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F A D E D l B ) a l Pcfl)amMle “ faffiki) VOL. XllI, NO. 31. M E C H A N I C V I L L E . SA R A T O G A C O U N T Y , N- Y„ S A T U R D A Y M O R N IN G . D E C E M B E R 1, 18 9 4 WHOLE NO. 655 * i v i c c i l d ' i l i c v i l l c upper Hudson &t the mouth of Teneuilaho Creek, the outlet ot The Saturday Mercury is Printed ^ A L L AT H O M E .^ Advertisers Appreciate a Home Newspaper. !ailstoi Lake and Bound Lake. It is midway between Albany and Saratoga, the political and social capitals of the Empire State. It is twelY e miles Irom tide water navigation at Troy and eighteen miles from Schenectady. It is on the line of the Champlain Canal and has railroads diverging in seven diffekent directions . A street railroad e.\teu(ls through the main business portion of the village and reaches Stillwater, three miles up the Hudson The Same Publisher has Issued this Paper Jtechanicville has facilities for passenger and freight transportation that are surpassed by only a few cities. { -ik t | T T 'l, • J \T The United States census of 1880 gave Mechanicvillc a population o f 1,‘265. It now has a population of fully j 1 i C d l i y 1 f i l l iWWll I S«. ,5,000. Its growth has been rapid and substantial. j T hi.s can n o t he .said hv A n y O th e r Newspaper in Saratoga Co, M p r f i f I f l i r V l I l A Po “esses two immense water powers on the Hudson River and has one of the I T lV V ’l I d . I I i v V l l l C largest pulp and paper mills in the world. Its other manufacturing enterprises include Fitchburg Railroad cai- shop, Delaware & Hudson car chops, three large knitting mills, three sash, blind ami door factories, two shirt factories, two brick yards, a factory for elec trical supplies, iron and brass foundries, lime kilns and fertilizer works. Mechanicville has six churches, a new $-10,000 academy and public school building, a fine new opera house, a bank, two telegraph offices and a driving park. The Y. M. 0. A. maintain a public library, reading rooms, gymnasium and bath rooms. . The village is lighted by electricity aud has unequalled water works, supplying the public with pure spring 1 water by the gravity system. Electric street cars will soon bo in use. { GRAND OPENINGS X.OCAI. niNlSS. Printers’ Ink says “An adv. in the paper is worth two on your store front. U- P* McQirr & Co’s New Store# P A B K -.A T E ., M E C T IANICVlLLE, In Older to um k e th is op e u iiig iiiein o ia b le to ou r cu s tom e r s am i th e jiuhlic, w e unm iunce a Grand Opening Sale AT PBIC£S UNHiARD OF in tlie history of tjie Dry Goods Trade. \Y E D E F Y Troy \m\ Albany Coinpplitjon, Either in Prices, Quantity, Quality or Variety. lElverybody One of tm 1 Invited TO V^sit This Stoie,- b HandsomesL this side of |Ndw York City. lc\iIR R & CO., \ |m PBESTOl ^ §p_a_c^ E very Week. C H A N G S r 'ark=ave. SEoe Parlor, \ (^up ^ § . 0 G HAND WELT. FINE C.tFF STOCK, IX AI.E STVl-KS, AH/j THE BlvSr THAT aiOSEY CAN ritODtX^E EVERY F.U11 (il’ARA.N- T£ED FOR SERVICK. Park Avenue Shoe Pariorj . JD. C. BJEE), !Pi*oprie-tor. WATCH OUR FINE WINDOW DISPLAY. D. S. DOUGLASS, FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE, Notary Fubllc and Keut Jb elate Aeent. L ob -> cs promptly scttleil. I’olii'ii s written in good <-ompaniea; none better tliau thoae represented at . Oiens Y'alls lus. Co., ol GW as Fate, ! Fir-Ins. Co., of N Y .;lus Co. of Nottli America, of i ’bilaucipbia; Royal Ins. Co., of Llvcrpooi, England; JSortb Urltisb'and Mercantile Ins. Co., ol lAindonand Edinburgh; Travelers, of Ilartford, Ct. and Mutnal Fife Ins. Co. of N. y . Offi.'i', Main Street, Mccbamciilic, New \ork. bis agency. < I. Y.; noma Come where you can get your even ilollsr’s worth. Full line of latiu-s umler- wear. Corsets ami gloves at. lowest price.<. Ladies’ goods a speclaUj’. Mrs. C. O. Barnes, R I C E & H O W L A N D , tiBAT.EKs* IN Oats, Hay and Straw, Hard and Sojt Wood. A lso for the BUVKKVK .aiOWBU MACHINE SHOP. General msebine work done. All kinds \of agri cultural impicmeuls repaired, fetcam fittiivg and piping, (inns, locks, aerring machine., bi< vcle.« 4e , &t. Mill work a specially, \ J £ SMITH. Mill Street, Met-hWcTiik, Y, — N, CLUTE.— Practical Horse Shoeing I^onsT Kxp«r]euce. £i«tt8ra«tioo liTuit Trees S d Shrubs. Choicest Variety and True to name, splendid speeiniens will be furni-ned you bv /y. l i A K E R , M cchanii'villr.. Drop him a Postal Card. All slock guaranteed. Will be replaced if it does not live. y You Want Crayons or Phot FOB fH K ISTM Aa PBK! ographs ISEMTS, SlPPEiRLY, Persons who have raw furs and skins to sell should consult the advertisement of F. J. Bithrick. Monday morning, the snow was a foot deep between Utica and Syracuse, and the sleighing was excellent. Contractor Will J. Sieves has built fourteen bouses already this aea«ou. We call this a pretty good record. L. E. Baker last week established au agency at Ballston Spa. for the sale o f the fruit tree and shrubs grown by the famous Higblaud Nursery company of Rochester. Robinson and Ferris, the coal mer chants, drive a 2,700 pound team. One of these heavy horses was purchased of Geo. Wheeler. These horses wala along easily with a ton o f coal. Edw. W. Cheney, the lime manufac turer, has recently unloaded six or seven canal boatloads of stone, and Is pushing his increasing lime trade. He luinnfac- fures a high grade of lime. Strangers in town looiking for buildiu; lots or mannfactnring sites will do w< to look over our real estate advertisements 1 page second. The lots advertised are all sections of the village and are de sirable. In these days o f cheap horses almost anyone can afford to buy one of Joseph Dodd’s line cutters and euj .y urea of sleighing. Mr. Dodd has a fine stock of cutters and sleighs to show the public. _________________ The Champlain canal was closed of ficially last night at midnight, and the Uft-bridgo will not be bang up again dur ing the next five months. The loafers have forsaken the brid^ge railing, and sought quarters where they can spit on a “slssing hot” stove. IUCKN 0 M”S MARTYRS S.’“ THE FIRST SERMON OF REV. DR, TAL MAGE’S ROUND THE WORLD SERIES! A Vivid Story o f the E.uuons Siege nt Eucknow, India—Christian Character In Time o f Distress and Bangor—Havelock’s Devotion and Courage. B rooklyn , N ov . 25.—Rov. Dr. Tul mage today bi w o rld sermona th |eo6 selected n Ills series of round the rough the press, the first being Lucknow, India, text chosen was Deuteronomy xx, 19, “ When thon shalt besiege a city a long time in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them.” The awfnlest thing in war is beslego- ment, for to the work of deadly weapons it adds hunger and starvation and plague. Beslegement Is sometimes necessary, but my text oommands mercy even in that. The fruit trees must be spared because they afford food for man. “ Thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an n i against them.” But in my recent jour ney round the world I found at Lucknow, India, the remains of the most merciless besiegemont of the ages, and I proceed to tell you that story for four great reasons —to show you what a horrid thing war is and to make yon all advocates for peace, to show you what genuine Ghristiau ohar- aoter is tinder bombardment, to put a Dp coronation on Christian courago and to ’ell show you how splendidly good people die. As our train glided into the dimly light ed station I asked the guard, “ Is this Lneknowf” and he answered, “Luck now,” at the pronunciation of which proper name strong emotions through body, mind and soul. The Siege o f Bucknow. The word is a synonym of suffering, of nelty, of heroism, of horror such as is iqneting hall, but then w hospital. A t this part tlie am putatlo took place, and all such patients died. Tlie heat was so great and the food so in- Bulficicut that the poor follow s could not recover from the loss of blood. They all died. A m p u tations wore performed w ith out chloroform. A ll the anaesthetics wore exhausted. fracture that in other cli m ates and under other circum stances w ould liavp come to easy convah here xwoved fatal. ••Y'onder was Dr. Fayrer'a house, who w as the surgeon v.t the place and is Queen V ietovia’s doctor. T h is upper i w a s the oflicers’ room, and there .Sir 1 ry LaAvrence, our dear commander, was wonndrd. W hile he sat there a shell strneU the room, and som e one suggested that he had Iietter le.ave the room, but he Several calls have been made this week At the Saturday Mercury office for rooms to rent, both furnished and unfurnished. Pereons who have such rooms should ad vertise them in our want column, as it is scanued every week by many peoide, and by new-comers especially. “Nervous Prostration” inquires “ What is all that eternal thumping about every Other night,” and is informed that it is the Tallmadge Drum corps rehearsing for the presidential election of 159G. The boys expect to be in excellent practice for that campaign,—if they are not all dead. Our inquirer evidently does not love music. Mrs. JillsoD, the successor o f Miss Stro- heck in the millinery business, has moved from her store at Park place to the west store in the new Guild block, where she baa larger and more conven ient millinery parlors. Miss Goodnoe who occupies the store with Mrs. Jillaon, conducts a dressmakiog establistament, and expects to operate several sewing machines,__________________ ^M echanicville continues to fill up with new-comers, and those who thought last spring that it would be follv to construct flftv new booses and fiats in town, are now surprised to find the houses built and filled. And yet in spite of all this building, a prominent business man told us the other day that he had been look ing for a nice house and was as yet un able to find one. He desired a house of the $12 1-2 to $15 a month grade, and ■ ought it strange to find a scarcity of ich houses. It appears to be the gen eral belief that more $8 and $10 a month houses here would floe desirable tenants. Such houses are desired near the center of the town, as for instance on Front-st. and the near Tenendaho knitting mill. At the head o f onr House and Home Department on page__ fourth, J. H. Pack er announces a grand sale of books for the holidays. He has the largest stock of books ever shown in town, and the prices marked on them are surprisingly low. Just think o f nicely bound books of standard fiction, classic poetry, history etc., at 19 cents and 25 cents a volume. His stock of picture books from the fa mous Bo.<itou house o f D. Lothorp & Co., la “just Immense” in quantity and quality. Then he has a multitude of books in unique shapes, representiug cats, dogs, peacocks and other curious things. Books furnish a house and are pleasant compan ions. They may tell “yarns” but they never hurt your feelings. Surround your children with good books, and talk with Packer before you fill ibeir Christmas stockings. ___ As an emergency medicine, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral takes the lead of all other remedies. For the relief and cure of croup, whooping-cough, sore throat, and the dangerous pulmonary troubles to which the young are so liable, it is invab uble, being prompt to act, sure to cure. At Massey’s they have 200 boys’ cape overcoats which he will sell at twenty cent, loss than cost to dear them off, 10 600 pairs o f boys’ pants, good stock, winter weight, for 50 cents to .$1.25 to clear them oil'. The assortment of floe dress patterns at Packer’s is complete. No patterns duplicated and ladles can secure exclu sive costumes. Look ont for a nice line o f plain and decorated crockery and lamps next week at Landon’s. have for 35 years been reading of the ago nies there endured and the daring deeds there witnessed. It was my great desire to have some one who had witnessed the scenes transacted In Luckni duct us over the place. We He was a young soldier nt thi utlny of the ages broke out, with others Inside the greatest mi _ _ and ho w a s pu t w ith others Inside the residency,w h loli w a s a cluster o f buildings m a k ing a forttess in w h ic h the representa tives of the Englisli governm ent lived, and w h ich w a s to be the scene of an en durance and a bombardment the story of w h ich poetry and painting and history and secular and sacred eloquence have been trying to depict. Our escort not only had a good m em ory of w h a t had happen ed, but had talent e n ough to rehearse the tragedy. In the early part of 1857 all over India the natives were ready to break out In re bellion against a ll foreigners and ospeolnl- ly against tho civ il and m ilitary represent atives of the E n g lish governm ent. A half dozen causes are mcRtloned for the feeling of discontent anti that w as evidenced throughoi m o st of these causes were m ere pretexts. Greased c artridges were no doubt an ex asperation. The givaso ordered by the E n g lish governm e n t to bo used on these cartridges w a s taken from cows aud pigs, and grease to the H indoos is unclean, and to bite these cartridges at the loading of tho guns w o u ld be an offense to the H in doo’s religion.' Tho leaders of the Hindoos said that these greased cartridges were only part of an attem p t by the E n g lish governm e n t to jnako tho natives give up their religion. Hence unbounded in d ig nation w a s aroused. The Native Discontent. A n o ther cause of tho m u tiny w a s that another large province of India had been annexed to tho B r itisli empire, and thou sands of officials in tho e mploy o f the of that province we tlon, and they were m a k ing. A n o ther causo was said to be the bad governm e n t t'xci-cised by som e E n g lish officials In India. The sim p le fact w a s t h a t the nati’ India were a conquered : E n g lish were tho con< years tho B r itish sceptci latives of and the 'ptcr had been waved over India, and the Indians w a n ted to break that scepter. Thei-e never had been any love or .sympathy between the natives of India and the Europeans. There is none now. Before tho tim e of tho great m u tiny the E n g lish governm ent risked m u ch power In the hands of tho natives. Too m a n y of them m anned the forts. Too m a n y of them were in govornmcut.al employ. A n d now tho tim e had come for a w ide out break. Tho natives had persuaded them selves that they could send tho E n g lish governm ent flying, and to accom plish it dagger and sword and firearms and m u t i lation and slaughter m u st do their worst. It w a s e v ident in Lucknow that the n a tives were about to rise and pu t to death all the Europeans they could lay their hands on, and in to the residency the Christian population of Lucknow hasten ed for defense fi-om t h e tigers in hum a n form w h ich were grow ling for their vic tim s. Tho occupants of the residency, or fort, w e r e —m ilitary and noncom b atants, m en, w o m en and chlldrin-—in num ber about 1,69;I. I suggest in one scntcnco som e of the chief woes to w h ich they were subjected w h e n I say that these people were in tho residency five m o n ths w ithou t a single change of c lothing, som e of the tim e the heat at 120 and ISO degrees; tho place black w ith flics and a ll a-squlrm w ith ver m in; firing of the enem y upon them ceas in g neither day nor night; tho hospital crowded w ith tho dying; sm allpox, scur vy, cholera adding th d r work to that of shot and shcllf womtm brought up in all comfort and nover having know n w a n t crowded and sacrifletd in n cellar where nino children wero born; less and less food; no water except th a t w h ich was ■ b rought from a w e ll under the enem y ’s lire, BO that the w a ter obtained w as at the price of blood; tho stench of the dead horses adding to tlie oflluvia o f corps-’.s, and all w a it ing for tho m o m e n t w h e n the army of 60,000 shrieking H indoo devils should break in upon the garrison of the residency, now reduced by w ounds and slckne.ss and death to 970 m en, women and children. A V isit to tho Ecsidcncy. “ Call mo early,” I said, “ tomorrow m o rning and let us bo at tho residency be fore tho snn becomes too h o t .” A t 7 o ’clock in the m o rning wo left onr hotel in Lucknow , and I said to our obliging, gentlem a n ly escort, “ P lease take us along the road by w h ich Havelock and Outram the relief of the re.siden(cy,” w a y wo w ent. mtram re.siden That There w a s a sol- WQ approached the gate of emn still; the residency. 1 masonry, of the entrance, signature of shot and punctuation of cannon ball all up and down and everywhere. Go to G. H- Whitney’s for u hot coffee. * thefeTalL^of a^bullding the first floor^f :lon^ liied and i ■cald, -L ightning never strikes sam e place. ’ Hardly had he lother .=hcll tore off his c.an-Ud dying Intp Dr. F.ayrcr's h<m=o on the other side of the road. Sir Henry Lawrence had been in or a long tim e before the m u- 1 been In the Indian service for us, and he had started for England to re cover h is h ealth, but g e ttin g as far as B o m bay the E n g lish governm ent requested him to rem ain at least aw h ile, for hopould not bespar<>d in such dangerous tim es. H ecai here to I,iirkiio\v and foreseeing the sic of tins resiOency bad fillcsl m a n y of 1 rooms w ith grain, w ithout which the r esi dency wmilii liave been obliged to surren der. There were also taken by him in to this resideney rice and sugar and charcoal and fciiicliT for t h - oxen and hay for the horses, lin t now, at tho tim e when all tho people wci’o looking to him for w is dom and CTOirago, Sir Henry is d y ing.” Our escort di-serihed tho scene— unique, tender, Iiemitiful and overpowering—and wliilo I stood on tho very spot w h e re the sighs and groans of the besieged and laccr- •nted tiiid look, n lu-artod m ot the w h iz of biilleis, ami the dcmoni.ac hiss of bni shell, and t ho roar of h.att— gave mo the parlicnlars. this n h igli, and lie lyrcr's hon ' ad. S ir Hr poor iii'ultli for a tiny, ilo had lire :tcrii\9, m y escort lory to Chrlstemloin. “ A s V II,n .1^ S ir Henry w a s told that he id not m.iny bouts to live ho asked the chapliiin to adnii inistcr to him tho holj com m u n ioti. H e f i l l r v trticnlarly anxiom for th e siifcty lit th e w o m e n in th o dem y. w ho je e ti d to till1 in?” I .asked, for I could supp tlon no longer. H is answer came: “ I w a s not at the m o m e n t present, but w ith some other young fellow s I saw sol diers dancing w h ile tw o highland pipei ly played, and I said, 'W h at i.s all this e: at any m o m ent m ight b 11 - sav.'iges who howled a : breaking In oj inless re-c-nforcor ■'ideney, matti-r of tim e unless re-enforconn should come. lie w ould frequently sny to those who .>-mronndcd his death couch: ‘Fave flu- hulo God help llio poor w o m en and I iiildr n l’ direefions for the desperate defense of the plitec. Ho asked fnrgivenea8 of a’! those whom ho m ight unintention ally have negl.-eted or offended. Ho left a mi “-ago for all hi.s friends. Ilo tergot not to give dircetion for the care of his favorite hoi>e. Ho clmrged the officers, saying: 'D y no m eans surrender. Make DO tiN'.'iiy or compmuiiso Avith tliodospera- dfu‘-. Die Ilo took chargo of ;is\lum Jio Imcl establij'hcdfor tbochil- drrn of soUliora. Ilo gave directions for hishurinl. ?;aying: ‘X o n onpcnse, no fuss. Let m e hi- hurieil w ith tho m e n .’ H e dic tated Ills own epitaph, whleh I read ahove his (omli: ‘Hero lies Henry L a w rence. w h o tri<d to do his duty. May the Lord Inive merey on his sou l.’ “ l i e said, T wotild like to have a p:is- sage of U.-ripture added to the words on m y grave, siieh as, ‘-’Po the T.ord onr God helong m ercies and forgivenes.sr.s, though WC have relielled iigainst h im .” Isn ’t it from O a iiier’ So as hrave a m an as E n g land or India ever .saw expired. Tho sol diers liftt d the cover from his face and kissed him heforo tlicy rarrieil him out. Tho elia;ilain offered a prayer. Then they removed the great hero amid the r a ttlin g hail of the g u n s and jmt liim down am ong Other soklii'i’s hurled at Gto samo t im e .” A ll of whieh I state rir tho benefit of those will! w o u ld have ns iielievo that the Christian religion is lit iml.v for w om e n in the < ightif s and children under seven. Tliete was glory enough In that departure to halo Chri'teiulom . “ T h ire.\ said onr t.scort, “ Bob the N a ih r did the w o rk.\ “ W ho was Boll the X.ailcr;-” ‘‘Oh, lie wa.s the A frican who .sjtt at that iioint, and when any one of our men vcntnri d across the road he w ould drop him n i ili a rille hall. Boh was a sure ruarksuian. The only way to get across the road for water from the well w a s to w.-iit until his gun flashed and then in stantly ( Tn>.s liefiive lie had tim e to load. The only way w e could get rid of him w as hy (iig;:iiig a m ine under tlio house where lie was hidden. W hen tho hou.se w a s I'hn\n tip, Boh the N a iler w e n t w ith I sai'l In him, “ Il-id y,.u tti;tdo up your m inds \\h it 1 11 d the other sufferers wouUl d'l to K.e- fii’iuls actually broke 10 probability was ■arly five m o n ths that w n i.lii l.i- ;d; in- You im ist remcm l.i iiu against 60,000, and for hitter j.ait of the tim e it w as 9U0 III III. and the resideney and the rut up for only from the not uiassaorcd over.v luun ber^i tho ; agatn-t |■■'|.e earthworks and the iiroiind it wero not I an iiUiu-k. It w as onl; .y of (hi I tliat we were n o t ;oon after the l.esicgcm ent. Wo were re solved md til alhnv ourselves to get into tin-■ h.'.mli, of tli'ise desperadoes. Y'ou m u st and all tho w om en had h.'.mli, lembi r that we ; heaid of Gil' liiitcli we kni‘\v wiiat dcfi'i to le i l I'Ul ii-iy In bl'iwn onrselv' s solaced each other when their children w ith four companlonB, ho w as aooustomed died. W hen a husband or father fell, such to seek the “ seclusion of oneof the dormi- prayttrsof s.vmpathy were offered as only torlc.s for purposes of devotion, though cer- •women can offer. They endured w ithou t tain in those days of being branded as com p laint. They jirepareti their ow n chll- M ethodists and canting hypocrites.” Ho dren for Imrial. They were inspiration liad in early life been immersed in a Bap- for the m en who Stood at their posts fight- tlst church. H e acknowledged God In Ing t ill they dropped. | every victory and says in one of his dis- Our escort told ns that again and again patches that ho owes i t -‘to the power of new s had come that Havelock and Outram the Enfield rifle in British hands, to Brit- --------- n tho w ay to fetch these besieged ish pluck and to the blessing of A lm ighty jt of their wretclicdness. They had God on a roost righteous ighteous cause. ” H e was received a In a qu ill ai igtiised ni w a s on IS that Hi Ir wretclicdness. They had God on a roost r 'tier from Havelock rolled up accustom ed to sp e n d . tw o hours every id carried In the m outh of a m o rning in prayer and Bible reading, and ' “ letter telling; them if tho army w a s to march at 8 o’clock retreat. It w-as constant vacillation be tween hope and despair. But one day they heard the guns of relief sounding noarei them i f tho arm y w a s to march a t 8 o’clock he news rose for t h e purposes of religious devotion lied to at 0 o’clock, and i f tho army was to march of Luol I fortresses filled w ith nrme , and every step o f Haveloc any w as contested—firing froi \ i n windo' is of relief soiin Tot all the houi now were fortresses fllh miscreants, and and his army wi housetops, firing from doorways. SciiUiucnt ami Foctry. I asked enr friend if he thought that the world famous story of a Scotch lass in her delirium heating the Scotch bagpipes advancing with the Scotch regiment was a true storj’. He said ho did not know but that it was true. Without this man’s telling me I knew from my own observa tion that delirium sometimes quickens some of tho faculties, and I rather think the Scotch lass in her delirium was tho first to hear the bagpipes. I decline to ba- liovo that class of people who would like to kill all the poetry of tho world and banish all the fine sentiment. They toll US that Wlilttier's poem about Barbara Freitohlo was founded on a delusion, and that Longfellow’s poems immortalized things that never occurred. The Scotch lass did he.ar tho slogan. I almost heard if id he.ar tho slogan. I m y self a.s I stood insklo tho fc toldold off 11he residency whih m y escort t o t com ing on i enty-eiglitli higliland regim ent. ‘•Wore you prc.sent w licn H avelock I .asked, for I could suppress the' layed, and I said, 'What i.s all this ei- tom ent about?’ Then w e came up And iw that Havelock w a s in, and Outram wa.s In, and the regiutents were pouring '■ Show n.s where they came in,\ I ox claimed, for 1 knew that they did not er ter thriuigh tho gate of the residenej that beinff banked up in.sklo to keep tb murdercr.s out. ‘‘Here it i.-, ’’ answered m y escort. “ Her it is— the <-iiibrasuro througli which the; came. ’' We walked tip to tho spot. It is u6w a broken down pile of bricks a dozen yards from tlio gate. 1-ong grass now, but thon a blood spatii red, butlet scarred opening In tho V ■■ •, altliough tho seem I .saw them come in— ■sick, but trium phal cheering, and first excite: A s wo stood (hen w as 37 years ago, I Havelock iiale and sick, bu t triu m p h an t, and Outram, wJtoin all tho eque.strlan statues in Calcutta uqd Europe cannot too grandly pre.sent. A fter tlio Kclief. “ What then happened?” I said to my ‘-Oil!\ ho s.Ttd, “ that is im p o ssible to tell. Tim earth w as rem oved from the gate, and soon all the army of relief en tered, iind home of ns laughed, and some cried, and some prayed, and som e danced. Highlander.s so dust covered and enoug blood and wounds on their faces to mak them unrecoguizablo fcuatched tho babi out of tlicir m o thers’ arms and klssc them and pas.scd tho b abies along for othi soldiers to Idss, and tho wounded men •led out of tho hospital to join la the a it was w ild jubilee u n t il the Itemi ■ ■■nssed. Tho story'of how m any of the . a n c ing army had been slain on the way began to have tearful effect, and tlio story of suffering that had been cmbin'd insiilo tho fort and tho nn- nouncem rnt to tho children that they were fathcrle.ss and to w ives that they were w idow s subm erged tho shouts of joy Wltli w a ilin g of agony. “ But were joti not emharinesed by the arrival of JlaM-loek and 1,-100 m en wbc brought no food w itli them?” Ho an- ‘•Of ciuir'e wn wero put on sinullcr ra tions iniiiiediately in order that they m ight slum'V,-ill) us, but wo know that the com ing ot tiiis re-cnforcerocnt would help us to hold the place un til further ro lief should come. Had not this first relief arrived ns if did in a day or two at most and perJmps in any liour tho besiegers w ould iiuvo broken in, and our end would have come. Tim sepoys had dug six minc.s under tlio residency and w ould soon have exploded a ll.” A fter wo had obtained a few bullets that bad liccn picked out of the w a ll and a piece ot a liomlwhell wo w a lked around the e loquent ruin.s and put our hands Into tho scars of llio shattered m asonry and explored the cemetery inside the fort, where hundreds of the dead soldiers await tho c o m ing of the 1-ord of H o sts at tho last day, and w e could endure no more. My emblc, and my < t, and I said, '-Li cnoy at I.ucl leloved inis.Qoi rooms wlicri laid durinj '} 111 n we cri ilit'i the ci llar o£ sliudd. r of iuirro up am i all gone life lug. t lic f.\ All .‘tw fiil Fri>«>n. • r liow m e.\ I said, • till- w o inia .-wid ehildr th'.-'C ;iw fill iiinnlhs.” [•rii-si d uve-r and w ent down the re.sidency. W ith a indc.scribalile I entered Bars whi vc 622 women and children had bi-i ii crowded un til the wholo floor w as toll I know th e ex.-rct n u m b e r, for Ic o u n i . i l tlirii- ii.-imes on th e roll. As 01)1- ol (he ludii-s w rote in h e r d iary, speak in g of thi s.- vM'tnm, she said, \T h e y lay upon tl..’ llo.u- liltin g in to each other like b its in ,-i p n /:;le.” W ives h a d obtained from tiu-ir luishuiids th e prom ise t h a t the luisb iiiil- V. 'nld shoot thi m r a th e r than le t tlii-m fall iiilo Gic iiatids of thcfiedes- peradoi T h e w o m e n w ith in th e resi dency w ‘ re k ijit on the sm alle.st allow - niieii ili„t V. o'lild i.uiintaiii life. N o oppor- tu n itv of p r iuiey. Tlie dcatii an g e l and b in it ange] tom bed w ings as they p.a.'s d. E llis, moMiuiUKs, vii-inin in f u ll piis-e.-ion of th e ida'-c, and tliese woniou in niiiim ui.ii t i-.\iieetaiicm t h a t the enrng- d savages v.oulil rusli upon them In a v io h iu e ol whii-li chill and sword and ton !i and tlnoat ctm lttg w o u ld ho tho mild, r l.'t-ms. Oiu f.'ioit (lid i!s tigain and again of the bravir.v of these wom en. Tliey did not drspalr. They ine.iuragid the soli They waited on the wounded and in tlic liospital. 'I'licy gave up their Ings for holders of the tho soldiery. ;d and dying p their stook- icshot. They I had sei ij tho reside! the day In (ore w 1th a hi and he told concerning tb but this mor: w itli one w ho Indian m u tiny witli itli hi.s own fought the beeiegcr.s, anti w ith hi.s own had heard the yell of tho mi.sercauta as they tried to .storm the w alls, and w ith his own eyes ha«l w itnessed a scene of pang and sacri.nee and endurance and bereavo- m ent and prmves.s and rescue w h ich niafii'all this Lijeknow fort Burruiitidings lii.> Mount f'l nini teenth ceiirury. Tlie Grave of Havelock. On the follow ing day, about four milt )S 0 at 4. Sit Henry Havelock, the son in whoso arms the fStber died, when I came through London Invited three of tho heroes of Lucknow to moot m oat his table and told me concerning his father some most i spiring and Christian things. Ho said: “My father know not what fear was. Ho would say to mo in the morning as ho came out of his tout, ‘Harry, have you read the book?’ ‘‘ yob yotir prayers?’ ‘‘ ‘Have you had your breakfast?’ “ ‘Come, then, aud let us mount and go out to be shot at and die like gentlemen.’ ” Tho three other heroes at Lucknow at that table told of General Havelock other things just as stirring. What a speech that IS Havelock made to his soldiers as he started for Cawnpur, India I ‘•Over SfJO of our race are s t ill allii ipur. W ith God’s help w e w ill !00 of our race are s t ill aliv e in :rom death. 1 am trying you irely, m y m en, b u t I know w h a t you Tho enthusiasm of his men was well Cawnp them fi cheerily: God bless tho gouei Bit and woke him, and the izing the general, cried out room for the general! Havelock's Immort ortal Faroe. A plain monument marks Havelook’i , but the epitaph is as beautiful anc grave, but the epitaph Is as comprehensive as anything I hav seen, and I copied it thon aud thoi it is as follows: “Here rest the mortal remains of Henry Havelock, major general In the British ue:^ & UARKIN, leading Livery, Boarding and SALE STABLE. Uitch up, WC can, the toniest rig. Holds tho family, little and big; Ilorsca well trained and easy to guide. Handsome phaetens and eurreys to ride. IFie to the country, forest or lake. Here wo can suit ’yond no mistake; Have your team hero fed and stalled, Hitch op in a jiffy will be when called. >g JL e e Sc I i a r l s i n ' Cor. Broadway & a Clement-ave. Near depot, Mechanicville eutery, produced by the hardships of a campaign in which he achieved Immoital fame, on the 24th of November, 1857. He w a s born on the Cth of A p r il, 1795, nt Bishops, Wermouth county, Durham, England; entered the army 1816; came to India 1823 and served there w ith little in- tm his dcati gbanistan, the Maliratti and the Sutlej of 1845. “ Hetaiued by adverse tetaiued b y adverse circum stances b subordinate position, i t w as the aim o his life to show that the profession of Christian is consistent with the fullea dischargo of the duties of a soldier. H commanded a divislon.ln tho Persian ex pedition of 1857. In t h e terrible convul sion of that year his genius and character were at length fully developed and know n to t h o world. Saved from shipwreck on the Ce.vlon coast by that providence w h ich designed him for greater things, ha w as nom inated to tho comm and of tho c olum n destined to relieve the brave garrison of Lucknow. This object, after alm o st su perhuman exertion, ho by tho blessing of God accomplished. B u t ha w a s not spared to receive on earth tho reward so dearly earned. The D ivine Master whom he serv ed saw fit to removo him from the sphere of his labor in tho m o m e n t of hia greatest triumph.s. Ho departed to his rest in hnm - blo but confident expectation o f far greater rewards and honors w h ic h a grateful country w a s anxious to bestow. In him the s k ill of a coinmandor, the courage and devotion of a soldier, the learning of a scholar, tho grace of a highly bred gentle m an and all the social and dom estic vir tues of a hti.sband, father and friend were blended together ntid strengthened, har m onized and adorned hy the spirit of a true Christian, tho re.-'ult o f tlio Influence of tho H o ly 8(pivit on liis heart and of a hum ble reliuuee on tho m erits of a cruci fied Saviour. II Tim o thy iv, 7, 8: ‘I have fought a good fight; I have finished m y course; I have kept tlio faith. Henceforth there is laid up for mo a crown of right eousness w h ic h the Lord, tho righteous Judge, giiall give me a t that day, and not to me only, but unto a ll them also that love hia appearing.’ This m onum e n t is erect ed by his sorrowing w idow and f a m ily.” Is not that m agnificent? B u t I said w h ile standing at H avelock’s grave, W hy does not England take his dust to herself and in Wcstmin.stiT abbey m ake biro a pillow? Tlie A p p lication. In a ll lii-r hi.story of wars there Is no nam e so nm g iietic, yet site has expressed nothing on this m a n ’s tomb. H is widow reared the toinbstono. Do you say, “ Let him sleep in tlie r egion whero ho did bis grandest deed.s?\ The saiuo reason w ould iiavo buried W e llington in Belgium , aud V o n M oltko nt Versailles, and Grant a t Vicksburg, and Stonewall Jackaon far away from his be- Talre him hi d inis.'-loiiary, loved Lexington, Va. ' Talre him homo, O mo niany interesting facta England! The rescuer of the m en, women n ing I Itud .seen it in company dulled could not hear tho r oll o f the organ I in that aw ful LS57 of the when it sounds through the venerable ab- in y w hi.s ow n flro bad bey the natinu.'il anthem , but it w ould hear tho sam e trum p et that brings np from am ong tlioso sacred w a lls tho form- of Outram, his fellow Itero in the over throw of tho Indian m u tiny. Let parlia m ent m ake appropriation from the na tional treasury and som e great warship under some favorlt .................... Mediterranean and A FEARFUL COUGH .Speedily Cured bj- AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL ••My wife ittircfhig fre fe a r f u l cough, ® which the beat o luedieal skill pro- - W ping wi old n o t e x p e c t O Hull sliccottW long 2 survive; hut Mr. o R. V. 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J, 8TEVES, Contractor a n d Boilder Flans and specifications drawn. EBthnates for-' niehed on all kinds of work. Plumbing and steam fitting a specialty. Addres.s, pestoffleo box 890, M e c h a n i o v i l l e OVEROCKER BROS., Contractors & Builders, £usign Aven-ae- Phil. Mawbey Griuid Itentral Bvtel Block. CIGARS, TOBACCO PIPES, FRESH FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON, (X)NPECTlONERY. Firsl-class Locli looi. COME AND SEE US. W. P PRYAR, Painter & Paper Hanger Orders may be left at Safforil’s hardware store. Kalsomimng, Whitening. 'trci-8 aud ite 'alvary of the (lay, about four m iles front tiie ri.-,iili-ni y, I visited tlie grave of Havclut-k. The i-eoiu-s of hardship and r.njgh which he had passed f“f I’uirlal endurance, and nfti-r lla v d o c k left the resl- ■h ho had relieved ho lay in a while- hi.s son, whom I saw in Louclou on my way heic, w as reading the old li<-i-ii tin- consolatory ticripturi self sucrili'-i' llir.n were too uiii'-li a few d.ny.s n dency tv tent dying, will; Tho telegraph tliat Ilaveliii-k had recri—\' \ tlon froi lu-i-ii tin- consolatory ticriptures. v\itcf. had told all natlonff sick unto death. ived tlie mcsHage (Onceii Victoria over [plus and liad hccii knighted, ai a rtcepth'ti as England never: m an since VVdllngtsin canto W aterloo aw aited his return. B u t he w ill never again sen ids native land. Ho has; led Ills hist army and planned tho last hatllc. Y’et. ho Is to gain another victory. Ho dcelnrcd it when in his last hours ho said to Gent-val Outram: “I die happy and contented. I have for 40 years so ruled my lifo that w-hen death came I m ight fare it wUhout fear. To die is g a in .” Indeed tills was no new sentim entality lar stress on the orfl w ith him. He once .stated thatliln boyhood, — Deutscher Bcichi nitlo death. Ho ^ of congratula- gave to any 0 back from I, and St Imiral sail aoroi Iterxanean and Arabian seas and wait at Bombay harbor for the coming ot this conqueror of conquerors, and then, saluted by the shipping of all free nations, let him and pass up and come under the le abbey and along tho aisles 'been oarried the mightiest centuries. njee and some readers are so lought aud 80 stupid that they ppHcatlon made of every sub- pass on ai arches of ____ , _____ where have been oarriet dead o f : slow of _ need an .-application m ade of every sul ject. B u t tho people who get this sermo have made tiio application for them selves already. I challongo you to say whether or not I have kept m y promiso when in the opening of this discourse I said I would' show you four things— w h a t an aw ful affair w ar is, w h a t g e n u ine Christian character is under bombardment, w h a t is the coronation of Christian courage and how splenciidly good people die. A n d here endctl) m y flr.-.t scrnion of tho round tho world series. A t a Soiree. Amateur Singer (whoso performances have severely tried tho patience of tho company)—1 will now sing just ono more song, and then 1 will go home. Lady—Pardon me, .do you lay partiou- stress on the order of your programme? t. A. STARKS, ierfc AXD 1>EAJLER IX FURNITURE. JOHN E. THOMSON, . Jeweler- Watchmaker and Optician.- Agent Ilf nil the Ic.'uiing stcamsiiip cotnpaBien. Tictets to Europe at the lowest rales. Goottclly UuiHiiiir. Mccbanicrillr. CASH BAZAAR. lIEADQUAinTCUS FOK HmisefurDisliing Goods 'rbich are being opened every day. J. />’. 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