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, \ y* * . iiMiy* [ POSTMASTER-GENERAL BIS| SELL ON HIS DEPARTMENT. I ??? Operation of a Great System?No Advantage Derived From the Oeean Mail Subsidies?A Deficit of Near. ly Eight Million Dollars?World's Fair; PostofTlce. / Tfcs flrst annuai report of Postmaster-General Bissell, shows in the briefest space consistent with a proper understanding of the subjects treated, the operations of the department during the last fiscal year. i TL* financial statement shews that tho de I ncieacv for tha year ended June SO, 1993, F was do,177,171.74, instead of $1,552,423.17, as estimated . <ind that, instead of a surplus .?* of $872,245.71 for the current fiscal year, as estimated, there will be an estimated deficiency of $7,830,473.07. The Post' master-General estimates the gross revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1895, at $84.427.748.1-i. and the jjross estimated expenditures at $90,399.485.33. leaving an estimated deficiency of $5.971,7S6.89.which, howevar. will be decreased $1,250,000 from funds taken from the unpaid money order accounts. Although there are ninety-three additional pos:oCces now entitled to the free delivery service, the arwence of appropriation for extension renders impossible the establishment of the system in even one of tbese towns. auw i osimasier-u-enerai auopis rne rwuuimendations previously made public adverse to tho extension of the experimental free delivery system. The estimated free delivery deficiency amounts to $68,0S0. ' Claims for carriers' overtime, amounting to nearly a million dollars, were on file in the ,department when Mr. Bissell assumed his duties. Under his order of April 4, however, postmasters have been held so strictly accountable for tho time of their carriers that the making of overtime has practically ceassc*. I The Postmaster-General suggests that n^atul nntnc Kn ihnlia'naH nn/3 tViaf thu rohAQ |/V>7VHi W Ilk/VIIOUVVIf UU>( WUUb kUU k l?L w * charged foE;all domestic money orders should / be reduced 3ad the lorra of order simplified, ^ Great improvement is noticeable in the Btar. railroad, and steamboat transportation service, the length of routes being 453,332.83 miles. The amount disbursed for the transt jportation of the mails was $43,597,997.55, and the number of miles traveled 381,499,085.75. The length of routes was i Increased last year by 6,241.90 miles. k The fast mail service between the North and South has been recently much enlarged, and the mail time between She East and California has been materially bortened. The Postmaster-General is in iavor of the utilization of local electric car lines lor mail transportation, and sav3 that his desire is that wherever the general service can be advanced use should be made of rapid transit city and suburban car lines. He pays particular attention to the railway mail service, and tbw requirements ot this year will, he estimates, call for an increase of employes Irom 6643 men to 7000 men. Ha urges such legislation as will provide a reasonable sum to be paid to the Widows and miuor children of railway mall clerks killed while on duty, and estimates that $ZO,COO annually will be sufficient for this purpose. He also recommends the formation of an auxiliary corps of clerks. Begar.ling ocean mail subsidy, the Post master-General says tbat ne is unable to ascertain that any positive advantages have accrued, trom either a mail or commercial point oi view, by reason of the contracts thus far put in operation under the act of March 3, 1891, and that therefore no new contracts have been entered into. The increased c03t of the conveyanf* of ocean mails under this net forthe years 189J, 181*4, 1395, and 18% (the last two years estimated) will bo $4.250.404.52. He says that the gains in the expedition of the mails hav3 not been material, and the advantages derived from the Government's control of the ships are incommensurate with the cost of SHTViCP. The department carried last 802,000,000 pounds of second-class matter, an increase of fourteen per c?!ht. Concerning.this the Postmaster-General remarks that he is afraid that this indicates not so much a healthy growth in the jHiricdical literature ol t'-ia country 03 tie ?-<:c?ss of ecterpnslng publishers in securing the entry ! many publications into this favored class that are not really entitKd to the privilege. The amount of free mail maiter delivered last year weighed 87,000,000 pounds, the total number of pieces aifgegating 467.356, 883. which, omitting newspapers and periodicals mailed free in their respective counties o. publication, and making no allowance for oases where excess over single rates might occur, wouldhave required, if charged the 8'itre r.? private matter, $7,173,364 worth of postage, this beingabout the amount ot the average annual deficient. Mr. Bissell says that the tlaancial depression greatly diminished the volume of postal receipts. The Posfmnqfpr-Oenprftl notes the imorove ment in clerical service resulting from the act at March 2, 18d9, which classified and fixed the salaries ot clerks in the first and second-clats offices, and urges an amend ment by Congress by increasing the maxi murr. salaries of certain classes in the clerical service. The Postmaster-General comments on the necessity ol a new building for the depart-. ment. the transactions of which are at present conducted in seven different buildings, for which the Government pas's annually nearly -3o0,000 rental, only one being owned Ly the Government. The Postmaster-General makes special mention of the needs of the ten larger Posto(flees of the country, to wit, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. Boston, 8t. Louis, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Baltimore :ind Pittahnru. which vield one-third of the total postal revenue. , Tan Postmaster-General expresses himself as highly gratified at the most satisfactory results shown from the model branch Postoffice. which proved such a great attraction and convenience to visitors at the World's Fair. The.gro?s receipts during the six mont hs of its continuance were $64,883.02. or eqna! to the postal business of a city of 80.000 inli:vbitants. The total numbor of pleats of mail matter handled was 15.178.313. BIG FINANCIAL SUCCESS. The Total Net Assets of the World's Fair are $1,862,482.18. The report of William K. Akormau, audi tor of the World's Columbian Expositioa, was officially sent to the Board of Directors. That tbo Exposition was a financial success is proven by the figures of the report. It shows. by making an approximate estimate Df the liabilities and receipts up to November 12, thnt the net assets over and above all liabilities amount to $1,862,432.18. The rerage daily receipts were ?S9,501, while the daily expenses were $22,405. The total expenditure* were $25,540,537. The sate receipts were $10,626,330, and $8,699,581 were received from concession*. Adding to this the capital stock ot $5,604.171, and the City of Chicago's $5,000.000 m bonds, the total receipts are given as $23, 10l.il*>. The balance, as shown by the auditor, Is ?2,610,630, but from this amount are de' ducted such obligations as are in sight, but not included as any port of the expenditure up to October 31. These obligations, which are for salaries, premiums, recoina^e of souvenir coids, ofHco expenses, etc., make a total of $743,147.82. This amount being deducted from the 42.610.630. leaves the total net assets $1.SS2.48J. A FUGITIVE KING. I/O Bengula Fleeing Toward the Zambesi?The War Over. ? '-1- n m A uespilkUU uuui xvnu, uuuiu auiutt, Bays that the Matabele regiments have beet oompletoly broken up. King Lo Bengula has tied northward in the direction of the Zambesi River. The despatch concludes by declaring that the war between the Matabeles and the British South Africa Company is over. Lo Bengula's regiments have dispersed, and have sent their wives and cattle to the hills. Only part ol the Bulawayo regiment remained with the King, whose wagon is , dragged by men, as they have no bullocks. Major Forbes is starting with 200 men in pur-fait. The Matabele are entirely broken up. REV. DR. TALMAGE. THE BROOKLYN" DIVINE'S SUNDAY SERMON Subject: "A Hunting Scene.'1 Text - " In the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. Genesis xliz., 27. A few nights ago 803 men encamped along the Long Island railroad so as to be ready for the next morning, which was the first "open day" for deer hunting. Between sunrise and 2 o'clock in the afternoon of that day fifteen deer were shot. On the 29th of October out woods and forests resound with the shock of firearms and are tracked of pointers and setters because the quail are then a lawful prize for the sportsman. On a certain day in all England you can hear the crack of the sportsman's gun. because grouse hunting has begun, and every man that can afford tne time ana ammunition and can draw a bead starts for the fields. Xenophon grew eloquent in regard to the art of hunting. In the far east people, elephant mounted, chase the tiger. The American Indian darts his arrow at the buffalo until the frightened herd fall over the rocks. European nobles are often found in the fox chase and at the stag hunt. Francis I was called the father of hunting. . Moses declares of Nimrod, "He was a mighty hunter before the Lord." Therefore, In all ages of the world, the imagery of my text ought to bo suggestive, whether it means a wolf after a fox or a man after a lion. Old Jacob, dyine, is telling the fortunes of his children. He prophesies the devouring propensities of Benjamin and his descendants. With his dim old eyes he looks 4 """" li.-infnra (Trtlncr ntlf trt thn I UU auu Oiroa bUW uuufcuto gvuif) fields, ranging them all day, and at nightfall coming home, the game slung over the shoulder, and reaching the door of the tont the hunters beginto distribute the game, and one takes a coney, and another a rabbit, and another a roe. "In the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. Or it may be a reference to the habits of wild beasts that slay their prey and then drag it back to the cave or lair and divide it among the young. I take my text, in the first place, as descriptive of thosa p??ople who in the morning of their life give themselves up to hunt ing ine wona, out snerwuiu, uy tua (lawvi God, in the evening of their life divide among themselves the spoils of Christian sharacter. There are aged Christian men and women in this house, who. if they , gave testimony. wonld toll you that in the morning of fheJr life they were after the world aa intense as a hound after a hare, or as a falcon swoops upon a gazelle. They wanted the world's plaudits and the world's gains. Ihey felt that if they could get tills world they would have everything. Some of them started out for the pleasures of the world. xney tnougnt mac tne man woo jsugueu loudest was happiest. They tried repartee and conundrum and burlesque and madrigal. Thev thought they would like to be Tom Hoods or Charles Lambs or Edgar A. Poes. They mingled wine and muslo and the speotecular. They w?*re worshipers of the harlequin, and the Merry Andrew, and the buffoon, and the jester. Life was to them foam and bubble aud cachinnation and roystering and grimaoe. They were so full of glee they sould hardly repress their mirth even on solemn occasions, and they came near bursting out hilariously even at the burial because . . there was something so dolorous In the tone or countenance of the undertaker. After awhile misfortune struok them hard on the back. They found there was something they could not laugh at. Under their late hours their health gave way or there was - J 1 ... r\4 H UHitlU ill LUC 1HJU-HT. VI DYDIJ their soul was exfoliated. They found out that life was more than a joke. From the heart of God there blazed into their soul an earnestuess they had never felt before. They awoke to their sinfulness and their immorality, and here they sit at sixty or seventy I years of age as appreciative of all innocent mirth as they ever were, but they ore bent on a style of satisfaction which in early life they never hunted?the evening of their days brighter than the morning. In the morning they devoured the prey, "but at night they divided the spoils. Then there are others who started out for financial success. They see how limber the rim of a man's hat is when he bows down I before some one transpicuous.. They felt- < they would use to see now me wona iookou from the window of a $4000 turnout. They i thought they would like to hare the morn- i in.sc sunlight tangled in the headgear of a dashing span. They wanted the bridges in the park to resound" under the rataplan of their swift hoofs. They wanted a gilded baldric, and so they Started on the dollar bunt. They chased it up one street and chased it down another. They followed it when it burrowed in the cellar. They treed it In the roof. Wherever a dollar was expected to be, they were. They chased it across the ocean. They chased it across the land. They stopped not for the night. Hearing that dollar, even in the darkness, thrilled them as an Adirondack sportsman is thrilled at midnight by a loon's laugh. They chased that dollar to the money vault. They chased it to the Gov- i eminent treasury. They routed it from under the counter. All the hounds were out ?all the pointers and the setters. They i leaped the hedges for that dollar, and they cried: "Hark away! A dollar! A dollar!' And when at last tney came upon it and had actually captured it their excitement was like that of a falconer who has successfully flung his first hawk. In tho morning of their life, ob, bow they devour-*"* the prey! But there came a better time to tneir sou;. Tney found oat that an immortal nature cannot live on bank stock. They took up a Northern Panifio bond, and there was a hole in it through which they could look into the uncertainty ? of all earthly treasures. They saw some Jttalstan, living at rne rate or a inuuiu, leaping from a San Francisco wharf because he could not continue to live at the same j ratio. They saw the wizen and paralytic banters who had changed their souls into molten gold stamped with the Jmaate of the earthy, earthy. They saw some great souls by avarice turned into homunculi, and they said to themselves, "I will saat after higher treasure." From that time they did not care whether they waited or rode if Christ walked with them: nor whether they lived in a mansion or in a hut il they dwelt under the shadow of the Almighty; nor whether thev were robed in French broadcloth or in homespun if they had the robe of the Saviour's rightoftmntwa . ni\r if fhov ronrfl snnriAllnd with morocco or calfskin if they were shod with the prepuratiou of the Gospel. Now you see peace on their countenance. Now that man says. 'What a fool I was to tjo enchanted with this world. Why, I have more satisfaction In live minutes in the servioe of God than I had in all the first years of iny life while I was guingetting. I like this evening of my day a great deal better than I did tho morning. In the morning I greedily devoured the prey, but now it is evening, and I am gloriously dividing the spoil." My friends, this world is a poor thin? to hunt. It is healthful to go out in the woods and hunt. It rekindles the luster of the eye. It strikes the brown of the autumnal leaf into the cheek. It gives to the rheumatic limbs the strength to leap like a roe. Christopher North's pet gun. tho muckle-mou'd Meg, going off in the summer in the forest had its echo in the wintertime in the eloquenoethat rang through the university halls of EJInburgh. It is healthy to go hunting in the fields, but I tell vou that it is belittling and bedwarflng and belaming for a man to hunt this world. The hammer comes down on tho guncap, and the barrel explodes and kills you instead of that whioh you are pursuing. When you turn out to hunt the world, the world turns out to hunt you, and as many a sportsman aimin? his gun at a panther's h?art, has gone down under the striped daws, so while you have been attempting to devour this world the world has been devouring you. So it wa3 with Lord Byron. ' So it was with Coleridge. So it was with Catherine of Russia. Henry II. went out hunting *or this world, and its lances struck through his heart. Francis I. aimed at the world, but the assassin's dagger put an end to his ambition and his life at one stroke. jjiary yueeu ui owis wrote uu mo wuiuuw of her castle: From the top of all my trnst Mlehao hath laid me in th? dust. The Queen Dowager of Navarre was offered for nor weaaing aay a costly and beautiful pair of gloves, and she put them on,but tnoy were poisoned gloves, and they took her life. Better a bare hand of cold privation than a warm and poisoned glove of ruinous success. I "Oh," says some young maninthe audience, "I believe what you are preaching. I am going to do that very thing. In the morning of my lite I am going to devour the prey, and in the evening I shall divide the spoils of Christian character. I only want a little while to sow my wild oats, and then I will be good." Young man, did you ever take the census of all the old people? How many old people are there in your house? One, two or none? ! How many In a vast assemblage like this? 1 Only here and there a gray head, like the J patches of snow here and there In the fields , * ' " * rrtt- - M 1 1- i.L.1 on a late Apni aay. xuo mci ia wtu iub . tides of the years are so strong that men go , down under them before they get to be sixty, j before they cet to be fifty, before thoy get to j be forty, before they get to be thirty ; and if , you, my young brother, resolve now that you , will spend the morning of your days in de- j vourlng tho prey the probability is that you , will never divide the spoils In the evening ^ hour. He who postpones until old age the religion or Jesus unrist postpones it iorever. TX7Ka?.a fha rr\t*r\ txrhft thipfv VflftW affO. fT UOJLD aiO VUW UIWU TT f ..... ?3_, resolved to become Christians in old age, putting it off s certain number of years? They never got to be old. The railroad collision, or the steamboat explosion, or the 1 slip on the ice, or the falling ladder, or the | sudden cold put an end to their opportunities. They have never had an opportunity since, and never will have au opportunity again. They locked the door of heaven 1 against their soul, and they threw away the keys. They chased the world, and they died in the chase. The wounded tiger turned on them. They failed to take the game they {mrsued. Mounted on a swift courser, they eaped the hedge, but the oourser fell on them and crushed them. Proposing to barter their soul for the world, they lost both and got neither. While this is an encouragement to old Deoole who are still unpardoned, it is no en couragement to the young who are patting off the day of grace. This doctrine that the old may be repentant is to be taken cautiously. It is medicine that kills or cures. The same medicine given to different patients, in one case it saves life and in the other it destroys it. This possibility of repentance at the close of life may cure tho old man while it kills the young. Be cautious in taking it Again, my subject is descriptive of those who come to a sudden and radical change. You have noticed how short a time it is from morning to night?only seven or eight hours.' You know that the day has a very brief life. Its heart beats twenty-four times, and then it is dead. How quick this transition in the character of these Benjamites! "In the morning they shall devour the prey, and at night they shall divide the spoils." Is it possible that there shall be buch a transformation in any of our characters? Yes. a man may be at 7 o'clock in the morning an all devouring worldling, and at 7 o'clock at * ' - ? ..m /4]oiwiKnf{t/n ni?Dt ae may u? a jjou^oiui uuiituuwTv Christian. Conversion is instantaneous. A man posses into the kingdom of God quicker than down the sky runs zigzag lightning. A man may be anxious about his soul for a great many years; that does not make him a Christian. A man may pray a great while ;that does not make him a Christian. A man may resolve on the reformation of his character and have that resolution going on a great while; that does not make him a Christian. But the very instant when he flings his soul on the mercy of Jesus Christ, that instant is lustration, emancipation, resurrection. Up to that point he is going In the wrong direction ; after that point he is going in the right direction. Before that moment he is a child of sin; after that moment he is a child of God. Before that moment devouring the prey; after that moment dividing the spoil. Five minutes is as good as Ave years. My hearer, you know very well that the best things you have done you have ddne in a flash. You made up your mind in an instant to buy, or to sell, or to invest, or to stop, or to start If you had missed that one chance, you woafd have missed it forever. Now, just as precipitate and quick and spontaneous will be the ransom of your soul. Some morning yon were making a calculation. You got on thetrack of some financial or social game. With your pen or pencil you were pursuing it. That very morning you were devouring the prey, but that very night you were In a different mood. You found that all heaven was offered you. You wondered how you could get it for yourself and for your family. You wondered what resources it would give you now and hereafter. You are dividing peace and comforts and satisfaction and Christian reward in your soul. You are dividing the spoil. One Sabbath night at the close of the service I said to some persons, ''"When did you first become serious about your soul?" And they told me, "To-night.' And I said to others, "When did you give your heart to Qod?" And they said, "To-night." And I said to still others, "When did youresolveto serve the Lord all the days of your life?" And they said, "To-night." I saw by the Kayety of their apparel that when the grace of God struck them they were devouring the prey, but I saw also in the flood of joyful tears, and in the kindling raptures on their brow, and in their exhllarant and transport ing utterances, tnat tney were amaing cue spoil. ? If you have been in this building when the lights are struok at night, you know that with one touch of electricity they ore all blazed. Oh, I would to God that the darkness of your soul might be broken up, and that by one quick, overwhelming, instantaneous flash of illumination you might be brought into the light and the liberty of the sons of God! You see that religion is a different thing from what some of you people suppose. You thought it was a decadence. You thought religion was maceration. You . thought it was highway robbery; that it struck one down and left him half dead; that it plucked out the eyes; that it plucked out the plumes of the soul; that it broke the wing and crushed the beak as it came clawinj? with its black talons through tho air. No, that is not religion. What Is religion? It Is dividing the spoil. It is taking a defenseless soul and panoplying it for eternal conquest. It is the distribution of prizes by the king's hand, every medal Stamped with a coronation. It is an exhilaration, expansion. It is imparadisation. It is enthronement. Religion makes a man master of earth, of death and hell. It goes forth to gather the medals of victory won by Prince Emanuel, and the diadems of heaven, and the glory of realms terrestrial and celestial, and then, after ranging all worlds, for everything that is resplendent, it divides the spoils. What was it that James Turner, the famous English evangelist, was doing when in his dying moments he Bald : "Christ is all: Christ is all?" Why, he was entering into lijcht. He was rounding the Gape of Good Hope. He was dividing the spoil. What was the agod Christian Quakeress doing when at eighty years of age she arose in the meeting one day and said: '-The time of my departure is come. My grave clothes are falling off?" She was dividing the spoil. j She longed with wings to fly away < And mix witn that eternal day. , WTiat is Daniel now doing, the lion tami?r, i and Elijah, wno was drawn by the flaming j coursers, and Paul, the rattfinsc of wcose | chains made kings quake, and all the otlier | victims of flood ana lire and wreck and nuil- , lotine?where are they? Dividing the apod. , Ten thousand times tea thousand, ( In sparkling raiment bright, , The armies or the ransomed nalnM Throng up the steeps of ll^at. Tls finished, all U finished, Their tight with death nml sin. 1 Lift high your golden gated < And let the victors in. Oh, what a grand thing it is to be a Chris- j tian! We begin now to divide the spoil, but t the distribution will not bo completed to all j eternity. There Is a poverty struck soul, c there is a business despoiled' soui. mere is a f sin struck soul, there is .1 bereaved soul? j' why do you not come and get the spoils of N Christian character, the comfort, the joy, the peace, the salvation that I am senttoofTei you in my Master's name? j Though your knees knock together in y weakness, though your hand tremble in j fear, though your eyes rain tears of uncon- [ frollable weepinir?come and j?et the spoil. Rest for all tne weary. Fardon for all the v guilty. Rescue for all the bestormed. Life forall the dead. I verily believe that there are some who have come in here downcast because tho world ts against them, and boaause they feel God is against them, who will go away saying: ? 1 came to Jesus as iwiw, Weary and worn and sad. < I found In Him a resting place, < And Ho has made mo glad. Though you came in children ofthe world, j Vou may go away heirs of heaven. Though j this very autumnal morning you were de- ? touring the prey, now, all worlds witnesst .... Ui?, J Uti ixiuy uiviun mo tneap i'outcs. Th? Indians in sorao parts of Oregon nrb offering ponies for sale at from $2.50 to $7 a piece. The high water prevented the iisuftl run of salmon in the big rivers and this has meant a great loss to the Indians, many being practically ruined tharebv. RELIGIOUS JIEADING. THE NEW A.ND LIVING WKf. rn.^?4-,v * ?.?? ef Vila ncAmiat) hv tlflfl ? um^tcu iAJ UlObl. UOl UU) ^tvuitov ~ J jverwhelming sense of our unworthiness.and inclined to hide away in shame, instead of Irawing near to Chriat with boldness, that we may lay hold on the horns of the altar, his svords of encouragement come like the whispers of ministering spirits sent from heaven to the heirs of salvation, and tell us that a new and living way has been opened,through the blood of Jesus, even to the golden gates Df glory, and the throne that is prepared for us, with a crown upon it and a harp reclining by its side. Giving to the winds our fears we may draw nigh and present our petitions at the mercy seat; Jesus our great High Priest will take it, sprinkle it with his own'blood, the blood he shed on Calvary, and lay it be tore the eternal throne! That petition 'will not be slighted or scorned, or buried beneath a host of others and forgotten. He who Bents it will plead his own merits as the ground of its acceptance, and he never pleads in vain. 0 did we feel when we come to the foot stool of sovereign grace, to offer up our desires to God, how very undeserving we are of the biasings we ask but how willing God is to give them for Christ's sake, there would be confident joy in prayer, such as now we feel not. We may close our petitions by saying for Christ's sake, but do we place all our expectations of an answer on the ground that there is a mediator between God and man. the man Christ Jesus?that he has merits. though we have n.:ne?that he hath righteousness which imputed unto us becomes our only, yet our all sufficient commendation to divine" regard??Do we recognize the covenant between the father and son, by which Christ becomes our surety, and makes us certain of obtaining all the mercy and grace we need: even freedom, peace, sanctiflcation and life eternal. God is faitniul ana just to forgive; faithful to his promises, and just to his son whose death has purchased our salvation, and made us joint Ijeirs with hlmsell to crowns immortal, and glory that fadetb not away. We come as beggers, feeling that God will help us because we are beggers? needy and perishing. 80 we are; but we are sinners too, deserving to starve and die. II we are fed and clothed, and brought into the banqueting house, and made to sit down witb the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty, this infinite grace will be extended, for the sake of Him, to whom his people were given in an everlasting covenent, and who no* liveth to make intercession for us, a Priest, ? High Priest, a Great High Priest, Jesus the Sou of God, who hath passed into the heavens. TWO THOUGHTS ON PBAYEE. Tho first is. Christians ought to pray foi Christ's sake. The French, particularly his army, ta<? great attachment to Bonaparte. Said he, ,4A? Areola, when I was advancing, Col. Meuren, aid-de-camp, threw himself before me, covered me with his body, and received the wound which was destined for me. He fell at my feet, and his blood spouted up in my face. He gave his life to preserve mine." What, then, should not the Christian soldier be willing to do for Christ, the captain of his salvation, leading him cn to no dubious victory? "Thy saints in all this glorious war Shall conquer though they die; They see the triumph from afar, By faith thoy bring it nigh." The second thought is, Christians should pray for the sake of the church. During the journeyof thelsraelites through the wilderness, Amaiek came out to light witt them Moses committedlhe army to the command of Joshua, and himself, Aaron anc Hur went up to the top of the hill to pray. When, through weariness, the hands of Moset hung down. Amaiek prevailed; but when raised, Israel prevailed; so Aaron and Hut stayed up his hands till the discomfiture 0/ Amaiek. The application of this Is as easy as it i.' besutifuL Israel and Amaiek represent tli? church and her enemies. Hoses represent; the minister of the gospel. Aaron and Hflr, his official and lay members. If, thorefore, the preacher lift his hands in prayer to GocJ and bis church sustain them tnen, they wifi prevail over all opposition; live, flourish, and Increase, both in grace and numbers. But If, through weariness and discouragement, the pjreacher's hands droop, and are not supported by his chvrrcb, !the enemy wiU prevuiL "Restraining prayer. we eease to fight: Trayor makes the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees." "Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lore Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of th* Spirit, that ye strive together with me. in you) prayers to God forme."?[Zion's Herald, ONE THINO IS NEEDFtJL. So spake Divine Wisdom. And is there bu one thing needful? Most people think thej need a great many things. But Christ says one thing is needful. What, then, is that on< thing? Is It riches? A man may De ncn today and poor, tomorrow. Is it fine clotheai'Th* gayest little girl is not half so finely clail as the butterfly, which sports its brief day ir sunshine, and is gdne. Is it a groat name'/? A sculptor engraved his name on a marbh' statue, that it might be s*>en by generations to come. His work remains, but his name h rubbed off, and no one knows who chiseled out the beautiful statue. But one thing yov may have and it will secure to you riches tha) will endure forevor; it will clothe you ir white raiment; it will write your name witb indellible ink^in the Book of Life. "But how shall I get the one thinp needful?" You must do as Mary did: sit at the feet of Jesus. He bids you welcome. He knows alJ your difficulties, doubts, and fears. You may be afraid to speak to your minister, or eveD to your father and mother, about your religious feelings; but you need not fear to go to Jcsns, and tell Him all. He will not say you am too young. There were some who forbade the little children to come unto Him; but he said,"forbid them not." He is the Saviour of all?of children as well as of grown persons. He was once hlmsnlf a child, and -knows how vou feel. He died for von. All voursins h<j can take away. He can give you all needful grace. If you have Him for your Friend, you will have the one thing needful; for He Is all. Every good thing is comprehended in His favor and blessing. ?OST I>* SIOHT OF HOME. A few months ago, during one of the severe storms that visited Colorado, a young man perished iu sight of home. In his bewilderment ha pusasd and repassed his own cottage, to lie down and die almost in range with the '-light in the window," which hi." young wife bad placed there to guide him home. Ail alone, she watched the lone night :hrough, listening in vain for the footsteps :bat would come no more; for, long before the morning dawned,the icy baud of death bud for3ver stilled the warm, loving heart. The sad ieath was made still sadder by the fact that he was lost iu sight of home, lost wheu he had all nost reached tho haven of safety and rest. Urttir mnnv wrn mlorurc frr\m flia 17 m fh ?-** * a louse are lost in Sight of home, in the full flare or the Gospel light! They have the jpen Bible, overflowing with its calls and 'romisea, the faithful warnings from the sa:red desk, the manifestations of God's Providence, all tending to direct their steps heavsnward; and yet they turn away, waiting for he more convenient season, and are lost at ast in sight of the many mansions.?[Forvard. Tlio religion that fanr-ies it loves God, and et does nothing to help its brother and ivinces no love for its brother, is not piety, t may bo a dogma with a worm in Its heart, f you love God you will love your fellownen. If you love God you will setsk to adanro His kingdom.?Itav. W. K. Chaplin. Victims of the Big Storm. Now that the casualties of the Louisiana storm have bean footed up it is found that fr,? i^ru.. .f th*? drfima wprrt . olored people. The Acadian/*. whom Loiifffellow immortalized in "Evangeliup," outnumbered all other races, but there was a ar.^c admixture ot Austriana, Creoles, Islin^ues, Italians, Maulllameu. Chinese and Spaniards in tho list of the dead. Advised to Hold Their Wheat. A circular to the farmers of the Northwest has been issued from Pierre. S. D., advising them to hold back their wheat that they may reap the advaut3ge of anticipated high prioes owing to the reduoed crop in this t-ountry and abroad. SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR DECEMBER 17. Lesson Text: "The Glorified Saviour," Rev. I., 9-20?Golden Text: Phil. 11., 0?Commentary. S. "I, John, who also am your brother and companion in tribulation and In the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmoe, for the word of Ood . and for the testimony of Jesua Christ." De vuuwy grataim ior me privilege 01 two lessons la this most wonderful book of *11 the 66. fall not to notice its name In verse 1, "The Bevelatlon of Jesus Christ," And remember that a revelation is no longer a mystery, but a mystery unfolded. Consider also in verse 3 the special blessing upon all who read or hear the tfords of this book. Observe that Joha was In banishment for Jesus's sake because of the word of God,and If you believe all that word to-day and are faithful in testimony you will' find yourself exiled by many. You will, however, have blessed company; only be patient and wait for the kingdom. 10. "I was in the Spirit of the Lord's day and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet." In the Spirit, led by the Spirit, taught by the Spirit, filled with the Spirit, are some of theprivileges of every child of God, and only by the Spirit can we know God or His word. Compare Acts vill., 29; xtil.. 2, 4; rvi., 6, 7; Ez. xi., 1,24. The Lord's day may refer to the first day of the ' week, or it may mean that John was by the Spirit carried forward and caused to behold the events of the day of the Lord so often mentioned in the Old Testament. 1L "Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, and what Thou seest write in a book and send It unto the seven churches which are in Asia." The voice, then, was the voice of the Lord Himself, who thus came to His dear servant exiled for His sake. He is A and Z and all between ; there Is nothing that letters can spell which He will not be to His people. > As to "first and last" compare verse 17 and see Isa. xli.,4; xliv., 6; xlviii, 12 ; Rev. 22, IS, and let Him be first and last with you in all things. Learn also from the vorae that what we see and hear of God is to be passed on to others (Ezek. ill 10,11: Bev. x.. 10,11). 12. "And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned I saw seven golden candlesticks." If. John had not heeded the voice and turned ttvsee, he had missed this great sight. It was only when the Lord saw that Moses turned aside to see that God called unto him out of the midst of the bush (Ex. ill., 4). I doubt not that we would see and hear more of God if we were more ready to heed His slightest call and see His hand in every event The seven candlesticks are explained in verse 20. 13. "And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Sou of Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot and girt about the paps with a golden girdle." The phrase "In the midst" is very suggestive of Him who is always in the midst when we meet in name (Math, xvlii., 20) and who was in the midst on Calvary for ns. He is our High Priest, as indicated by the garment, and is still the girded one on our benalf, for He ereroareth for us and maketh intercession for us. 14. "His head and his hairs were white like wool,' at> white as snow,. and his eyes were as a fla'meof Are." His head is suggestive of the Internal purity of all Bis thoughts, or perhaps that He Is the Ancient of Days (Dan. vii., 9), whoee goings forth have been from of old from everlasting (Mic. v., 2). As to His eyes, see also chapters ii., 18; xlx., 12, and remember that all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do (Heb. lv., 13). 15. "And His feet like unto fine brass, as If they burned in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters." Compare as to His feet Dan. x., 6; Bev 1.. 7 ; tney may suggest His judging righteously, and also His righteous goings. As to His voice like many waters, oompare Ezek, L, 24; xiiii., 2, and Bev. xvil., 15; the idea seems to be set forth 1 in these verses as the voice of a host of peo! pie. . 16. "And He had In His right hand seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two edged sword, and His couhtenance was as the sun shineth in His strength." The stars are explained in vfise 20, but whether jastor or teacher or humbie believer we ace in His hand from which no power can pluok us (John x., 27.28). He also holds us as lights in His hand to shine for Him (Phil. iL, 15, 16). Not only is His word a sharp sword, but He will make cur mouths a sharp sword (Heb. iv., 12;Iso. xlix.,2). His countenance reminds us o; the transfiguration, and suggests the coining glory (Math, xvil., 2; xlli., 43). 17. "And when I saw Him I fell at His feet as dead, and He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me: Fear not; I am the first and the last" Over sixty years before Tnhn had latrnad unon His bosom and had also seen Him transfigured, bat this Is too much lor him. It reminds us of Isu. vl., 5; Dan. x., 8; Job xllin 6. But although Ha has been over sixty years glorified He is the very same Jesus, and so graciously laying His loving hands upon His servant He utters the old familiar "Fear not." See Gen. rvM 1; Isa., xli., 10,13; Joel it, 26 ; Dan. x., 12, 10; Luke v., 10; Mark v., S^jnta. 18. "Iran He-thinf livethand vraadfefcd. and behold I am alive forevsrmoro, amen, and have the keys of hell and of death." With more light than Job had wo oan say, "My Redeemer iiveth" (Job xlx., 25). He is my Ufa fClaL 1L.20 : Col. lit.. 4: Phil. i.t 21). A lire that no power-can touoh and not even the destroyer destroy. Not even death and hades can claim a body or a spirit without His permission, and the time is coming when death must surrender every -body and hadea every spirit at His command (chapter xx., 13). 19. "Write the things which thou hast aeen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter." Here is the threefold division of the book, if I understand it: Chapter i., the things whioh thou hast seen; chapters ii., ill., the things whioh are; chapters iv,, to xxli., the things which shall be hereaftor. Notice chapter iv., 1, the last clause. Nothing is received merely for ourselves. All is to bo written or spoken for the benefit of others. 20. "The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candiesticKs which thousawest are seven churches." This confirms His words in Math, v., 14, ''Yeare the light of the world," and takes us back to the candlesticks of the tabernacle and temple, but especially to the peculiar self supplying or constantly supplied candlestick of Zech. lv., with its two olive trees, suggestive of Christ, our Priest and King, and its wonderful central thought, ''Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts." Both individually and collectively we shall shine for Christ only as we rejoice in Him as our Priest and acknowledge Him as our King, believing that He is ever in our midst.?Lesson Helper. Injgcnluus foutto Smuggling, Two carloads of potatoes, COO bushels In each, were recently seized by customs officer* at Boston. They cam? over the Boston and Main*, and. it is alleged, were smuggled from Grand Falls. N. B. Om load was consigned to a Boston firm and another to a firm in Worcester. Tne potatoes ware sent by James McClosky, who keep3 a ' line store" on the Canadian border, onebalf of his place being in the United States And the other on the Canadian side. Part of the potatoes in question wore grown in Maine and were taken across the border to tho Canadian Pacific Railroad to be shipped into tho Status. They are examined by tho inspector on the line and a pas* is given by him to the shipper, which Is presented to another inspector at Vanceboro. the port o:! entry into the United States. It is alleged that when the goociS are in foreign terrVrv, and about to bo placed o^ ihe cars ai^-rand Falls, many bushels of potatoes of foreign product are mixed with ???'1 ?o ? ????nit1* tU air n ytx oanf fhrrttiorh liiuillf auu ao u iwuii. kuwj u?v pvu? on the past} pi van the shipper, free of duty, us Maine potatoes. This mode of smuggling lias been going on lorsomo time, and the officers have kept a sharp lookout for evidence as tt the mixing at Grand Falls. Stock Killed by Bears. The settlers and ranchmen in the vicinity of Owen, Wyo., complain that stunk is killed in great numbers by bear?. Hunters are not after these animals, as three is no bounty for killing them. Severe on l'oacuers. Poachers who aro caught witnin ninety miles of theKomaudorski Islands, oil the Siberian coast, may expect sixteen months in the Siberian min?s. ? 1 .. . ->^r ;.v?TV.~ .Vjf.vv. , ' - ' * ~ : fc TEMPERANCE. JOHX BABLKYCOBX. Oh. Barleycorn. John Barleycorn, You make a fellow pose Most picturesque while you adorn With sunset tints his nose, But while he mourns for his last dime You keep in spirits all the time! Ob, Barleycorn, John Barleycorn, You promise joy and bliss, But your delights are in a horn And mostly go amiss; * Of all deceivers you stand first, The blackest, blandest and the worst! Oh, Barleycorn, John Barleycorn, The matter I've revolved, And I declare, this blessed morn, Our partnership dissolved; You are a fraud?I've proved it so, And that is all I want to know. ?M. M. Folsom, in Atlanta Journal. Tiuimu AJiLI OAI lLUt A young man sat one day at a hotel table with a gentleman and a lady friend, for whom he felt the greatest respect. The waiter said to the gentleman: "Will you have some pudding with -wine sauce?" "Yes," was the answer. The young man's craving for strong drink was aroused at the mention of the wine sauce, and he was also about to reply affirmatively to the waiter's question, whun his lady friend quickly said: "Pudding, irithout wine sauce, if you please." "Without (wtne sauce," came the young man's reply. Afterward, in the par* lor, he said to her; "I. want to thank you for doing me a great- favor." She looked astonished. "You do.' not know what it meant to me when you said at the dinner table, 'Pudding without wine sauce, if you please.'" He then told her his struggle against strong drink and how near he nad come to falling, saved only by her timely ex umpio.?now iorn xivaugtu nuu ouuuam Outlook. WATEB IX8TEAD OF WHI8KT. / The Pittsburg Dispatch quotes an eminent physician, Dr. R. H. Dalton. as recommending, on the ground of health, the methodical use of "cold water" as a beverage, and as saying that It will prove the means of augmenting the ohance of longevity; that It is ot a soundly physiological origin, and Is well supported by experience. Dr. Dalton says that solid and dry as the human body appears, water constitutes more than one fourth its bulk, and all the functions of life are really carried on in a water bath, and although the sense of thirst may be trusted to call for a draught of water when required, the fluid can be imbibed advantageously for many reasons besides merely satisfying . thtrst. He maintains that the habit of drinking water In moderate quantities between meals contributes to health, and Indicates the fact that those who visit health resorts for the purpose of imbibing the wazers of mineral springs, might profit by staying'at home and drinking more water and less whisky. If Dr. Dalton is right, there Is certainly no need of rosorttng to alcoholio beverages of any kind.?National Temperance Advocate. igkobasct a1td tjulchiho. No boy expects to become a drunkard when he begins to drink. In fancied security youth ofgeneration after generation have embarked in the current of tlppllrfg only to v. *ka mnija a# an/) UO UXttWU iUlU bUC id^lUO %Jl a|/pvUio OUU uiially plunged over the awful abyss of drankenness.' To prevent this and thus save the childhood ot to-day and the- Nation of tov morrow for an Ixit9illgt>ni/'iobrf0ty, is the first object sought by what are called the temperance education laws already enacted by the National Congress for schools under Federal control and by thirty-six out of fortyfour States that constitute the United States. In these schools are the overwhelming majorities of the future, the law-making power of to-morrow. Every year's experience and observation strengthens the faith in the prophecy that ten years from the day when physiological nmrwnMiiw to m thnranirhiv taiiffht in all the schools as geography and arithmetic the alcohol question will be settled sad settled aright in this Bepablic by popular intelligence with corresponding habits. Hard, Indeed, must bo the neart of the minor woman who could deliberately withhold the utmost Earning soienoe 'has ^gainst strong drink afid other narcotics fromtthe Children under his or her care. w ' 7BOK *188 KILLABD8 AHXUAL ADDRESS. Everything is not in the Temperance Reform, but the Temperance Reform should be in everything. The temperance cause started out well nigh alone, but mighty forces have joined us in the long march. Science has oome up with its glittering contingent, political economy displays its legions, the woman question brings an Amazonian army upon the field, and the stout ranks of labor stretch away as far as the eye can reach. The church that within the next generation opens widest doors of ecclesiastical freedom to women will be the church of Gospel triumph and heavenly benediction. The great world brain is becoming satu? ?I*V. tt la KuunnAhlA and I 11UCU YT JfcJU IUO tuoa kuub ?? M * ?,? kind to let strong drink alone. The high caste Hindoos have received the once, but they have learned that the Salvation Army is teetotal, and for this reason they think more highly of Its members than of any other religious soct that comes to them from the West. Only as the outcome of onr Christian profession tends toward the greatest uplift and truest happiness of man, woman and child, does it deserve the credence of the world; we must not forget that under its aegis to-day are sheltered the liquor traffic, the opium trade and the protection of impurity by law. Therefore the enlightened Christian wilL have a part of his working creed in these enlightened days, this prayer: "Ob. freedom, deepen thou a grave, Where every king und every slave Shall drop In crown and chain, Till only man remain." Whoever Jaugbe at a total abstainer shows himself lacking in a clear mind as well as a good heart, for to take such a precaution on one's .aooount as a . matter of prudence is surely conformable to reason, and to take it in order to moke it easier for others to do the same is conformable to t|ke Ooiden Rule and the highest dictates of brotherhood. . The world owes no man a living, but it does owe him the Work by which he may live in a helpful and bouorablefashion. We shall reap what we have sown, and we must sow the principles of brotherhood if we would reap the socialism of the Oospel. If we have any justice it behooves us to look into the cause, and not deal forever and a day with the effects of tho liquor traffic, and with these alone. ' TSXTEBANCE NEWS AND NOTES. " * ..... xl_ Aiaaarao Antoinene Bierung, iuo cciw: brated vocalist, Is a rigid teetotaler. Out of 4030 criminals convicted in Canada during the last year, it is reported that but 132 were total abstainers. Most ot the Canadian provinces, Swedon, Natal in South Africa, and Finland, hava scientific temperance instruction laws. Scientific temperance text-books have been translated into the Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Japanese and Chinese languages. The applications to the Boston Associated Charities last year show that twenty-two per cent, of the causes of Ulnes* were intemperwice. A Congregational Temperance Association has been formed in Ireland, with the Rev. Newman Hall, a nephew of Dr. Newman Hall, as secretary. The Army Temperance Association, of India, had in August a roll ot 23,861 members, all of whom, except the honorary members, are total abstainers. Tim Ttritiah Wnmmi's Tnmnemnne Associa iion will make an effort during the next few weeks to obtain a largely signed petition from women of the Direct Veto. Francis Murphy, the temperance agitator, is arousing the old-time interest in his work at Decatur, HI., ami other towns in tho neighborhood, tie is assisted by his wife and son. Richard Cobden said '"Every day's experience tends more and more to jeonflrm me in my opinion that tho temperanor" oause lies at the foundation of all social and political reform." Cardinal Manning sal a "rreveniion onntomperance is not only better than euro, but prevention is a duty, and cure is a lame, halting attempt to undo an evil which we have willfully permitted. The half measures used to control the drink traffic in India havinsy proved a failure, a call for the organization of a Prohibition League has been Issued by a number of mis? slonaries and doctors. '<1 * ' " Vv?SS 1 ' HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. HOA8T TUBSXT. 3) Select fat hen weighing from ten to; thirteen pounds. Si&ge, draw and ; li :il _ J ? T? VTIJJC WCU WiUI tft uttiup U1UI/14* AS VUW-I ting to remove the crop, cui the skin I on the back of the neck, taka oat the crop and cat the neck off aft near the j breast bone as possible. In this cati-1 ty pat two tablespoonfuls of cieasing.! Sew np the skin on the back of the* : Ij neck and fold it over that the treartj may look plump and onbrokea. Putthe remainder of the dressing in th*. body, sew up the vent, and tra:s thai turkey. Lard the breast and legs, or put the surplus fat taken from the inside of the turkey over them. HW the oven verv hot at firBt. Dut in ib* t turkey, and when it has cooked tax fifteen minnteg, jput one oup of boil- . ;M ing water in the pan. Boast ten minutes to the pound, basting every fifteen minutes. Do not add any mote water unless absolutely necessary, as the turkey should be basted with its own dripping.?New York World, CHBIOTMA8 FLTTM PUDDING. Pick and seed very carefully one pound and a quarter of the best layer ':S; i raisins, which put in a large bowl with , ?# I one pound of currants, well washed, . | dried and picked; one pound of kidney suet, chopped not too fine; two ounqea each of candied lemon, orange and citron peel, six ounces of the be; titanr* half a pound of fine bread crumba, half a pound of brown sugar, the grated I rind of a lemon, a saltspoon of salt and a grated nutmeg. Moisten the whole with eight eggs, the yolks and whites beaten separately, and enough . ii i. J usrt Li._ Tin. mux to i or in a very bvui uabi/er. niwu v v; all these ingredients are thoroughly mixed, an operation which will take the time and patience of several persons, pour into a cloth, which should be well battered and floured. The best pudding cloths are those made out of thin unbleached muslin; they . N should always be scalded with boiling water and wrung as dry as possible 1 |8 before using. It is always well to lay WM the cloth, after it has been prepared, in a large bowl, and pouring the padding batter into the oloth and holding the corners tightly together tie firmly with a piece of strong, white oord. If desired this padding may be boiled in a plain or ornamental pudding moald; well butter the interior, pour the mixture into it, cover with a sheet of good' white note paper, tie the mould in a cloth, plunge it in a kettle of V, ' water and let it boil quite fast for foaj hours and a half. Of course, some el* lowancte must be made for the pudding to swell. If boiled in a cloth htfe oa the range a large pot, three-quarters *?ii -ii?:.u?i?:i.-? 1U11 Ut UIIUUJ willilg nant, luau ? - , pat your padding, move it aboat in the -water for a second or two; thia ' may easily be done by keeping the , corners of the cloth free of the boiling water for the time required, then cover the pot closely and allow your pudding to boil steadily for four or five hours, being careful not to allow it to Stop DOUing even ior a moment, ouv will your labor have been in vain. II is well to keep your teakettle boiling, . that yon may have water to add to the pot in which the padding is boiling, and under no consideration must it bit ' % allowed to boil dry. When you an ready to serve the pudding, remove if carefully into a large colander, untie the cloth and turn the pudding out oo a hot dish. It should be perfect is shape and rich and dark in color. Sprinkle with a little powdered sugar, V%$jj stick a sprig of holly'in the ccnter and '''M send to the table with either a hard a* a soft saace.?St. Loais Bepublic. HOME-MADE CANDT. Here are some home-made candy re ceipts wnicn nave au Deen triea win satisfactory results. Most of them | were "given away" by a celfebrate^ French confectioner. Almond Taffy?Boil together half * pint of water and a pound of brown sugar for ten minutes. Blanch and V, slice through the middle one and on* half ounces of almonds. Stir them is the syrup with two ounces of butter. Let the mixture boil hard for ten minutes. Pour on a well-buttered _ ? dish to the thickness of half au inch. Chocolate Caramels?Four cupful* of granulated sugar, one-half cupful of butter, one-half cupful of cream, * one-third of a cake of chocolate (grated); must all be put in a shallow | pa p. and cooked from twenty to tnirtj I minutes. When nearly done add twc tablepoonfuls of vinegar. Stir m I little as possible while cooking; try ,x from time to time, pour out into battered pans, and when partly cool cut into small squares. These shouldbe . ...\ | fine. I Everton Tafiy?Put a pound ol brown sugar in a buttered pan, to- , . '. !% gether with three tablespoonfuls of water. Let it boil until it becomes ? smooth, thick syrup. Add half a pound | of butter, stirring well. Let this boil I half an hour. Add lemon flavoring. 1 ? - - - - .? , Butterscotch?use tnree teacuprois J of New Orleans molasses, two cupfule of granulated sugar, three-quarters of a cupful of butter and a very little water. Cook quickly?about twenty minutes. Try a little in cold water to see when it becomes crisp. Just before taking up add one-third of a teaspoon- ' ful of baking soda well mashed and smooth. Pour into buttered tins and cut as soon as it bccomes peifectiy cool.?Picayune. Ml The Fabian Policy. The policy of wearing out the enemy in war by delays, misleading movements, feints of attacks, etc., while Viaft'A in r>u]lpf] t,h? VUIUIU^ v, ?? ?? _ "Fabian policy," fro u the following circumstance :*Fabius Maximus was a Rornai^ general in the second Punio war. Having beenappointed just after tho Roman army had suffered severe defeat at Lake Thrasymene, he perceived that his disheartened troops and band of raw recruits could not oppose successfully it trained army flushed with victory and led by their great commander Hannibal. He therefore avoided pitched battle, moved his camp from highland to highland, and tired out tho enemy with marches and countermarches. This he continued until thwarted in his calculations by the impatience of the Roman senate.? Chicago Herald. The assets of the fire insurance com *? ~ c TTr> * 4-A/-} Qfofna n ptiUit'b ui who uuiirwvi ~n ?850,000,090, wliilc the gross incurna ' ia $220,000,003.