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The Clinton New Era, 1891-09-04, Page 3
ttla IISAYIt.ILY RAILROAD! " tt` 0f the 910ut11 of babel( and ;mak. lints,. 'thou 21;4 !?ertopted praise," ,e Z i1 t. a.. ' i ID tr,tvelliug we often .meet with. pol.aUan 'Qt different uatiuniii- ities and: l.uiguages. We, also Meet withh incidents, of various c1}araotersL Henle sprlroW£uls and joyful:, and inetr'uotive, NO of t4 latter characters 1 witnessed+ arecel?tty whilst travelling in the oars; he 'train was going west, and the time was ()Veiling. ,At a atatiou a little girl about night years old came on board, Currying a little budget under her arm. She came into the car and deliberately took a seat, " She then pompom:4 a scrutiny of faces; but all were strange to her; she appeared weary, and placing !ler budget fot a pillow, she pre- Sared to try and take a little sleep. oon the conductor came along collecting tickets and fares. Ob- serving him she asked if the might be there. The gentlemanly conductor replied_ that she might, and then kindly asked her for her ticket. She informed him that she had none when the following conversation ensured : Said the conductor, 'Where are you going?' She answered, 'I'm going to' Heaven. He asked again, 'Who pays your fare?' She then said, 'Mister, does this railroad lead to Heaven, and does Jesus travel on it?' He answered, 'I think not. Why do you think,so?' 'Why, sir, before my ma died, she used to sing to me of a Heavenly railroad, and you look- ed so nice and talked so kind, I thought this was the road, My ma used to sing to Jesus, on the Heavenly railroad, and that He paid the fare of everybody, and that the train stopped at every station to take people on board, but my ma dont sing to me any more Nobody sings to ins now, and 1 th ought I would take the cars � and go to ma. Mister, do you sing to your little girl about Heaven 1 You have a little girl, haven't you 1 ' He replied, 'No, lay little dear, I have no little girl uow. I had one once, but she died some time ago, and went to Heaven.' .Again she asked, ' did she go over this railroad and are you go- ing to see her now 4 By this time every person in the car was on his feet, and most of them. weeping. An attempt to describe what -I witnessed is quite futile. Some said, God bless the little girl !' Addressing herself once more to the conductor, she asked him, Do you love Jesus ? I do, and if you love Him, He will let you ride to Heaven on His railroad. I am going there, and I wish you would go with me. I know Jes- us will let me go into Heaven when I get there. He will let you in, too, and everybo4 , who will ride on His railroad; yes, all these people. Wouldn't you like to see Heaven, and Jesus, and your little girl?' These words, so innocently uttered, brought a great gush of tears from all eyes, but most pro- fusely from the eyes of the con- ductor. Some who were travel- ing on the Heavenly railroad, shouted for joy. She now asked the conductor, 'May I lie here till I get to Heaven?' He answered, 'Yes, dear, yes.' She then asked, 'will you wake me up then, so that I might see my tea, your little girl, and Jes- tie? for I want to see them all.' The answer came in broken ac- cents, but very tenderly spoken, 'Yes, dear, yes; God bless you!' 'Amen' was sohed by more than a score of voices. Turning her eyes again on the conductor, she asked him, 'What shall I tell your little girl, when I see her; shall I tell her that I saw her pa on Jesus's railroad, Shall I?' This brought a fresh floor of tears from the eyes ofall present, and the conductor kneeling by her side, and embracing her, wept the ly which he could not utter. his juncture the brakesman d out ,H—S—. e learn from ' this inci- that Bout of the mouth of babes God has ordained gth; and a ought to be will - to repre nt the cause of s even in " railroad car.— raft from G "ce and Truth. most important church in Australia, the Wesleyan ist, recently passed a vote erence assembled that ere entitled to vote with oral other denominations ed this stand, which, not be assailed. tman has been ials as a min- Formely be the United t for six years be Methodist stationed last lag°. One of of his flock, in Olmstead sed him of be- 3ould no longer ition. He paid 3 his secret, but nod of the case, .he linconses to Mr Eastman by tions. This is Church trial and ire B..tl rkee Pease The village of 81arimy is in the:aertla oil 4, aabgt9t beer auilta feete4 Cork. ihlee- ty Castle wag built by Corineek hteCar eht•, tireatroat," fearth I :,i:rY efuelserry, ateuut the middltof brie tl e century. Iiia 'eine of the f*inous ul* emerer Bare visitee by 'liouaande of totirrsts. every yee3. Tele hi lergele ien aecomllt of a tradition #'dela bee beep attached for some centuries to one of the stones used in buildipts the castle, This etgne is said to commueleate to tie toue that touches it the gift of gentle, Whom jptseb and that has &knee rips to the assign• PA when any ono is of pardon/10y sweet %:meat test he or she has "kiesed the phoney jjtwice A imam weittea by Richard Alfred jsiiilildm la 17,8; refers to the Local tradition them steams "There is a etgne there, That whosoever kigsee, Oh, be never mime To grow eloquent '(Tia he may clamber To a lady's chamber, Or become a member Of Parliament. "A clever spouter He'll turn oist—or An out -and -outer To be let alone 1 Don't hope to hinder him, Or to bewilder him, Sure he's a pilgrim From the Blarney stone." A wicked (construction; Marie -1'm within ten years of thirty-six. Maria --Mercy 1 you are not forty-six, cry you ? Fast gnough. "He is aging very rapidly, is he not 1" "Well—at the usual rate. Sixty seconds to the mlinute," Like a Summer Hotel "Mercury meet have had big feet." "Why so?" "They had wings on them." Losing a Grand Opportunity: "Henderson has no sentiment," said `Marie. "Don't you think he has?" "No I refused to marry him and he basn't unged madly into dissipation, or done may - to show that he is a blighted being. The Tailor -Made Glr1; figlason (milting on Miss Westeott)—Where enlist; Dickey 1 I thought she was visiting jou. Miss Westcott—She will be down after a while. She is looking for her collar -button. cowed the Old Man. Father (threateningly)—I've a great mind to thrash you. Little Son—Take a man of yer size. Take tint. Father trembles at the thought, and sits Sown. Not Yet Desperate. Middle-aged Spbbster (as tramp comes into the yard) —What do you want here, anything to eat? Tramp—What else should I want, madam? Did you think I came to offer a proposal or marriage? A Misleadink Garb Bagley (at the seashore)—Is year wife go - In to the ball to -night 1 Hailey+ -Well, @1Ie'e dressed for somethiing, but flea blessed if 1 now whether she's going to !Biba!l or down to the beach for a Moon - 'Mkt dip. A Beaponebie Demand He (angrilyCome.at ds time you gave me an answes.-.yea or pp. otherwise f shall think y u are triflina with Me She --Now doeet tee{1 Jaek; you know i cannot answerloci 1e�it Shed out whether the Count is m eant,01i net. A i8lesawd !lope He eiffisinced to the si4tdo-w)—How embar- fassifie it will be, when we die, to meet your Hist hyaleandi The etridow—roesibly, nW dean you and *updated dead will (abide in different re - gnat That is any bore, . yr A Morse% Fears. "You can recommend this horse, then?" "Certainly t be is as kind as can lam end enrols only Ons *thing that he's afraid Of." "'Vest is tbati" ' "He's afraid somebody will say whoa to him and he won't hear it." Of One Mind Mr. Peterkin—Oh, I like to sit by you, Miss Bell. Miss Bell (who is exclusive)—And so do L Mr. Peterkin (puzzled for the moment)— But—or—how's that ? Miss Bell—I like to sit by myself. He Was Willing. Mies Scadds (to the minister)—Mr. Hunker and I are going on a ramble. Will you join us? Rev. Mr. Thirdly (who caught only the last sentence)—With pleseure—Do you wish the ceremony performed in the cburch? In the Train "That fellow over there must feel uncom- fortable." ."Wbyr„ "He tried to shut the window for the girl in front of bin, but couldn't do it. Atter be gave it up, the girl tried and succeeded." Hard en Trousers. Miss Palisade—Did you notice how dread fully Mr. Robinson's trousers bagged last night? Miss Summit—Yes. What was the reason ? Miss Palisade—He proposed to Miss Lofty the night before and she always makes them kneel for an hour. No Spare Hours. Mr. Hayseed (arriving at city hotel)—I s'pose I kin hear the gong here when it rings for dinner can't I ? Clerk—We have no gong. We have break- fass from 6 toll, dinner from 12 to 6, supper from 6 to 11. Mr. Hayseed—Jehosephat 1 How am Ito get time to see the city ? "Who Breaks, Pays." In Paris there lives an eminent painter who is economical and sententious. The other day one of the students broke a pane of glass in the studio window, and replaced it temporarily by pasting a sheet of paper ever the aperture. When the painter came down the next morning he thrust his cane through the make' shift with the remark: "He that breaks, pays." None of the class, however, tools the hint, and next morning another sheet of paper was pastor' across the window. It met with the same fate. And so on the next day, and so on the foprth. . On the fifth day when the artist came down therm was the paper as before Fire !sh?� firma kis ayes, anti roaring "He teat attd; pa ' tt drove tris cane t of % the #lakptfgh the pane of t;l . . bajjin �i c lisOet pub #it by' the etude -eta DO . e !Meted aver With a dub pfipet. o HOW TO CURE A CORN. It is one of the easiest thinge in the world to cure a corn. Do not nee acids or other caustic:preparations, and don't out a hole in your boot. It is simply to apply Putnam's Painless Corn Ex - trader, and in three days the corn can be removed without pain. Sure, safe, painless. Take only Putman's Corn Extractor. You can get the 'NEW ErtA to the end of the year for 25 cents cash. REPUBLIC C Off` P. RU PIZARRO'S .CQNQV .$TT 18 RICH IN HIS TQRIQAt, IN.WRR el;tewefe lrp fres?ent Pasutblttty--It >Q WPM) of x''a:bniouq Value Rid News 1 'our XpeineerlpglllSonumente;bat Ere Now and Then. It bias a 'Par, lee renter ell s, Where alert "1te eugtllettcy'> • Meek* eetteek hie WereWerethe plate frith WI M Aire*, thekleAa, nun c r btoueee, pagodas, the trtiSoiak lakes, tb. bridges ae 'mea, rannintf e trams nil xnadt durini'r the time et the elate !rated $entry Meigga wben-Fern wast rolling ,, n wealth, When the Chilies.* occupied Deanna n,1883 they Bent away to Snuggle° and Val'- get peraiso mangy! of the Marble et ►tees .and fine palatines from the erpeptttgn bindings, The Chiliasts committed many sutra es during Tem. :he* occupancy of tlit city. They stabled their kerses in the splendid belle o f the patron- al tibrery, the common soldiers used priceles manuscripts to cook their beans, Weatever in balsa, Innprivate house or public bµildingg, tope the fancy vt . Chilfan was ebiptied to Chin. The soldiers roamed like wild beasts about the city, rising houses, and for sem. oral triers the wives and sweethearts of Chili?s warelore wore the finest silks and the richest jewelry to be found in Peru. The lions, tigers and elephants from the expose Gioia were sent to Chili, but, the climate be- ing more severe than in !;'ere,the animals Vi. e Revolutions are frequent fi 'Peru, as in other Spanish-4nterican repdiblics. How- ever, everything is quiet tbiemonth, and a revolution has not occrirred since the 8d of December last. On that day, 'at 5 its the af- ternoon, an insurrection was attempted in Fort Santa Catalina by the general of artll- lery and his party. By 10 o'clock the Presi- dent, Don Gonzalo Bermudez, had shot 180 of the conspirators and dumped the bodies into one great hole ---a common grave. Since Mix little target practice the Peruvians rather hesitate about beginning another effort to overthrow the government, though as outbreak of the Pierola party is daily ex- posited. Someone has said that Peru is blessed by f od d cursed by man. -14 minerals; In'dyr- in drugs, in soil, in agricultural bili s Peru is the richest country i world. If an immigration of active, pushing, enterprising people sets in toward Peru it will certainly have a great future. The present landed proprietors are like the noblemen of Southern Europe—they make few improve- ments, embark little capital in manufactures or machinery, do not educate the lower classes. A little less romance and blood, a little less superstition, a great deal more education of the masses, will make Peru the greatest of the Sheth American republics. Freiman, histottcwl standpoint Pere ie. tilt Most interestiig of South American amine tries., To Peru canie4be viceroys of Spain, lePeobeatetivee • of the king, holding regal powers, and from Peru apaiu retell Ler American colonies. The civilization of the Incas wits 0 the highest point wheat, in 153e, Frencisco'ritarro with a handful of edven- lurers subjugated the whole country and tools $15,000,000 of gold from the tempieQ. The ruins of cities, the inscriptions on mon- uments, the remains o8 bridges built by the Incas, all show that they attained a degree of oulture and civilization tbat might truly be envied by the old knights who so basely betrayed and conquered them. The island cities of slake Titicaca, the temples of Cuz- co, the Incas' highway, the stone bridges across the yawning abysses of the Andes show a skill in engineering and an advance- ment in substantial arohitecture'not excelled by the crusadere who .brought Christianity and destruction to the Incas. Callao, with its Well equipped Darcena at which ships are loaded and discharged, is the principal seaport of Peru. It was some fifty years ago that the old city of Callan was submerged by a tidal wave and com- pletely buried from eight beneath the Pa. ciao. Even now on a clear day wititai Folin tea the obecitty cast be distinctly seen' at the - bottom oEthe bay, off San Lorenzo, and the superetithrinmmen hear of a quiet sing the(;,"<of' church belle undilr she water, saneness by 'the priedts. Canis haw"`.` tinter days. Sine the bensbardtaeatt efethe place by the Chilian fleet in IMO ilehnievregented an aspect rather seedy. The pathee -tthe cannon ball through walls can be ptatn ly,aeen and the evidences of visiting hMettrtosunper stories and under roof decoratieresetra apparent. DIIi'ialiip1PCD &Y WAR. Per has been limpererished by intestine strife and made he less by war with her nelghboreell. Vnettale to pay interest on her bends, ' .. ;• 1eesear obtain further loans, sheavesse dao , see . to sweet* the propo:tition of the Eng boledholders in 1885. This wag an arfeaagemertt for the canceii$ton of the external debt1'1n.pursuance of wb ;i Peru surrenders 780 mites of,railroad, grans con- cessions for isnildiaag others, surrenders valu- able guano deposits and the reek misses of Cerro del Pasco to°'the bondhditiere who for their part agree ;to rtes plate, by u1r t expenditures, the railroads peojeated tsy tate ;tate (500 miles) ant to retui7¢the seeneities in prime order se the mid oi's idx limn. lie mines oi•(leero dei Pasco, toward which the road is blending, a{n fabulously rash, hav- !pg yielded millions to the Incas and to the epiiniarde. The Oraya railroad from nns}aa through the Andes to Eastern Pen as the Amazon headwaters shelve some of the't host marvelous feats of modern engineering— higkest point at Ideate / gee 17,574 feet above sea level. Many of the contractors and engineers are Americans, so that one meets more here than Chile who can AAAth the protection of e flag. At the opian- Ing of the great Chiola brte, a veritable en - smearing triumph, 12,220 feet above the sea, both the United States and Peruvian Bags floated in the breeze. Pere earths to Americans easy of her best public buildings and most Important improvements. From Callao to Idea b rail is a most de- lightful nide—past fields of grain fences" in by creat adobe walls, through orchards oiS fruit and ,roves of bantam! end spreading., palm meta past old Spanfst6'b a house io 9tretthes of lawn, the 1�1ant vegettateme of the•'yropics, with the mfmnataine before you —,the sea behind, Liths, the umbel, the centre frplp ernech everything Researlan radiates, DM le'bf Peru, has a poral of say Ile. Lima has slittr-eight eburches, a and many theatres. ?Marro Nims capturing Atahaulpa and takingpoeet,:viion of ail the gold is the couintry,,,i out the City of Lima and expended the greater, of his private tettnne in deeoratiM and sta- tist her parka and alamedas. ipho cath- edral occupies ohe side of the laza de Armee; the Palacio or Casa Verde (green house), the residence of Peru's president and offices of tate army, navy, etc., taking another; elele the remaining sides are taken ap+by stores. From the cathedral Sewers. Vo' jojeams from which in 1872 the bt there errez, the riametl'eEitmo a5Us.xa$ our rano, were hanged. bean infuriated ppoo,pyrlace— sfterwardethe es where throsttn be 'the ,1*za below and burned ar*ldst geeerakltre- Ioiciag. The cathedral is very la mitis, a very rich altar and many old and valuable paintings. There are no preferred pews— mfor and rich kneel on the lord stone floor at their devotion* Tba popes ars all her e —a poptadni of each doom to Pio2.waNonQ Beim the es a magnificent Choir l'ir sad centime of carved wood and around three sides carves a'eeirh fit far a throne. (ruder the setas eb of the mighty Pizarro, t temperof Phar. Pizarro was treacbbro murdered fn the Casa Verde, lase Arose a plaza from the cathedral en we anieended with oar sandaled and guihe tb the last resting place of the Aman we Mune inanities burning and MOS tSelig said to the priests as on the day of his Mislead3* a sixteenth century. The Wiest ie ties building in Lima is the ghnech of San Pedro, erected in 1038, and having many old paiatings, some old masters, and eight riehby furnished altars. San Pedro is a Jesuit church and is often ;nosed on account of the proneness of the re- vereud fathers to mingle in politics. To San Pedro go the rich and.the poor to be healeed oy prayer 'at the shrines and by touching the igure of some saint. A picture it was, in- deed, to see a poor woman carry a lame boy to a reclining figure of Christ and rub a sponge first over the image and then over the boy, whom she lifts up to the shrine. The picture would be incomplete without seeing the wom'in's face that showed a faith abso- lute in the efficacy of the remedy. How tnany changes this old cburch hag seen? What bloody revolutions! Tho old Spanish grandees, the viceroys of "his most Catholic majesty," just from banquets and courts and ladies' bowerr, caner, to this rough land to tyrannize over the helpless Indians, have prayed before San Pedro's altar. The captains of the galleons that car- ried to Castile treasure's of gold and silver; the Mighty Inca chiefs converted; tbose bravo knights who murdered In Christianity's name bare all e'enfossed to the priests of San Pedro. THIS many OF LIMA la the expoeitden pini and botanical gardens g many nitres, atlantad Vyh rare tree e'hfiaand db ere, lead pigthr Walks and weir ani 'e altr$B Valid leele0e of e ptorT�� , g o 'orec h d ,l+hiY, Geo W1b1F>9 mar tu©s Yits Ahs ir2de YOU TATE NO RIBA. In buying Flood's Sarsaparilla, for it is everywhere recognized as the standard building -up medicine and blood puri- fier. It has won its way to the front by its own intrinsic merit, and has the largest sale of any preparation of its kind. Any honest druggist will confirm this statement. If you decide to take flood's Sarsaparilla, do not be induced to buy anething else instead. Be sure to get ]steed's. lM'PpLSE. "A virtuous deed should never be delayed, The impulse comes from heaven, and he who strives moment to repress it disobeys The god within his mead." Itopen to argument whether we should act upon an impulse or defer such setxoii'un- tll after mature deliberation on the subject. The answer will, of e, depend upon avant wbicb promptet*courskt sudden omotte$: ofthe the nand; for, some instances, to folio* syr first butt would be sheer madness; Ili others, to collie the results, a cold and heartlese preneedeng. Yet, how many a brave and hereic deed bas been performed by following the arta t tions of the heart instead of libtbn- ln go. -prudence, who fain would whispes, eWIly rush thio danger? You are safe now —remain so!" The brave man does not pause to listen, but he saves a Biel Think you not put that the amtoes up to heaven, and the rocordibg angel writes it there? And have you eF alt an ieciination to pour out the soave *cur parse upon the spot when lieahpz aR Bbpas tale of distress which mpaey rtlt4gitrafihraiette? Yet, if that offering be deferred, how few there are whose beneflci the would nee, be Lessened by the. datajel Dame Prudence this plucked them egy f,km shit) rt. and looked askance—for true 'ID b Ant "Calculation ie of the head -impulse, of the heart.,, There are. too, other.occasions when to set tam ess impulsive euggestioa iavolves'nat1er risk of life, nor, what to some persona le al- most as precious, mosey--oecaalons mien prompt and kindly oonnsei might haveavasgned a /Obey creature from following a perilous and downward path, led by his or her bland passions. e revolve in our minds that "'second t tights are bests" We stand alma, and do i sine/ere—it would not be cAlkkR;fl Mena! etedreesos aiedeetit kin of omission 'nese dar- ken blamer ea after diaarl the sometfinesei few words of sympathy are .Arithlie7d atom the same poor, v,3srd'y motive, and the heart, if a generous one, *i11 be smitten by the accusing conscience. Goethe's commendation of this "higher instinct" must be taken in another sense; re - earring less to the performance of a noble dead, or to a kindly word, than the assistance it leas rendered genius by some flash of thought or unexpected power. "What aur reason," he observes, "has groped fors& vain, spontaeeous impulse oft - times achieves at a stroke with light and pleasureful guidance." And Thoreau, in these few words, is even mpre forcible: "Impulse is, after all, the best linguist; its logic, if not conformable to Aristotle, cannot fail tote moat convincing." 11ior rant these few words of Cecil, an oft- gr►(lEed. old author, be omitted: "A warm, hluadering man does more for the world their a frigid, wise one." We admire an impulsive ebaracter, even if his cranium lacks that worldly-wise organ of cautleusnese, and, doubtless, by the law it compensation, some meritorious "bump'' s more than amply developed.—Philadelphia Saturday Night. Chess Played 1,900 Years Ago. Who really invented the game of chess his- tory does not definitely prole, but It is known that a Chinese Mandarin ,1,900 years ago was able to soothe his troops, when they were clamorous for home, by proposing the game for their leisure hours when in winter quar- ters. The game differs in the various countries of the world. Thus, in the Hindoo game, four distinct armies are eihployed, each with their Ling, each corps counting among its fighters an elephant and a knight which slay but can- not be slain, The Chinese game of chess, which boasts of the title choke-choo-kong-ki (the play of the science of war), has a river running through the centre of the board, which their elephants, equivalent Mour bis- hops, cannot cross, and there is a fort which their kings cannot pass. Under the Sanskrit name of chaturanga, a game, essentially the same as modern chess,' was played in Hindostan nearly 5,000 years ago. From Hindostan ,the game is said to have been carried to Persia and thence to Arabia. The Arabs introduced it into Spain and the rest of Western Europe during the eighth century, where it became the princi- pal pastime at the year 1,000. There is a re- cord of Pope Alexander II. reproving a Bis- hop for playiag the game and compelling b m to,wash the feet of twelve beggars as a pun- ishment for bis sin. Rubber Chambers for Bathers. Among the novelties is an inflatable rubber okattaber for bathers. It passes around the bust'naderneath the arms, making it pe able for a parson to float in an erect p' fl n wfthpn't fawig$e. lit can bo inflated w21 sited by means of a tube attached to tla s' k TRUE ECONOMY. No matter• how many hundred doses of any other medicine are offered for a dollar, Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Dig - ovary is the cheapest blood -purifier sold, through druggists, because it's guaranteed, and your money is return- ed if it doesn't benefit or euro. 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