pass as
the most ancieut translation extant.
Now, however, even this is doubtful.
The new And as many striking similari-
ties to the Cureton readings, but has
many pasages that are strikingly dissim-
ilar. A. few of the departure from our
Teri= are most remarkable, Tbe most
noticeable, however, are these: Chapter 1
of Matthew, 'verse xvi, reads: "Jacob
begot Joseph; .Toseph, to whom Virgin
Mary was betrothed, begot Jesus;"
verse ii; "She shall bear unto thee a
son," and verses =she and xxv: "And.
he ook his wife unto himself and she
bore hire a son and he called him Jean."
The supernatural birth af Jesus is thus
denied in this version. This bedicates
thatthe translation originates from
Ebionite circles. Up to the fourth Chris-
tian century there existed in tho east
Jordon districts of Palestine the language
of which parts of this Syriac translation
recalls, congregations of Ebionitese or
Nazarenes, that denied the supernatural
birth of Jesus. These must have been the
translators, whose work an accident laid
into our hand. At all events, this new
Syriac version is very old, and will be a
great help to New Testament criticism.
The Latest Reputed Cancer Cure.
One of the greatest developments an
medical science of the future will be the
discovery of it cure for cancer. M. Deni-
senko, a Russian doctor, on the strength
of investigations he has made, earnestly
entreats the medical profession to experi-
ment upon the sap of the wart -wort,
Chelidonium majus, as a possible remedy
for the treatment of this frightful scourge.
The sap of the plant is widely used in
Russia, as it is in other countries, for
inaking warts disappear. Dr. DeniSenko
has found that after prolonged use in
very small doses a preparationof the sap
administered internally causes cancer
growths to disappear. He has published
a paper, illustrated by photogrephs, in
which the history of seven cases of cancer
are given, four being cases of external
growths in such places of the body as
rendered surgical operations of no use,
and three cases being internal growth,
in the oesopbagus and the stomach.
From the pliorograolis it would seem
that the effect of the internal treatment
espeeially are simply astonishing. The
growths have totally disappeared. The
growth in the oesophagus was formerly
so great that the patient could swallow'
liquid food only; he can now swallow
chopped meat, bread and bard -boiled.
eggs. This' is said to be the first case on
scientific record of cancer growths being
expelled by the use of internal remedies
only. "Of course, the growths may reap-
pear. It is to settle this question that Dr.
Deniseuko specially appeals to his col-
leagues for co-operation. Another essent-
ial point is that the Chelidonium sap
contains two deadly alkaloids, cholidonine
and sangui-pyrine, and it has to be
proved whether its continued use, even
in small doses, will not tell iu the long
To Utilize the Earth's Heat.
According to the late expression of the
trade and tecbunical journals, the utiliza-
tion of the earth's heat Will be one of the
next triumphs of the engineer. It is now
pretty generally believed that this can be
done by sinking wells or shafts to the
depth of 12,000 or 15,000 feet into :the
bowels of the earth, thus getting down
to the central heat of the globe. Some
argue that so great a depth cannot pos-
sibly be attained, but admit that it may
not Ise imposible to penetrate even to 20,-
000 to 80,000 feet with .the improved
machinery which the corning engineer
will have at his command. Water ob-
tained from it depth of even 12,000 feet
would have it teraperature of 200 degrees,
centigrade, wlaieh could be used to heat
dwelling -houses and public latilldings, to
say aothing of the immense amount of
power it would supply.
TOLD BY A SYCAMORE TREE
A mark made Thirty Years Aso Found
Beneath the Dark and Growth.
The line of survey between the Meson -
plebe rancho and the forest reservation,
which has been se often disputed and 60
many times surveyed, has at last been
settled, and in a novel manner. A. huge
old sycamore tree has given witness, and
that in the form of a record that is be-
yood dispute. The original survey of the
'line in question was made almost thirty
years ago. On the location of station 29
there has never been any dispute, but
many claims were put forth for the loca-
tion of station 30, Later and private ear-
yeys claimed that the line must have
gone almost straight east from station ,
29, which is in Devil canyon. Again, the
claim has been made by surveyors that
the line of the survey from station 29 to
station 30 runs Ina general southeasterly
direction. .As station 30 is over a mile
east of station 29, this made a discrep-
ancy of over 1,500 feet at station 80.
Many private surveys have been made,
and the ext location of the line has
been the subject of many thousands of
dollars' -worth of litigation. In the Mus-
oupiabe land cases this has been one of
the subjects of dispute. A. short time ago
United States Surveyor G. H. Perrine ap-
peared in this city with a force of =en,
and, has been steadily worleing on this
survey ever since. The original survey,
made thirty years ago, was the work of
Surveyor John Haucock, and the field:
notes made by him were brought with
Mr. Perrine. When the disputed territory
was passed there was a memorandiun
stating that a tree bad been blazed near
station 30. Arriving at a point where he
thought the station should be located,
Mr, Perrine sighted over the surroondiug
country for e tree which he thought
might have been growing at the time of
the first survey.
A, tree was found that bore on its
'brank a rough and gnarled spot. Tbe
surveyor decided that if this was the
tree. inside of the trunk should be indi-
cations of the orlginal marks. He took an
ax, cut above and below the rough spot,
removed a huge chip, and. there in the
heart of the tree were the original marks
made long ago. The characters appeared
inverted on the ehip, and as plain as the
day wben first made—"M-80—B. T."
signifying Muscupiable Station 30, blazed
tree.
The chip was brought to this city yes-
terday apd forwarded to the Federal
courts at Los Angles, where it will in
the future be used as evidence, clearly
proving the original line of survey. The
marks on the trunk of the tree had been
overgrown with almost thirty years of
growth, so that it was due to A. Per-
rine's perseverance and knowledge of
botany that the line was definitely settled
beyond all dispute.—San Bernardino Sun.
California's New Mining Camp.
This is a wild camp, composed of 242
tents, mostly small ones, and 112
"shacks" and "shanties," ranging from
6 by 6 to e0 by 60 feet. The largest are
the dancettouses, groceries, hotels and
lodging houses. It is hard to get a. bed
In a comfortable place at any price. Every
kind of trade is amply represented on a
small scale except the ga,mbling bouses
and oilcans, which are represented on a
scale out of proportion to the number of
iahabitants. More "shanties" are erected
every day, and it takes about two days'
work of two men to build one of them
without plastering, ceiling and. with few
windows.
It is it mining camp in every respect
except the mining part of it
As there are only about 75 men em-
ployed in the mines out of about 1,500
people the money to support the camp
comes mostly from outsiders, coming and
going. There are three stages from Mo-
have and two from Kramer every day,
besides many teams hauling hunber, sup-
plies and water.
Very little development work bas been
done yet on the claims and mines, but
for the amount done there is an excellent
showing of ride high grade ore.
No miner or any one else who must
have immediate work to live should come
here, as the camp is overstocked now.
Every foot of the surrounding country
is taken up by claims, scene two or three
deep. There is a prospect of lively times
in settling op these claims.
There is a rival camp just over the
hill east of Randsburg, named Johannes-
burg, an immensely high sounding =Me
for a very small camp of a few scattered
tents. In fact, living here is about like
camping out on a vacant lot in San Frame
cisco surrounded by old tin cans and
without the comforts of nice pavements.
—Randsburg Letter in San Francisco
Diaadvautages of Plagiarism.
A rather amusing story is told of a cer-
tain so called "popular preacher," the
Rev. Dr. D—, whose marvelous powers
of eloquen invariably gathered him
large audiences. People wondered at his
sermons,and proclaimed him an intellec-
tual genius. Now the doctor was a plag-
iarist who patched up his own exceeding-
ly poor sermons by introducing here and
there passages from the sermons of cele-
brated divines, but the ingenious way in
which he accomplished this prevented
discovery. Then, too, his audiences'he
calculated, were not students of theology,
and therefore not likely to detect his ap-
propriationss. But in this be made his
mistake, and leis exposure took place as
follows:—
One day an elderly gentleman entered
the church and took a seat in the first
mw. As the docter proceeded with his
sermon, the gentleman broke in now and
then with such remarks as "That's Sher-
lock,' '`Ah, from Tillotson," "Now it's
13111 ' ' etc.
The doctor stood it for a little 'While.,
but at last, full of wrath, he said
'My dear sir, if you do not restrain
your impertinent remarks anti. hold your
tongue I'll have you ejected."
The elderly gentleman, looking the
elector calmly in the face, said, "That's
his own."--Ilaxpev's Round Table.
Appreciated. '
"I'll never forget the time we got 41,
piano oat at Crimson Gulchee remarked
Itronebo Bob,
"Did you enjoy it?"
alma zin
AVIto played on it;1"'
"All of us. It was juat the right
:might to let the boys stand up and rest
themselves while they dealt faro on it."
— Wash in gton Star.
The Real Trouble.
Edwin (as they reached the summit of
the mountain after a long climb)—Ah,
we aro here a Lot What a magnificent
veiw! At such a time and piece I feel
strange sensations—an indefinable long
Ing a soul creving, as %were, which—
.A ngelhaa—My dear Edwin, what you
want is a Sanawiah.—Piek Up.
MISSING HEIRS,
Vacant English ISliceeSidons Which Were
Advertised In esen
In the course of a year some thouaands
of advertisemeuts appear in tae eaff0111"
columns of the English press, inquiriag
for missing heirs, legatees and °there.
These notices, which are often of a most
re•maatie character, have a peculiar fas-
cination wool for people who haye no
"expectations." A. few jottings on the
more import:tot cases for 1896 may there-
fore interest your readers.
'Vacant successions await the hens of
Edith IlarriSOn, widow of E. llockel, and.
her children, who were fund de,ad near
Brussels, supposed to have been neorder-
ed. And considerable property is due to
the next of kin of John Leddy, formerly
of Cavan and late of San Fl•anclaco. Miss
Kate Norris of Dublin, -who died in 1894,
is supposed to have been vvitbout any re-
latives, and the heirs of Miss lefargaret
Middlenuss of Musselburgh are naissing.
H. J. Masters of Hull, last heard of in
1884,has become entitled to funds through
the death of his parents. The brothers of
Nasmyth Morrieson, who died in India
in 1846, are sought; also the descendants
of Rowland Cowper, who died in London
io 1828. The residue of the estate of Mrs.
Isabel Fyffe, formerly of Bombay, who
died io 1873, has, in the absence of heirs,
fallen to her Majesty, the Queen, and,
the "nonnaizemut" children of his late
highness, the Nawab .Nazin of Bengal,
are inquired for. `..Cbe deseenclants of Dr.
Joy Adolphus of Germany are entitled to
share in the estate of a London merchant
who died, nearly 200 years ago, and 417,-
000 has become due to the next of kin of
Mary Hendry, who was living in 1777.
T. J. Hull, who left England for Aloe
tralia in 1864, is entitled to freehold
property; the 'children of Caroline Day,
who died at Leamington in 1874, arc
sought, and legacies are due to the
brother ancl sister of Mary J. Caldwell,
who Walt to America, in 1866.
The proceeds '01 the sale of a freehold
estate in Cheshire awaits James Kirkley,
who lefe England in 1878; the sons of
Donald alcRae of Grayeeend, who diedein
1851, are wanted, and Francisi Laces of
Peal:Loath, who went to sea many years
ago, is a missing legatee. News is wanted
of William Lingford, on whose arm is
tatooed a skull and crossbones, and who
left for America in 1885, and the children
of Adolphus Orem, who died in an in-
firmary in 1881, are missing. William
Jeffrey of Folkestone, last heard. of in
1874, and Jerninea, Jeffrey, who disap-
peared 30 years ago, are both inquired
for, while A. R. Reeve, decorative
painter, said to have gone te America
in 1889, is entitled to e1,900. J. L. White
of Chiebester, who left England in 1E170,
Is also entitled to funds, and J. C.
Golden, who in 1881 ISMS in the employ -
of a baker, may share in the rest-
dumy estate of a lady recently deceased;
Mary A. Cbarlesworth of York, in 1874,
Is interested lie the estate of her father,
and it is again notified that a3,526 Is
due to the unknown heirs of John Benny,
who died abroad. Information is wanted'
of James Blair, who, on a voyage from
Leith to London, fell overboard, and par-
ticulars are required as to securities be-
longing to a clergyman drowned in the
wreck of the Drummond Castle. Claim-
ants snay benefit to the extent of n9,000
arising from the estate of Commodore
Michael Stackpoole of Limerick, 'who
died in 1846. The children of Harriet ete
Gorr, who died in Liverpool in 1878, are
wanted.; also the decendants of Thomas
:Jaffrey, who died en route from Indian
nearly 100 years ago. The 80315 02 William
Platt, who died at Winkfield, Berke, ba
1858, are called for, and F. S. Capon,
who left England. in 1833, is interested in
a legaey of £1,000. Other missing bene-
ficiaries include Eliza Ballantine, who
went to Australia 25 years ago; Agnes.
A. Russell, or Bradshaw, of Glasgow in
1852; William Bellew, formerly of Nor-
tham, North Devon; Thomas Dowle of
Tasmania'40 Tears ago, and A.. L. Old-
field, last heard of at Sydney.
Many persons are inquired for by the
eourts of chancery. These include J. B.
Crabtree, who left Yorkshire in 1878;
.Tames Kearns, who emigrated to New
York prior to 1818; G. T. Sandy, last
seen at Manchester in 1882; David,
Henry and Peter Lawson of Nova Scotia,.
in 1847; Henry A. /Aargau, last beard
of in South Africa in 1889; T. E. Horse -
331031, who went, to .Australia in 1844,
the zwot of kin of W. D. Overton of
Swindon, Gloucestersbire; W. N. Cornock
of Beeniughem, last seen in 1884; the
next of kin of T. H. Bake of King's.
Lynn who died in 1845; L. W. Boode,
said tO•have died in Demerara in 1839,
and J. T. Boode, who probably died in
Germany in 1846.
The next of kin or representatives are,
sought of John Lowe of Boston, Lincoln-
shire. who died in 1782; Miss Sophia
Collett of London. M 1705; Charles Gore
of London in 1797; John Collis, who
died in Limerick in 1816; Beery 33riclas
of Manchester, who died. in 1873; Jain=
Brander, late British -ice consul at Lis-
bon, in 18e9; W. F. Preston of Rollestoa,
who died in 1881; Major General XL
Ballingall, wbo retirea in 1816, and 1).
A. N., who was tranported to Sydney in
1888.—St. Louis Globe -Democrat.
The Samoan Marriage.
rt is not to be supposed that the in's-
sionmr y's lot is always the happiest in the
world, but there are iiiinee when there
are incidents in it so full of humor as to
make up for the troubles and trials which
are more common. Among; the stories in
illustration a this poira is one that
comes from a recent British consul to
Samoa, who states that a missionary
tbere was one day visited. by a gentle
looking youth, who asked, "Please, sir,
may I get Married?" A. day was appoint-
ed for the ceremony, when, at the time
named, appeared the youthful bride-
groom, looking neat, shy and guileless.
He was asked to take a seat and did so,
blushing vigorously. A quarter of an houe
elapsed, and there were no fresh arrivals,
yet there sat the young maa without the
slightest show of that anxiety visually
attributed to yeentlemen about to tate the
fatal' plunge. At last the miesioaary be-
came inmatient and asked him where the
young woman was.
"Who?" said the youth.
"Why, the girl you want ti marry!"
"Oh, she's at Safata!"
"What!" cried the rainistet. "Have
you come here for me to marry you to it
woman 16 miles off on the other side of
the island?"
"Yea" replied the innocent "1 &diet
think you would want her!"
Ile was sent away to fetish her, and, in
the course of a week, returned to go
through the marriage ceremony in due
forne—Hasper's Roiand Table.
Tommy—Are all mem who have too
many wives called bigamists, pa?
Herspeck—No; ouly those who have
two or more, aay- 1101L-4i0Ilk.