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The Cushing Herald.
VOLUME II.
Ill m m Missouri:
POPULIST CONVENTION TAKES AC-
T10N AFTER A HOT DEABTE,
CARRIED BY 267 TO 132.
Th< Addrens rrnpnnd by the Platforui
Committee Adopted — One Mtddle-of-
the-Koitd Man Holt*—Consider-
able Bltternea* Diaplnyed He-
fore the Final Kegult
Wai Announeod.
CUSHING, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, FRIDAY, AUG 7. 18iH>
THE MINISTER'S WIFE
Sedama, Mo., Aug 1. —When the
Populist State convention assembled
last evening1 the committee on cre-
dentials in its report cave to each
county as many votes as it had dele-
gates presci t. The delegates began
to mako ainmdments and spent
hour on them aud linally adopted the
report as amended.
The committee on rules and order
of business reported S. A. Wright of
Springfield for permanent chairman,
M. B. Carroll of Lamar for permanent
secretary and S. A. Pike of Kansas
City, sergeant-at-arms. It also pro-
vided for two State committeemen for
each congressional district. The last
recommendation caused a squabble
because some delegates wanted one
committeeman only for each district.
After much talk the section was
adopted as read. After a discussion
more earne t than interesting the
convention decided that it would elect
the chairman of the State committee
. rather than Toave it to the committee.
J/f ' At :o o'clock the report of the com-
mittoe on resolutions was presented.
This first affirmed the national plat-
form and then declared that United
States notes or greenbacks, full legal
tenders for all debts, should be issued
to make a volume of money equal to
®50 per capita, or to permit the trans-
action of the country's business on a
cash basis. Opposition to interest-
bearing bond issues was declared.
The demands were: The enactment
of a statute for the assessment of nil
evidences of debt not in judgment;
for the assessment of mortgaged
property to mortagor and mortgagee
according to their respective inter-
ests and for the payment of his por-
tion of taxes by the mortagor; that
fees and salaries of officials should be
reduced to correspond with the earn-
ings of labor in other walks of life;
for such land laws as sfiouid enable
poor families by reasonable effort to
secure small land holdings; for anti-
alien, railroad and corporation land-
holding legislation; for the in-
itiative and referendum system
in legislation; strict immigration
laws for the protection of laboring
classes from foreign pauper labor. It
closed as ff llows: "The country is
now entering a revolution that can
not be arrested. It is a part of states-
manship to so direct it that it may be
accomplished by peaceable means.
Its consummation will be I lie revision
of the federal organic laws by conven-
tions at cmbled for that purpose. As
a means of confining it to the pales of
law and peaceable means, wc recom-
mend that the different states choose
governors and general assemblies who
will favor calling a national conven-
tion to revise the federal constitution,
under the provisions of article 5 of
that instrument."
After the platform hid been read
the convention adjourned until 8
o'clock this in irning, *0 as to be fresh
for the expected debate.
work on the pi.atfchm.
It was 8:30 this morning before all
of the delegates wore in their seats.
After the opening prayer the dele-
gates' began work on the platform.
Delegate Lipscomb of the Fifteenth
district objected to the first section
and offered a new section. Sheridan
Webster of St. Louis and G. T. Deraa-
ree of Kansas City offered otner
amendments. Finally this substitute
by Lipscomb, for the first section, was
adopted:
"\\n dcclBrp on the money question, that we
beliovo in n national l< n« of £ofernment
money "lirnct to tin people without thi inter-
Tent >on of banks, snttlciont to do the hiiKlnosi
of the country on a r.a«h basin, anil mail i ro-
oelvablo It piymnnt of all debts, iluoi and do-
Biands. public and private. We further declare
for the fre > and unlimited o >lnn«) of both gold
andeilv r at tlio ratio of hi to 1 nnd their ap-
plication to tho pnymont of i nr national d -bt.
Each of the planks ran a gauntlet of
amendments, substitutes, motions to
table and motions to strike out. ac-
companied sometimes with animated
debate, but each was finally adopted.
tiik fusion proposition.
The committee on resolutions then
presented an address which had been
agreed upon last night, as follows:
"The People's party of Mis mrl iIom not
propose to (Urren lor Its id nil or orRiiui.a-
tlon; it* mirnilo i is ait aooim:>li h 11 Hut for
It in our opinion, the Chicago convention
could nnd wonhl not havo mini© it« 11 itrorm
nor nominated Williun .1. Bryan n« it* candi-
date. Wo n«k nnd mok u union of forc.M in
our ttatn such flint its voto ina •• Cfiit ^ tne
electoral oolleire for Br/an an I Watson. The
nomination of tin one may not ho "«foo-
able to jiotlonnll.m cant of tho MIasI*.
■Innl river, that of tlio nth >r no til of
lls'on iiud UI*ot'« lino. Tho 1« iio i* bolnu
clearly made. On tlio c no *lde nr. the u.ur-
era, money chanuer* un I gold gnmhlo s of
Europe and their American nl inierlliir
that ' tho r*Mln« «ol(l tn ulnr l m i t bo main-
tained." Until their European muter, con-
sent to tome hill* to take Its pla -e that nerv n
their |iu po-e hott-r, that purptMO t hare aa
it ha« bom in Europe for it century to subju.
•ale thn pnopl i to i n 1 ulUStrUl hi I tin in vial
debt terfilom On th* other lid* lit stake la
STln4vutrjil m4 flnaaoUl UU>t U4.
pendence of our count r , * ti ■ maint-Mmnoo of
the Hepublic, the abolition of Hritish domina-
tion of Europ.an dibt ssrfd.im.
"*Between eu?h" contoata on such an issue,
thero is but on < si in for us Sine 1 McKinlny,
though unwillingly, has conx nt«il to stand aa
the exponent and stsndard hearer of European
politics, finance anJ domination of ourcountry,
In this cimpaign, wo now offer to all votera
aod parties of our State an honorable alliance
for thia campaign by a union of forces on
national electors on aoy basis that is fair, just
and legal, to the end that UcKinley and Me-
Klnleyism, as above define.!, may In buri'd
nnder JO per cent of its votes Although wo
bare in the absence of any nndorstnndmg
nominated a State and full electoral ticket, yot
tender nnd offi r to a complite union
of forcas in tho uso of all honorahlo means to
seenre the great ends and interests at atake.
If this proposition is met by the voters in our
atate in the spirit of genorosity and patriotism
in which it is made, we stand roady with the
press, speakers nnd party to carry its purposea
to victory. If it is rejected, we will stand, aa
we have stood oil the only platform that, in
opinion, can give an adequate and perma-
nent relief to our people,
"We stand for tho Western oontinent, for the
republics-America and her sort of Amotions
—homes for the homeless—the frulta of their
toil for the laborers, the abolition of th# in-
dustrial serfdom, of perpetual public and pri-
vate debts, tho establishment of an American
system of monoy. finance and general policy
and the banishment of British and European
influence and domination from our country.
And to the maintenance of these,whether aided
by many or few, we mutually plodgo and con-
secrate all the means and powers that God haa
put in our hamls."
THE MAIN FIGHT FAIBLY ON.
Ylefore the address could be dis-
cussed, T. T. Turley of Audrain county
proposed this amendment:
"Resolved, That if the Democrats
refuse to take Mr. Sewall off their
ticket we, Populists of Missouri, will
refuse to support Mr. Bryan."
Between ten and fifteen delegates
wished to speak on the amendment,
but the chair introduced Miss Lettie
Pierce of St. Louis, who recited the
Declaration of Independence. She
was dressed in the costume of the
Goddess of Liberty, and wore badges
of the St. Louis Populist and silver
convention.
W. O. Atkison of Butler offered
this substitute for the address:
Resolrod, That our state committee and the
chairman and executive commlttes thereof, be
and they are hereby instructed to make a fair,
equitable and just division of the oloctoral
icket in this state with tho Democratic state
committee or its chairman and executive com-
mittee. the same to be base 1 on the vote for
judges of the supreme court in 1894. provided
that said Democratic state committes shall de-
9 to as'< such division.
'Sjcond that our said committee and thi
chairman and executive committee be and
they are hereby instructed, aa a condition prec-
edent and absolute, that before any division of
said electoral ticket shall b? ma'lo, pledging
any of tho electors selected by this convention
to vote for tho Hon. William J. Bryan for pres-
ident, the Said Democratic State committee or
thechair.nan an I executive committee thereof
shall onter into a written obligation in dupli-
cate, pledging the Democratic electors solected
by the Demo-iritic 4Stite committe> and re-
maining on the union ticket, to vote for the
Hon. Thomas E. Watson for vice president
'Third, tha intention and object of this re
lotion is to unify the free silver vota of the
Stato if p s«' ble. and thus secure a union of
forces against ti.e si lgle gold standard, but, if
this proposition be rejected, we hereby instruct
our el -ctors in rase of their eleotion to cast
their vot.-s for thn Hon. B. F. Norton of Illinois
for President and Thomas E. Watson of
Georg a for Vice President."
Quaile of Randolph movod to lay
the Atkison substitute on the table,
but withdrew the motion when he
found that it would carry the ad-
dress with it.
Judge Jones of Knox county said
he was a middle-of-the-road man at
St. Louis and was run over. He was
still in the middle-of-the-road, but he
had sense enough to realize that the
Atkison. substitute was a tissue of
prejudice and ignorance. Thomas of
the Seventh also opposed tne substi-
tute. while Hillis of the Third district
favored it.
Atkison urtred that all he wanted
was to make the Democrats treat Mr.
Watson properly. He was willing to
give the Democrats the president and
the appointive offices, but wanted
some recognition for the Populists
and did not propose "to be delivered
body, soul and breeches" to the Dem-
ocracy without that recognition. His
chief object, he said, was to get across
the "Red sea of American poverty and
distress."
At 12 o'clock the convention ad-
journed for one hour with a demand
for the previous question pending.
THK FUSION A DURESS ADOPTED.
When the convention reassembled
Chairman Wright told the delegates
that their abuse of each other and in-
sinuations which were freely cast
this morning were nc t arguments and
would do no good. He moved the
adoption of the original address and
that the resolutions be adopted as
suggestions for the guidance of the
state committee. A demand for a roll
call led to a great deal of noisy
lobbying.
The Lipscomb motion to adopt the
immittee address as submitted
A HOJBIKOLLISION.
FIFTY PERCOHS RULED IH All AC-
CIDENT At ATLANTIC CITY.
AS MANY MORE INJURED
A Crowded Kxrnralon Train Run Into hy
the Reading Kxpre« at Crossing —
The Express Ploughed Clear
Through the Escurslon —
Victims Are strewn In
Every Direction.
committee address as submitted was
carried by a majority of 267 to 132.
When the vote was announced At-
kison announced that he would re-
fuse to be bound by the action of the
convention. He bolted the convention
solitary and alone, and in his shirt
sleeves, and delegates called good-bye
to him sb he left.
The next order was a call of the roll,
for the announcement of State com-
mittee members by districts. The
convention took a recess for the dis-
tricts to eiuiou*
Offer the fops a Fair lJlvlde.
Rai.kigh, N. C., Aug 1.—The Dem-
ocratic executive committee, after a
protracted session, passed, nt 2 o'clock
this morning, a resolution offering to
the Populists a fair division of the
electors on the llryan electoral ticket.
Ten Persona Polaoned.
Viciisaim.ks, Ky., Aug 1.—At noon
to-day ten persons were poisoned at
the residence of a market gardener
near Versailles. Impure milk Is be-
lieved to have been the oause. Four
are la a critical state.
Ati.antic Citv, N. J.. Aug 1.—A
railroad accident, horrible in its de-
tails and sickening in its results,
occurred last evening just outside of
this city, and as a result about 100
persons ate either Rilled or injured.
The Reading railroad express,wli ich
left Philadelohia at 5:10 o'clock for
Atlantic City, crashed into a Pennsyl-
vania railroad excursion train at the
second signal tower, about four miles
out from here. Tiie Pennsylvania
train was returning toHridgeton with
party of excursionists from that
place, Millville and neighboring
towns. It was loaded with passen-
gers, and a rough estimate of the
killed and injured at a late hourplaees
the number at 100. It is hoped that
this is an exaggeration, but the num-
ber is undoubtedly more than fifty.
At the second signal tower the
tracks of the two roads diagonally
cross. The Reading train was given
the signal, but it either failed to
work or tho speed of the express was
too great to be checked in time. It
caught tho excursion train broadside
and ploughed through, literally
cleaving it iu twain. The engine o!
the Reading train was shattered to
pieces. Every ear was jammed to Its
fullest capacity.
As soon as the news reached Atlantic
City, the utmost consternation pre-
vailed, but the authorities were equal
to the emergency. Relief trains were
dispatched to the scene, loaded with
cots and bearing staffs of surgeons.
As quickly as the bodies were re-
covered they were carried into the
local hospitals and undertakers' shops.
A general tire alarm was sounded and
the department promptly responded
and aided in the heart rending work
of digging for the victims. Fear grew
into despair and horror as the vigor-
ous work of the relief gangs revealed
the awful extent of the f
The first Reading relief eo
into this city twent.v-seve $ led
corpses, men, women and ren.
The next ttain, not an hou<r later,
carried fifteen of the maimed and
wounded, and two of these died soon
after rerching the city. As train
after train p'yed to the scene of the
wreck and came back with its ghastly
load, the sanitarium which does duty
as the city hospital quickly found
its capacity overtaxed. Meanwhile,
others of the dead and injured were
being carried to the private hospital
at Ocean and Pacific avenues.
The excursion train was made up of
fifteen cars, the foremost of which
was a baggage car. This and the
next two coaches caught the full
force of the crash, and were utterly
demolished. What remained of the
third car was tumbled into a ditch at
the roadside.
Superintendent I. N. Sweigard of
the Philadelphia Reading Company
places the number dead at thirty-
seven and t e Injured at about the
same number. He sent a telegram to
Philadelphia which said: "There
were thirtv-s ven persons killed, as
follows: Twelve women, twenty-one
men, two bov , and two girls. About
the same number injured "
1 Mrs. Edward Farr, wife of the
Reading engineer who was killed,
when informed of her husband's
tragic end, threw up her hands with
a frantic shriek and fell dead at the
feet of her informant.
William Thurlow, telegraph oper-
ator in the tower house, was arrested
and held, pending an inquiry.
It is said that the Hending signal
was displayed, and that the whistle
of the train was sounded. Tho Read-
ing lias the right of way at the eross-
'"tIio excursion train bore five tribes
the Order of Red Men. the Hrideton,
the Niagara, the Ah wanton all and
the Cohansick, with their wives and
children.
CLOUPEUflST IN OHIO.
Two Hundred Peraona Rendered llume-
leaa by a Torrent of Water.
Stvkhkn vild.ic, Ohio, Aug 1.—A
severe storm, like a oloud burst, oc-
curred west of this city yesterday
afternoon about 4 o'clock and within
a period of thirty minutes a mighty
torrent of water had spread desola-
tion along bo'h l'armar's aud Fisher's
runs in tho lower part ot this city.
No lives wore lost, as there were per-
sons along the creeks who saw tho
water coming ilown the valley, and
ran from house to house warning the
people. Everybody lied, many wad-
lug knee deep in water from their
house to the hills which line both
sides, Two hundred people are home-
less as a result of the flood. The
damage will aggregate all of |:j00,000.
/ Kansas Murderer Caught.
Foht Scott. Kan., Aug 1 —John
Jackson, who deliberately murdered
John Smith at Yale, Kan., about a
vear ago, was caught to-day at War-
rior, Ala., and Sheriff Deeta of Craw-
ford county left for that place to get
him.
(COHCMJBBIV)
It was not the reputation of the Rev.
gilas Otmsby that drew so large an at-
tendance at the little church on the
next Sabbath. Curiosity led most of
those who wore bonnets and crinoline
thither, and it was gratified to the ut-
most, for in his very first prayer the
aid gentleman uttered a devout and
?arnest supplication for the pastor of
the congregation, who at that very mo-
ment, perhaps, took unto himself the
solemn obligation of married life.
Might Heaven give him strength, and
bless him and his young and pious
wife, etc. It was a prayer worth list-
ening to, but the ladies of Appleblow
heard nothing after the word wife.
They were lost in astonishment; and
hurried out of church, after the bene-
diction, with Indecent haste, to discuss
the affair by their own flroeldes. And
on Monday, when it was known by all
that black Betty, the charwoman of the
place, was engaged to scrub and scour
the parsonage; that an ingrain carpet
had been sent down from New York
for the parlor floor, and that a tea-set
had arrived in a box, marked "this side
up, with care," the certainty of the as-
tonishing fact became established, and
Appleblow Joined in denouncing Mr.
Redlaw as a despicable flirt. "And,"
said the plump mamma of the nine
scraggy Misses Fish, "ot all men, a
minister should blush to earn such a
reputation. Nobody would believe the
attention he has paid my girls. I
couldn't tell which one of 'em he want-
ed, he was eo particular to a'l of
'em."
Other mammas said much the same,
and during the afternoon a procession
of "help" might have been seen on the
road leading to the cottage, carrying
white paper parcels containing princi-
pally small volumes—"Practical Pi-
ety," "Baxter's Saint's Rest," tracts and
hymn-books, presents from Walter
Redlaw to the sisters of his flock, now
returned with Indignation. The ex-
citement lasted all the week, and was
still strong on the next Sabbath when
the minister walked up the church
aisle with a beautiful girl upon his
arm, and the Appleblow girls looked
upon- a fa e so exquisite that none of
|them could resort to the usual course
J of declaring her "not the least good-
looking."
! They were decorous and prudent in
Appleblow, and all the forms of cour-
teey were gone through with. The new
minister's wife was invited out to tea,
was called upon by the ladies of her
flock, and was favored with a donation
party; neverthless, there was little cor-
dial feeling in Appleblow. The ladies
did not take kindly to their pastor's
wife and soon the clouds began to
gather. At flrst, in secret whispers.
Mrs. Redlaw's bonnet was too gay, she
was frivolous, not a good housekeeper,
not zealous in good works. By-and-by
louder, more serious fault-finding, not
only with the minister's wife, but with
the minister himself.
The women began it; the men were
talked over by their wives; finally the
flrst step wa.s taken. 'Squire Oorse and
his family gave up their pew, and
found themselves more edified by the
Baptist clergyman in the next village;
others followed their example. The
fault-finding and slander reached the
parsonage Itself and little Rosa Red-
law, with her head upon her husband's
shoulder, sobbed; "What shall I do,
Walter? I meant to help you, and to
make them all like me, and you see
how It is."
And the young clergyman soothed
his weaping wife and bade her have
good cheer, for matters would mend,
and all would be right again. He was
mistaken; matters did not mend; they
grow worse and worse; and, a year
from the date of his marriage, came to
a climax. A bevy of trustees waited
upon him in his study, and bemoaned
their wrongs. They paid a large sal-
ary; they expected the pastor to do his
part, and he lost them money—abso-
lutely had emptied tho church, in-
stead of filling it. Besides, his wife
should have been Instructed in her
duty. She had made herself generally
disliked; if the minister's wife was not
popular, it was a very unpleasant
thing. Could he explain?
Of nourae the visit ended as they ex-
pected; thero was but one consumma-
tion possible; Appleblow knew, in a
day or so, that their pastor was about
to leave the place forever.
; The winter had set In—an unhealthy
iwlnter, warm and moist, Instead of
cold and bracing. Rumors of prevail-
ing 111 health spread over Appleblow,
and the minister packing his books In
his study, came to hear of them. They
grew louder. Whole families ot chil-
dren sickened and lay low, and a dread
crv arose—"It Is the smallpox!"
One day Walter Redlaw left his
home to perform the burial service over
the graves of three children of one
family. The next their mother called
him to the hedslde of her husband, to
Bee lilm also die. And with these
denthH, the horrors of that time, never
to be forgotten by any who dwelt
there, then began In earnest.
Men, women, and children sickened
with tho loathsome pestilence. Horror
■elsad those vat i'"^""" t v
fled. Appleblow became a great lazar-
house, and Walter Redlaw said to his
young w«e: "Let us go quickly, dear
one, before tho scourge falls upon our
household."
Hut she, as she spoke, left her seat,
and knelt before him, resting her head
upon his breast, as he still Bat before
thoir evening flrc, in a child-like fash-
ion, all her own, and, as he sheltered
her upon his bosom, whispered: "My
husband, do not bid me go, for I must
stay here and do all I can—watch with
them,nurse {hem, strive to comfort the
bereaved. I should indeed be all they
think of me. If I. thoir pastor's wife,
fled at such an hour."
The man listened at flrst unconvinc-
ed "We owe them nothing," he said;
Re-
NTJMBER 6.
on the portal of the parsonage, but did.
not pass it; and, pale an4l feeble, but;
with life still strong in her younff;
breast, for she clung to her husband
with all a woman's earnestness, and'
loved earth for his sake, Rosa Redlaw
lay at last free from the burning tot
ver, certain to live—so the old doctor
•aid, with tears in his gray eyes.
But was she sure of her soft, ohild-
llke beauty, of her pearly skin, of her
golden hair, of her bright blue eyes?,
God alone could tell. But Walttr,j
bending over her, thought of the prom*
lse he had made her on the day when
she entered on her task of peril and
self-denial, and knew, knowing how
dear she was to him, that no change
in his darling's beauty could change
his love.
And into the darkened room, health
came, bringing balm; and the sun
"they have used ua shamefully.
member, I ani actually their pastor no
longer." I shan^ tn agaln."and the soft air breath-
But his wife gently pleaded, pleaded thpoll_h thft iattlce. and the birds
to stay midst tho danger, to aid him in
the duties which would fall to him
ed through the lattice, and the
sang in their gulden cages and the
housemaid in her kitchen, where she
, . . I nOUHflUUlU in
amidst the sick and dying; and, touch- mad<j da(ntjr metme$ tor ^ convalea-
tng his heart and soul by her sweet and t^n came a 8abbath at last
Christian spirit, brought him at last wheQ RoBa wag we„ enough to go to
to say: "You shall have It as you chupch wUh her hlBband.
choose, Rosa; we will sta> imidst th s Appleblow knew It, and the church
hard.heathened-hearted people In their I oufc upon tll# graM jn the
hour of trial; but, Ood sparing U8 w® I cj1Tlrcjl_yar(j groups were gathered,
will leave them when it Is over, and go ^ boyg young marrtad couple*,
elsewhere." _ . I old foks who had seen their grand-
And Rosa Redlaw rejoiced and ohUdren to be m«n and women
thanked lilm. But bye-and-bye a ^ d(<, And waltlng in the morning
natural womanly dread came into her aunllght of a pleasant winter day,
heart, and she looked at him with tears they MW thelr mining along th*
in her dark eyes. "Walter, she whls- fr0Bt.hardened w|th his wife upon
pered, blushing as she spoke, you ^ ^ Tb,y cam« nearer, and they
have often called me beautiful. Should I ^ h<jw (raU her form had growa; but
l lose that beauty, could you love me bU1] her veU wa8 dowD( ujd they could
still? Should this pestilence, falling not ^ her unU, Btandjng amongst
upon mo, scar and mar my face would them |he put ,t back and then—yes,
1 be as dear to you? Speak truly, breath(J W€re held( and aH riveted
darling." upon thoBe features; and thero waa a
But he had no need to speak, for she hugh unbrokeD| unttj a child's voice,
read tho constancy and purity of his cJear m dropping Bllver, arose upon the
love in the one long look ho gave her, I aijt; „0h^ mother ]00k; the lady is Just
and sobbed upon his shoulder Nay, ^ heautlful as ever." And then, though
then, I shall have no fear." ,t wa(| Sunday> and in New Bngtend,
At dawn the two went forth upon and a church a cbeer iroaeupon
their mission. the air, and men tossed their cap# on
In their selfish horror, kinsfolk fled hlgh and women sobbed; aha sobbed
from each other. Sisters shrunk from aJao^ beaut|f„| Rosa Redlaw, thaaHtOg -
those who had been nursed at the same ^ for aU bla ,ove ^ thankihg Him
breast, children deserted their parents, 1 algo afl a womu must, that HO 1mA
friends grew brutal to each other; but n<>t tak#n from her tka aharPMM-i
those two young creatures never l wh,oh her husband took such tend
swerved from their appointed task, prJde and o( wb|cb> f0r his sake more
like ministering angels, they went than fo|> her OWB> ^e waa also Juot a
from house to house, aiding the over- proud> though she had laid that
tasked physician, supporting the moth- prld<j aglde knowlng wen her danger,
er's falling courage, coming to the whflT) ghe W€nt forth upon her mla-
lonely and deserted in their greatest I gl(jn
need. Sometimes they were together, I They never spoke against the mln-
but more frequently apart, there was lgter.g wl(e after that In Apptoblow.
so much to do. When they could, they I Amonfl[8t them she lived and moved as
met at night in the old parsonage; but I mlght loving queen, and dwelt
often dying couches or sick beds, J (n the old parsonage, beautified aa tho
where lives hung in the balance, kept itampte of ^int might have been,
them separated for several days. But untn heP youth changed to maturity
their hearts and prayers followed each I and her maturity to age; and there you
other always. may see her yet, and her husband also.
It was a trying time, but they were though his hair, like hers. Is of frosted
very brave and faithful. Some of those I S||ver. And his grandson fills the pul-
who had been most cruel to Rosa Red- I plt for Appleblow loves the race ot
law wero her patients now, and lay I Re<naW| and will not part with them,
helpless as Infants while she fanned
the flickering flame of life within their
bosoms.
When, save for her, no friend had
watched besldo the couch of loath-
some disease; when in the death-room
Ores* Tide Waves.
Those who see the rise and fall ol
the tides In our Atlantic harbora sel-
dom think of the wonderful career o(
pestilence-haunted, she sat all night the moon raised ocoan-waves which
and watched; when her own hands I cause the tidal flux and reflux. Such
robed tho dead infant for its last I billows not only cross the sea, but flow
Bleep, and It was known to all what from ocean to ocean, and In this way
mission she had taken upon herself, complicated movements are set going,
wonder filled the village, and In a lit-1 Thus, as Mr. Vaughan Cornish has re-
tlo while there arose to Heav- cently reminded English readers, once
Pn po many prayers for Rosa Red- ,n every twelve hours the moon raise*
law and her husband that, had the a tlde bmow )n the southern Indian
Mohammedan belief been true, they 0cean. When this billow paaaea the
noed have had no dread of the "burn- Cape0f Good Hope, at noon, ita succes-
ing path," it must have been paved so gor lg a)ready born, and by the time
thickly. the first billow haa reached the Asorea
And in time, though that day was l8|ande> at midnight, the second la
slow In coming, tho pestilence began to I roUndlng the Cape, and a third haa
abate, and health came to Appleblow come tnt0 existence In the southern
again, with tho sharp frosts and keen ^an. By 4 o'clock in the morning
cold air of the Christmas time. On following Its passage of the Cape th*
Christmas day joy-bells were rung ttdo billow reaches the English Chan-
from the steeples In Appleblow, to tell nel and there the shallow water d*-
the people that the rod was lifted. jaya ^ BO much that It doe* not arrive
But before night sad news ran at the straits of Dover until 10 a. m.
through the village. She who had Herc the narrowing Channel cauaea the
watched with them, who had been so ude t0 rlge yery hlgh and almost put*
tender and so faithful, who had pass- an end t0 the wave. In the meantime
ed through those fearful scenes when anoMwr branch of the billow fUM
the pestilence was at Its worst, as around tbe western side of the British
though she wore a charmed life, was j(||andgj rounds the north point of Beot-
smitten, now that she was no longer Jand >nd moveg slowly down the eaot-
needed. ern coaBt of England, until it finally
The shutters of th® flows up the Thamea and lap* ~
closed, the windows darkened, silence o{ Lo^nm.
as of death reigned throughout its
rooms, for the angel of the house lay
trembling on the margin of the grave. Proline ntrda.
Another pastor preached this Sabbath More than 40,000 sparrows have
in Appleblow, and all knew well why destroyed in Gratiot county, Mlchlgfcft.
ho was there. Walter Redlaw watched during the past twelve month*, aa
beside his darling's bed, and never left shown by the bounties paid, but th*
it day or night. birds appear to be aa numeroua aa *v*r.
Penitential tears fell In Appleblow one man makes a good incomo a* a
that Sabbath; prayers went up to I sparrow hunter, collecting an averago
Heaven for the pastor's fair young of |60 a month in bountlea.
wife, and the angels heard them, and I
heard also those of the young husband.
and boro thom through the K^t«i of I nlnnAAr* were Ood fesiittl
i™. pwteel mortal, to IM Ur .Or JMloJ ^ „d MM
""xnd tho Mo.t H„b 11MM. " "*
death anaal'a wlui fluna thoir shadow J hrew* and S« Bharona.
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