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THE ANACONDA STANDARD. MONDAY 'MORNING. SEPTEMBER 14 185 3
JSuttedepartment
WhenMen or Nations Eegin to Dis-^beheve They Fall.
INSTANCE BABYLON'S RUIN
Rev.Mr. Cllddon Cites Historical^Facts to Prove That They Who^Mistrust the Supreme Be^^ing Are Doomed.
Rev.Mr. Ollddon preached at the^First Haptist ihureh last evening on^the sut^)eot, ^Her Eternal I^adyshlp.^^The text wns, Isaiah xivll. c. 7 v.^^' Thou saidet, 'I shall be a lady for^^ever.^
Thespeaker said, ^Now, who said^this^ It was Hatiylon, the wonder of^the world. A pi h p that almost tallies^conception or description. The city wns^square. 15 miles . ach wry. Th^ \v;ills^Were 85 feet 111 thickness anil MN^surrounded by towers I.^^0 feet In^height. It wns built on either side of^the river Kuphrntes, which river wns^spanned by a bridge, right In the i n^ter of the city. On one side of the^bridge were he hanging gardens, ter^^race above terrao\ height al^ove^height, of tree and fern nnd bush and^flowvr. The horticultural and agricul^^tural pmdouts of all nations were^found there in slch profusion, till what^with the gorgeousness of the brilliant^tropical red and blue and the splen^^dors of the temperate lily-whiteness^and .nittimn-gold and the beauties of^the Mil mountain cedar. It must have^seemed as if heaven's spinners, anxious^to curtain the setting sun, h id woven^all that beautlfulness In the loom of^the golden west, and then hail forgot^^ten to take It away!
Onthe other side of the river there^was a temple, three miles round, built^on an artificial mound 100 feet In^height. The city was called The As^^tonishment of the Nations, and well^might It be so named; for, for gayety.^It was a Paris, for culture a lioston,^for push nnd go a Chicago, fer busi^^ness a New Tork, for solid wealth a^London; but for t'ize it was a Ituhylon.^What could be more Impregnable than^that city^ What more Independent of^the world^ For wns not everything^grown and spun and worked within^her walls^ What solidity! What glo^^ry! It was Just whi n Habylon was ot^the very a|^ex of her u'lnry that she Is,^through the prophet Isaiah, represent^^ed as using these words, 'I shall lie a^lady forever,' and In a few strokes the^old prophet draws one of the most^dramatic pen and Ink sketches that the^world has ever seen. He pictures Bab^^ylon. There she sits before ua^a lady,^beautiful face, perfect form, fashion^^able dress, costly apparel, seated on a^throne of Ivory, flanked on either side^by Hons of solid gold standing on tea-^Belated pavement of costliest mosale.^A lady, a proud lady, a deilant lady.^She speaks, 'I shall be a lady forever,'^ami then there comes another voice,^stir small awful. wondiTful. almighty.^^Come down anil sit In the dust.' And^then the scene changes. A strange op^^pressiveness 0f terr^,r f^||s The win^^dow shades that gently toned down^the fierce eastern night seemed to en^^fold a sepiilehral darkness. The once^fair face Is pallid with fwar. The cost^^ly robe looks as though lw^draggled In^the dust. Outside Is heard the sound^of soldiery, the pawing of war horses,^the clanking of rhariot chains; and all^aounds that speak of the terrors of the^tented field: and the proud boaster has^bitten the dust.
The*wonderful picture of Paby-^lon's fall, left here for us on the leaves^of the Rible Is another example of 'the^mighty power of pictorial truth.^ The^very startllngness of the story leads^you and me to ask why It was that this^collapse occurred; and as we look^round fer the reason we And the^causes that ruin manhood In every^age. whether that manhood be the^manhood of the Individual it the man^^hood of the nation. You will find them^put In the peculiar oriental sMsCsssff^In this same chapter In which the^drama Is painted^'Thou art given to^pleasures; thou dwellest careleswly;^thou sayest In thine heart, I am and^there Is none else.' Tn other words It^was because Babylon turned her h^i k^upon r.od, and In that term I Include^everything gnod^good actions, go-nl^thoughts, good living; It was because^she turned her l^ack upon these that^the collapse came. It Is true to-day. as^it always was, that you cannot build^up a nation, you cannot build up a^state, you cannot build up a city, you^cannot build up n character tint will^make a true manhood unless Ood and^His precepts an' honored. The histor^^ical hooks of the Itlble are filled with^proofs of this statement, and the his^^tory of Oreece and Rome. In later^days. Is interlined with the same evi^^dence. Even modern history remind*^us of this fact. There la France, a na^^tion dear to every American who re^^members its heroic and unselfish La^^fayette. France, during the reign of^terror, decided to throw 0*4 over-^board; so in 1794 the nati onal assem^^bly declared that henceforth France^^would be a nation of atheists. Ocd^wias shut out; shut out as much i^r as^little as puny man who trembles :it^empty nothingness like strange noises^and becomes blanched and pale at^^oft, yielding darkness through which^he could put his (1st. Hut Cud was shin^out. and the divine name was spelled^with a small letter, and France had^sent Into heaven lt^ declaration of In^^dependence of Deity. Hut it did not la.*t^long. In a few weeks Robespierre^^ye*, even Robespierre the despicable-^proclaimed In the conventlim that a^belief In Q*fl Is necessary tn those^prlm iph s of \irlue and morality Upon^whi^ h alone a republic can be s... nr. ly^founded; and after hearing his speech,^the representative)) v. tad by acclaim*^tlon that the Frem-h people acknowl^^edge the existence of a Supreme Beta*^and the immo rtality of the goal
Unfortunatelyfor France this was^and has been only a mere acknowl^^edgement, something formal and that^n. v. r took hold of the national life;^^o that in Napoleon's day the nation,^though acknowledging Ood. was with^^out any real religion, and those who^recognized that fact and saw Its dan^^gers tried various remedies and made^^suggestions as to what they thought^could be done to meet the case. Some^of these Wen presented to Napol.-.m,^and he heard them on.- by one. mi l^then said ^No. the gospel alone gives^us a complete assemblage of those^principles of morality that we need.^f)o you wish to see what Is really sub^^lime^ Then repeat the lord's Prayer.
AndFnu^fe 'le' no more than .--e^tha jubliim. It la easy to tell ull the
reasonswhy this was, but one reason^was. I think, that for long yean the^only suggestion of religion she pos^^sessed was the more or less gorgeous^display of pomp and splendors of the^dramatic ceremonies of the Reman^Catholic church. That was all; and^i ^ , ^^monies, whether Protestant or^Fopish, it matters not, are never vital,^for they are simply dramatized creed,^not disciplined character. So France^merely gazed upon the sublime, and^told her beads and repeated her pater^^nosters, until the day came when she^was tired of the spectacle, and to-day^the traveler in that land meets a |0M*^hearted, excitable, hospitable, gener^^ous people, who smile politely when re^^ligion Is talked about and comment^upon the priest and the parson with^a shrug of the shoulders. But France^Is declining. The very language Is dy^^ing out at every point. The popula^^tion Is falling back and below the^death rate; until the people are won^^dering whether tlie glory of the past^will ever again be the lot of France.^Just how deeply that is felt will be^understood when I tell you that the^Paris newspaper, L'Cnivers only lately^said that in 50 years France will have^fallen below Spain and Italy; and, con^^tinued the editorial writer, If these^things continue, 'we are u lost nation.
1would like you to think of this^to-night because we very seldom take^Into account the fact that acknowl^^edgement of Ood and Ills^claims has anytmng to do with^such powers as nations and^their rise and fall. But there^It Is right hefore our eyes to-day.^France declining, and doing so despite^the fact that no nation has so many^features that work for national pros^^perity as she has. She has more mon^^ey per capita than any other nation^on earth; for while Oreat Britain has^J'JO.41 per capita and the United States^jl'6.I^2, the French have $.16.81. Again,^we are In this country crying out^against a state of affairs that makes^It possible for the wealth of the na^^tion to be more and more concentrated^In a few hands, while In France there^Is a decrease In the growth of great^fortunes. In that land though the na^^tional debt since the war has Increased^two-fold, yet the holders have not^doubled but quadrupled, showing that^I the masses are Increasingly able to^save; and In Paris it has been found^I that one-half of the municipal bonds^I of that city are held by people who^I are poor and able only to buy one^I bond, and not by men of great wealth^1 as In this country. In France 65 per^cent, of the houses are occupied by^their owners; and yet despite all these^things that our political orators and^economists tell us Insure national suc^^cess, we have to face the truth that^that nation Is not even standing still,^but going backwards; and If you will^study the nation and the national^characteristics you will be likely to^share the conviction of one of France's^brightest economists, P. LeRay Beau-^lieu, who, after studying the whole^question, particularly from the statis^^tical and historical standpoint, said^that he had noticed that the decline^of France has been nil along and al^^ways associated with a lessening of^religious belief on the part of the peo^^ple, and you will agree with Benjamin^Kidd who, In his Social Fvolutlon,^shows that nations decline whenever^they let their religious life decline or^whenever the precepts of religion, the^precepts of right and wrong, cease to^be a living, guiding force.
Andthe samn is true of man. Ton^cannot build manhood and womanhood^If you neglect Ood. 1 know of no more^Interesting confirmation of how true^this Is felt to be than to look nt the^great secret societies whose stated aim^Is the Improvement of manhood, e. g^^the Odd Fellows, Masons, Knights of^Pythlns. They all demand that every^member believe In the existence of a^Supreme Being, a being above all and^to whom all are accountable. I know^no more tacit admission that manhood^cannot otherwise he saved from going^downward than that. They all by^their teachings, confirm the parable^teaching of Babylon's fall and ruin,^and they are a living commentary on^Pavld's statement. 'The fool; I. e., the^foolish man (not the rouch, coarse,^almost brutal word we often hear used,^but the foolish man) hath said In his^heart. There Is no Ood.^ for the OMUI^who takes the precepts of folly for his^Bible and guide book can never build^for himself the strong tower of true^manhood.
NOT DKAD, BUr-
mi Oordoa Fit la Inlo (he Hindi of
Cip lee Mall I ^^^ *^^:^!*
SamGordon, the veteran Journal^^ist of Fasitern Montana, fell Into the^hands of a hard gang one night at^the republican state convention at^Helena Tli ^ Silver Bow I'apllce h ill^crowd had the entire parlor lloor of^the hotel and room 27 was known as^their olhVlal ae ulqu-irtei s, the rest of^the floor being us. d as sleeping rooms^for the Silver Bow d^'legates and^their friends. When Sam Cordon ar^rived from Ouster county the ti onus^were all gone and Sam was given a^cot In the hall. The journalist dellb-^eralisl at the bar several hows that^night, doubtless, as to whether he^ought to go to bed at all or I d. It^was late a lit n he finally conelu 1 d^to retire and when he got Into hs^little cot in the hall h^ lost no time^in falling Into a very sound s e p
Iate as It was. there w r others.^A gang of Butte Ivoys i ltee al e g^the hall to their rooms a little before^morning and found Sam sleeping
yeiiidlyon th-. littld. Th y i ir-
ri.d the little c -t with It-; in ;tnr.ioth^contents Into room IT lifted Sam up^from the cot ani lab! aim out on the^floor The sh epor never stirred, li s^hands were piously crossed over his^bn ist a el i sloet drawn over him.^The c:' ^ sojts hunted up some . rape^and hung it on the door with an In^^scription, whii li read
MKTILL IAPPEH ^f^t!TiTTTfTTtTTfH^TTTT!WtTTTT!t^iT^T^TtTTTTTTT^T^t!,Ttii^HtTTTf^^m^^',
ioiHarrington, 12 Years Old, Steals^Money and loaiesses His Guilt.
MAY NOT BE PROSECUTED
L,E. Dalgler, Who Heturns From^the North, says ^ hat the Crees^Aro All Coming Back to^Montana /.gain.
There are a good many tough
youngstersIn Hutte and quite a num^^ber of them have becon.e acquainted^with the Interior of the city Jail, but^Joe Harrington, a little newsboy, Is the^youngest one who has ever been lock^^ed up on a serious charge. Joe Is only^12 years old but he was locked up yes^^terday morning for tapping the till In^the |setofllce news stand, and the^manner In which the Job was di-ne^shows that he has had competent In^^st ruction In the art of thievery besides^having a natural aptitude for the bur-^^^! 1 r's pi', i ^ j. li. It was not the hoy's^fu st expiii. ore in taking articles of^value that did not b. long to him, nor^was it the first time that he hid nun^In contact with the police. The Iden^^tity of the till tapi^er would nev er ha \^tx-en discovered however, but for the^fact that he eonelud^-d that he hud^struck a good thing and played It too^strong.
Thepostnfflce Is opened very early^In the morning and the proprietor of^the news stand which occupies one^corner of it does not get around until^some time later. Soon after the otlice^was opened on Saturday morning lit^^tle Joe and a companion of about his^own age who has not yet been arrested^qub tly sneaked In behind the counter^of the news stand, forced open the^e.ish drawer with a screwdriver and^got away with about $5 In small^change which had been left In the^drawer over night.
Themoney came so easy that they^returned for some more yesterday^morning, but one of the postofncje em^^ployes heard them boring around the^lock of the cash drawer and captured^Harrington and turned him over to^Officer King. The boy at first denied^his guilt but afterwards confessed to^having robbed the till on Saturday^morning. The proprietor of the news^stand does not wont to prosecute the^little fellow however and it Is not like^^ly that the case will be pushed. Joe^has been Implicated In several petty^robberies before with two other young^^sters known as ^Alabama^ and One-^eyed Charlie, but has never been pros^^ecuted.
L.K. I^algler, who has Just returned^from a business trip through North-
Iern and Western Montana, reports that^nearly all of thie Cree Indians who
|were recently returned to Onnada are^back in Montana again. ^The Crees^followed the United States troops^back,^ said Mr. Dalgler, ^and It Is an^actual fart that some of them circled^around the troops amd reached Fort^Assrinnlhoine ahead of the soldiers who^had taken them across the border.^Havre is thick with them and they are^.is numerous as ever around Grent^Falls, Missoula, Prummotid and all^through that country. They manage^to live much easier here than In Can^^ada and they propose to stay here.^The money that was expended In es^^corting them out of Montana was Just^that much money thrown away.
TKRRIBLl.affliction.
:Died.:
:Sam Cordon,:
:A (ioldbug.:
Inquestat 9:30.:
WhenO. rlon woke un the next^' day he remarked: ^That Sil\er How-^crowd are high flyers.
MIfta k 'oi af n-ii.^! From the Washington Star.
Ye'llhcv ter take It out.^ he said em^^phatically. ^Mostly I'm ViUla' ter ^tan'^I aside an' let yer hev yor own way about^I runnln' the house. Bttl I must s-1 my foot^1 down in this cane. It's got ter go.^^j ^What're t.ilkin' ^bout^
Thataquar um ye put on tlie center^| table In the parlor. It's full of gold^I an' Ibey anno) me.
'Ilir Y *r on M*r^.
i The year of Mars Is almost twice as^long as It Is on our planet.
Bui'scrlbefor the Stand ird.
Ii. I Lh( littpellc H ol Given It annus for^Ills Desire to Dir.
Itwas discovered yesterday that^Fred HaChapelle. Saturday evening's^suicide, had been suffering from an^incurable disease for several years,^and It Is supposed that this fact had^a goixl deal to do witn the despond^^ency which he ended with a bullet.^The coroner found half a dozen per^^sons yesterday eo whom LaChjpelle^had said that he would kill li.ms lf,^and these threats had been r^ p. ated^so often during th| past week that^his der.th did not occasion a great^dial of surprise among those who^were b. st aequainted with him. It Is^mi table that he will be burled hero.^H's uncle, Or. LaChapelle, tele^^graphic 1 the ooror^r yesterday as fol^^lows tri m Montr il: ^If Fr. d left no^will asking tint his lwxly be taken^home, have It burled In Butte and
writeparticulars.
ThePrlnrrss Charles of Denmark has
apriceless collection of lace handker^^chiefs, according to an English newspa^^per. All are llonlton lace. In different de^^signs, with the princess' MMfltSJ and^crown introduced.
Newsecond-hand store, 124 W. Park.
Justreceived^4VM pairs rubbers^and overshoes,: 2.^, West Park, Butte.^John Tassell. _
Iten'lymir ^ Mumlitrri,^ then send It^to your eastern frlentlj a* a aliver uiii-^Moiutry.
FORSALE CHEAP.
Themaehli^ ry plant. Stock, fixtures^and business conducted under tht name of
J.M. Montgomery ^Co.,
locatedat 112-1M Fast Oalena street,^near Arizona, comprising tools, machin^^ery, engines, ho!^rs. hoists, pumps and^a variety of mining and other supples^and repurs.
Asthis is a p irt of the
0U)BUTTE HARDWARE Co.,
Thebusiness must be clone,! and stock^sold at once, either In lump or sepa^^rately. Following Is a partial list of the^stock:
:jig* Single roneland Batsttnf En^^gines ISO-M
| S sgrt I'prlght Hoisting En^^gines feS-00
110a11 sin*!.- San Francisco Hoist^^ing Engine 400.00
1Txia HouMn Cylinder Hoisting
Engine 400.00
1SxS Single Hoisting Engine and
Boiler 400.00
'1 l'i-H. P. Locomotive Boiler and
' Engine SO.00
jj j; H. P. Loeomotlve Holler ^^V00
II ^^ II. IV LsSSSSSSlSS Boiler1.10.00
;No. 4 KaeWtsS H'nkrrs 1SO.00
1No. T Knowles Sinker 1W.O0
Partiesusing or dealing in such sup-^piles may BSeSJN good BaTgaias by giving^early attention. For further Information^call on or address
JohnD. Haines,
Room0, over - tate Savings Bank^box 103^, butte. Moat
FancySilks
AT
FabulouslyLow Prices
Webought a case of the most stylish goods that are^to-day on the market, at less than the cost of manufac^^ture. How we did it is nobody's business, when we^give our customers the benefit.
Weshow an exceedingly handsome line of Figured and^Plain Taffetas, the very newest and most Btylish fab^^rics In Silk for Waists and Skirts that have ever been^shown. We can and will sell them at about half their^legitimate valua
50c
Thenwe show the handsomest line of Fine Fancy Silk^that has ever been exhibited. Black Brocaded Satins,^the newest effects In Dresden Styles in Stripes and^Plaids, and combinations of weave and coloring which^cannot be expressed In cold type. All these goods are^In lengths of from 6 to 25 yards an d their equal is not^to be found tinder from $1.25 to 2.50
98c
Ourstock of Dress Goods is acknowledged by all who^have seen it to be absolutely the best that ever came to^Montana.
IHENNESSY'S I
welts....
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Webelieve our stock of Welt Sole^Shoes for I.adh s and Misses Is greater^and comprises more styles than any^other stock In the city.
Theyare made with heavy soles, ex^^tension edge, and are the only shoe^for fall and winter wear that will^keep the feet warm and dry.^Ladles' Pongola, Button or Lace,
Pointedand Square toe13.50
Ladies' Heavy Dongola Lace,
Pointedtoe, waterproof4.00
Ladies'Box Calf Lace, Pointed
toe,waterproof 5.00
Ladies'Fine Kid, Button or Lace,
Pointedor Square toe 6.00
Ladles'Fine Kid, Cushion Cork
Sole.Lace. Pointed toe 6.00
Ladies' ^Ox Blood,^ the new
shade.Pointed toe 5.00
Afine line of Men's Dark Tan Lace^Shoes, Calf Lined, for fall wear. Just^arrived.
FREDG'.MER. 113 S^^.^n^^',.
ANACONDACOFFER MINING CO.
(HARDWARE DBF ARTMSXT.
SUCCESSORTO TCIXTLE MANUFACTURING A SUPPLY OOMfAsTl
Eagle,Monarch, Czar, Defiance.
They
Are
Beauties,
allof^them^and as^trood as^they are^handsome
Eagle,with aluminum rim. 28-ln.. ladles' and men's.... .nn.oi
Monarch,two models, 28-ln., ladlee' ftDd men - M $ft and 100.0
Citir,tt-ln.( raen'l ^^ea^^a ^^eeeeeeeet es^.ee^aea ^^^^^^^^^ 100.09
Defiance.24-Ui.. SiO; M'iBVi M0* 38-ln^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^***^*^^^^^^^.^ 69. Of
THE
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und MECHANIC AKTS
WILL OFKX OX^uniMiDIV, S.-ITKMIltR 10, 139S.
Examinationsfor Entrance and Con^^ditions will be held on September 16.
ThoroughCourses are given in all^English branches. Chemistry, Phys^^ics, Uotany, Geology, Entomology, etc.
Teacherswill find excellent oppor^^tunities to prepare for examinations^or advanced work. For Catalogues or^Information apply to
PresidentJames Reld,^Bozeman, Montana.
WmHoee. M Tt Wrownlee. H B ^~ amhert,
MarcusDsiy, r. r. s ;^e. :.
$30.00to $350.00.
Fromthe family siies to tha largest Restaurant and Hotel Riagss.
TWOCARS OP NEW PENINSULAR AND ST. CLAIR^HEATING STOVES.
KENNEDYFURNITURE COMPANY
18-20West Broadway, Butte.
H0GE,BR0WXLEE ^ CO.,^BANKERS.
BUTTSCITY. MO.XTAXA.
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Subscribefor the Stir.darJ.
R.C. Howell ^ Co.
19West Broaiway
BUTTS
MONTANA
whichwe will sell on
SALESROOM*
Wehave a few more 189* Models on hand,^terms to clear out.^RcNTlNG U^PARTME^T
Wehave a most complete line of Renting Wheels, which we keep In good^running order at all times. Our Renting Wheels are all ls96 Waverleys.^RcPAIrf DEPAiJTM-N T
Ourrspalr shop Is known all over Montana as being the finest equipped^in the state. We have recently received the 'ate^t Improved Vulcanlser, and^can repair old tires, making them as soud as new Orders for parts and re^^pair work from outside points receive our persortl attention.
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