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r MINORITY TARIFF RBPOBT VIEWS OF REPUBLICAN MEM. BEES OF THE COMMITTEE. The Opposition on the Ways and Means Present Their Analysis o1 the Wilson Bill to the House? They Assert That Revenue Will ^ be Lowered $74,000,000. mi-A ???-v*fc A* minrtrifv L members of the Ways and Jfoans Committee f ot. the Tariff bill has been submitted to the | House. The first part of the report, discussr lag the bill generally, was preparnd by ex'. Speaker Reed. The other memi >rs of the minority?Messrs. Burrow, Payne, Dalzell, Hopkins and Gear?prepared the portion of the report dealing wifk special features. The report, in part, says: The most surprising thing about this bill la the fact that this proposition to raise * cevenue will Jower the revenue of this oountry $74,000,000 below the revenue of 1893. which was only $2,000,000 above our L expense?. This fact, and the other fact that f by this bill the larger part oE the burden of taxation is transferred from foreigners and ^ brought to our own citizens, should "always be kept in mind during the discussion. 1 Had the committee in making what the 'Chairman on the floor of the House has e&lled a "political bill" followed the plain, p " -uncompromising declaration-of the party which they represent and abolished protection. giving us a tariff for revenue only, our task in commenting upon tho result of the y- committee'3 efforts would have been much ~? ? * ? ?. 1 -?. fV*an haea Kuan murt] SUUJJltl. ? ILO UUl RVUIU luuuuuiu vuwu ^ a straightforward, manly attempt to carry out pledges, and would have placed in issue two great principles and have led to a clear rV -and comprehensible discussion. So far, however, have the committee departed from the demands of their National Convention that we should have been much tempted to borrow a phrase from their own platform and designate the bill as a "cowardly makeshift" were it not that the results have been already too serious for mere epithets. Such a phrase even thus sanctioned would be out of place in a discussion orb ich involves bo much of importance to all c lasses of citizens. It still, ho wever, remains a fact that the bill presented can in no way be justified by people who claim to have, obtained possession of all branches of the Gov^jrnment upon a distinct promise which they now as distinctly repudiate. If it should be said that these pledges, solemnly made on a yea and nay vote after full discussion, were not intended for action, then the breaking ot these pledges has the additional disadvantage of premeditation. Tf anhupntiAnf-flv?nts?.ind fchev have been numerous enough and weighty enough to tart Ie the country?have convinced the committee that the Democratic platform is a3 utterly wrong and indefensible as history will know it to be, then it is a great misfortune to this country that the committee did ?iot have the courage to openly abandon the false doctrine and leave the country undisturbed. so that it might convalesce from the shock of its great mistake. . But the committee, instead of proceeding in 4is jrreat work of abolishing protection and t)reserving the people from the load of taxa-tioa which they nave always averred was .the result of protection, has presented a iiiil which is only another tariff tinkering 4jill. that like of which has disturbed the condition of business so many times in thirty years. It is a great misfortune Chat such is the oase, for had the bill betsn for revenue only, in the sfinsft DossShla for that f" . fc*rm, the people of this country might have seen at one glance whether they desired the one policy or the other, and the question might have been settled once for all. and the country might have returned to that repose, stability and certainty which our business .prosperity so much needs. The Democratic Attorney of the Northern District of New York comes down, as he had a right to. and declares that from a protection standpoint barley and malt cannot go together under the same ad valorem, and promptly the committee raises the tariff taxes from twenty-flve per cent, to thirty per cent, to protect the manufacturers, although it must lessen the revenues. The new plan also involved a new method of encouraging manufacturers by giving them what are called "free raw materials," so that what goes into the mill pays no taxes aud what goes into consumption pays all tho taxes. The manufacturers have no taxes oa what they buv and the people the equivalent of taxes on all they purchase. These so-called "free raw materials," free wool, free coal and free iron are not put on <the tree list with any refer?ince direct or in ?iiract to raising revenue. 5t is true that the consumer will no lonsrer . * pay tribute to the Western farmer for the wool of the sheep, but the New England and other manufacturers are still authorized to 'lay tribute upon the citizens of the United States, who muse pay, as they have always paid thirty, forty and forty-live per cent, to the manufacturers on every yard of woolens and worsteds, while the country will only receive by way of revenue a lessened 3um, uniess increased importations signalize tne death of American production. It is true that the coal miners in West Virginia and the ore produces of Michigan willLie stripped of their so-called robber gains entirely and the railroads must lose their transportation of millions of tons of freight, 'hut the manufacturers are thereby stimu' iated and aided so that they can. as the committee asseverate, still continue their proHt* able business here and reach across the ocean for the business of other countries, "and for eijrn trade without iimlt." If. as it is asseverated, the 70,000.000 of American people have been for thirty years taxed for the benefit of a few hundred thousands of favored individuals, why ihouldthe tax be continued evon in diminished ratio for another series of years and these few "iimndred thousand favored creatures be given -m now lease of life? Wo cannot meet the lower prices o* a lower level of civilization. Our inventions are too quickly absorbed by foreign countries to permit this. Kence th? result of a refusal to protect our labor at its present rates must result in lower wages. This seems capablo of a rough demonstration. Our goods are now met by foreign goods on our own shores si a price made up of raw materials plus labor and plus the present rate of tariff on very nearly equal terms. In discussing the woolen schedule the committee says this schedule as proposed in -the committee hill is in aoaie respects the T> rk fs\ aacao +a Hikitrni* ut rN' niysi tapi cucu-ju/in, n iv uu?%?v,. ? ? blow th? trreat industry of wool growing, which aow ranks as seventh in the value ol Its products among the several branches of \merican agriculture and which ha9 hereto for9 been recognized as an agricultural # product deserv ing and requiring protection under every Administration and by every r.vciflf act since that of May 22, 1821. Ncth ins short of the total destruction of this im portant industry can be counted upon as the .sonsequence of placing both wool and mutton on the free list. It is a fact established by experience that i? the prices for wool now prerailin:: In the foreign markets our farmer* caunot eoa iinue the business of wool growing witnout Absolute vearly loss. During the past year, owius to the impending threat of free "vrool and radical reductions in the duties on woolen goo?s the prices of domestic wools of all descriptions have fallen from thirty to ttftv per cent, bolowthe pries that prevailed ?y:*arasro. Even at these figures there ha>i been little market for woo!, aril many farmers nave still on their bands this season's clip?, which at this time last year wero beins; rapidly converted into goods by mills which no* stand idle. The value of the sheep has fallen equally witft the value of their clip. The depreciation in the value of Ihisspecios of agricultural property from file two gourcea may Decons-tvuuvni .n?%!.?- ? at $50,000,000. Eaoh detail of the Wilson bill is taken up aa?l analyzed. the Emir ot Nape Das sent a lion to Queen Victoria as a present, in recognition of a letter which she wrote him. The animal ar' rived In Liverpool a few days ago. The Emir \ pays tribute to the Saltan of Sokoto, who \ also c-uriched the Queen's collection of beasts \ with a lion a few years ago. It is now the \ jyrideof the London zoological exposition. \ Mas. Annie L. Kibe died in Cecil County, Maryland, the other day at the age of 103. \ and was in sbund health nearly to the day of \ tow death. - She -was of Irish birth, but had long livod in Cecil County, where her husTttd was a miller. V ' ' L \ lr' \ V \ ' THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. A reception to ex-President Harrison was Slven by the Union League Club of Philadelphia : prominent men from all parts of the country were present. Superintendent Presto* closed the St. Nicholas Bank, New York City, having discovered that its capital was impaired to the extent of $180,000. At Hollis Station,' N. H.. three persons were instantly killod by a train at a grade crossing. They were Marcus Lund, Miss Alma Lund, his sister, and Mrs. Charles H. Lund, his sister-in-law. The par' y was out sleigliriding. ^ The eruisar New York was placed in dry- 1 dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to be made ready for her trip to Brazil; the Kearsarge sailed for San Domingo. A telephone message just received from Homestead, Penn., says that a cave-in has occurred there and thai fourteen persons are known to have been killed. Louis A. Hill, paying teller of the St. Nicholas Bank, New York City, was arrested in Newark, N. J., charged with embezzling $42,000. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Huntingdon, Penn. Martin B. Brown, Public Printer of New York Citv. is dead. South and West. Allan Consans, colored, the condemned wife-murderer, was executed at Knoxville, Tenn. He made a startling confession, in whioh he admitted killing flvo persons in Mexico while working on a railroad there, six years ago. Fire at Waxahachie, Texas, destroyed the principal block of the town. Loss, $150,000. From San Francisco, Cil.. comes news that the Corwin reached Honolulu on December 14; the Provisional Government sent an ultimatum to Minister Willis to the effect that any attempt to reseat the Queen would be opposed by force. fre9le7 oimpson, one of two aurvjvurs of the War of 1812, died at Paris, Ky.. aged ninety-six. Pacific Express Messenoer McCuixough was knockH down at Marshall, Texas, and robbed of a pouch containing $5000. The business part of Moutpelier, Lnd., ha3 been destroyed by fire. Washington. Admiral Stanton was restored to dnty and assigned to the command of the North Atlantic Station; his conduct in saluting Admiral Melio's flag was disapproved by Secretary Herbert. The Secretary of the Navy aocepted the cruiser Columbia, the fleetest vessel in the naval service. Governor Fishback, of Arkansas,wrote to President Cleveland complaining of the Indian Territory as a refuge for outlaws, and suggesting the need or change in its government. Joseph Donjan, the man who has been sending threatening letters to Vico-Prcsident Stevenson, Secretary Lamont, Senator Mills and other prominent public men in Washington, has been arrested. Foreign. Pise in 8heflleld, England, destroyed the building of Hovey <k Sons, drapers, and two other structures. The total loss is estimated at $2,500,000. Italian troops in Egypt routed 10,000 Dervishes after a battle of two hours. Mohammed Ali was among the slain. The Matabeles are said to be submissively giving up their nrms to the British in South Africa, and set tling insmall kraals. Russia aDd Germany have come to an understanding In regard to a commercial treaty. Each country makes some important concessions to the other in the matter of Pnafnm TTonsft rintifw. PEOMfflENT PEOPLE. Emils Zola, the Frenoh. novelist, Is fiftythree. The Princess of Wales has been suffering from influenza. Diaz, the President of Mexico, is sixtythree years of age. Sabah Bernhardt, the actress, was early in life a dressmaker's apprentice. Sib Philip Wadbhocse Cubbie has been appointed British Ambassador to Turkey. Miss M. E. Bbaddon. the authoress, began life as a utility actress in the English provinces. Since the birth of the daughter of Countess Herbert Bismarck the ex-Chanoellor is a grandfather six times. These are three khans?Khiva, Khokand and Bokhara?who date the origin of their families back to the Turkish invasion of Europe. Mdrat Halstead, ruddy, portly, whftehaired and blue-eyed, young as ho was twenty years ago. continues to give at least twelve hours out of every twenty-four to his journalistic and literary work. ' Senator Woloott. of Colorado, went to Paris to be treated for double hernia. His trouble was found more 9erious than was anticipated, but the operation performed wa3 successful, and he is rapidly improving. The Empress of Russia is very fond of the Danish black or rye bread, such as is baked for th? soldiers. During Her Majesty's visits to Denmark she eats this kind of bread every day, and when in Russia a loaf is sent to Russia every fifth day. Nathan Pabkeb* President of the Manchester (N. H.) National Bank, is said to be the oldest bank officer in active service in the United States. He celebrated his eightyfifth birthday recently by giving a dinner to the employes of his bank. Fesdisaxd de Lesseps was eighty-nine on November 19, but November 19 is not the only anniversary oi his life. His crowning work, the Suez Canal, was completed on November 19. and tho highest honor he has attained?that of the Grand Cros3 of the Legion of Honor?was conferred upon him on j LUC aclliiC utile 3VLL1C VOUl? ittiri. Mn. Crump, tho city editor of the London Times, who has just been retired on a handsomo pension, looking back over his long connection with that pap^r, reckons the obtaining of the exclusive announcement of the crisis in the affairs of the great banking house of the Barinirs for his paper as the biggest beat he ever accomplished. One o' the favorite ideas of the late Emperor Frederick of Germany has just been realized through the aid and money of his widow. Shortly before his death he planned the establishment of a children's home at his country seat, Bornstedt. His widow determined "to carry out his wishes, and a few days ago the home was opened with imposing ceremonies, CHARTERED A TRAIN, The Best Time on Record Between New Orleans and Chicago. Fran-is J. Dawes, the Chicago broker, and Mrs. Dawes went South for a short trip, leav Lag their fourteen-year-old boy in their home. While on their way So-ath the boy became ii. and the physician at once recognized diphtheria. The family doctor telegraphed to the hotel in New Orleans at which Mr. Dewes and his wife stopped, advising them ;o return as soon as they could. Mr. Dowes chartered a special train, and the run of 915 miles was made in twenty-five and a half hours, about four hours faster than the fastest limited train that runs between the two point3. The slowest time made on ihe run was about thirty-three miles and the fastest seventy miles an hour. A. carriage was waiting, and Mr. and Mrs. Dewes at once drove to their home. protecting"securities. Funds In the Bank of France Guarded From Auarchists; As a measure of precaution asainst a pos ! Bible dynamite outrage the public securities in the custody of the Bank of France, Paris, have been removed to the Place Ventadour, where there is an immense strong room. The | estimated value of the securities is upwards j of $800,000,000. ^ The French Government will present to the State of New York nearly all of its educational exhibit which was at the World's Fait, j SICILY'S ANTI-TAX RIOTS. THE TROUBLE EXTENDS ALL OYEE THE BIG ISLAND. Violence In Towns From the Western Coast of Sicily Almost to the Foot of Mount Etna?Rioters Killed by Volleys From the Soldiery?More Troops Golnj; to the Scene. Lercara Friani, Sicily, the scene of a flght ? between a mob and a body of troops growing out of the anti-tax agitation, has again witness ad a more seriou9 affray, in which four persons were killed and many wounded. The first flght, in which two persons were wounded, further inflamed the angei of the people, and they determined to make another demonstration against the odious octroi tax and the Municipal Councillors who insisted upon its enforcement. A large crowd paraded the streets and be came so riotous that a body of troops was despatched to disperse them. The troops attempted to clear the streets, whereupon they wore attacked with stones and other missiles. The soldiers were orderedto Are. and poured a volley into the rioters, who then fled, leaving four of their number dead in the street, while many others fell to the ground more or less seriously wounded. Great excitement prevailed in the town, and it was thought that further trouble would occur when the funerals of the victims were held. During an anti-tax riot at Terrasini, near Palermo, the octroi offices were set on flre, and were completely destroyed. A riot was caused in Valguarnera by a Police Commissary arresting a Socialist who wa3 preaching revolt. A thousand men and women stormeu tun usrrautia iu an attempt to rescue the prisoner, but were repulsed. The mob afterward set fire to the Town Hall, the Postoffice, the magistrates' office, and the residence of the Mayor, Police Commissary, and several citizens, all ol which were badly damaged or destroyed. Before the troops fired oa the people in Lercara Friani the police had vainly tried to disperse the moo. The rioters received the troops with hatchets and shower* of stones and did not yield an inch until fired upon. As under General Pelloux, lately Minister of War, the regulations for theyearly calling under arms of men completing their twentieth year was insufficiently observed, a decree is about 10 oe issued enforcing the full levy. The Government recognizes the necessity of maintaining the strength of the garrisons in upper Italy, which have been partly depleted through the despatch of troops to Sicily to check the anti-tax and Socialist movement there. The military journals concur in the opinion that calling out the men will simply put the army in its normal condition, which was affec:ed_by the reduction of the effective under (ienerai Palloux. Premier Crisp: has sent a circular to the prefects in Sicily requesting them to urge the communal Mayors to conler and devise means for a more equitable assessment ol taxes, and to see that the taxes upon the necessaries of life are levied without undue severity. Prior to the riot in Lercara Frianl the local workingmen's unions sent a telegram to Premier Crispi, begging him to intervene against the octroi duties. The Premier, in reply, expressed sympathy with the people's legitimate demands, "pointed out the necessity of preventing violence, and urged the people to Ignore agitators. The unions telegraphed back to Crispi that they had posted his message throughout the town and that they confided In him. FORTY NATIONS JOIN. tdlUUlOian JBiXpilSlUUU jicmunaj International Arbitration. The World's Columbian Exposition memorial for international arbitration was presented to Secretary Gresham and President Cleveland by Mr. William E. Blackstone, of Chieaeo. honorary commissioner of the World's Columbian Commission. It is a ramar kabl e docum ent, bavin? th e auto(?raph statures of the commissioners of the forty different Nations whiob participated in the Exposition. Also the Commissioners from different States and Territories of the United States, the directors and officials of the Exposition, many of the chairmen and speakers of the congresses of the World's Congress Auxiliaries, also the editors of the principal daily papers of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington; also ex-Pre*ident Benjamin Harrison. Secretary Morton, Comptroller Eckels. Chief Justice Fuller, Secretary Carlisle. Postmaster-General Bissell, Sec r-r -L - * -1 1 rtnn.'Al A rotary a^roerc. ni ue imvj, auu vouhu a.. Lamont, Secretary of War; Senators John T. Morgan. John Sherman, and William P. Frye. The President and Secretary Gresham expressed their approval of the object sought by the memorialists, the President mentioning that the same sentiment had been incorporated in his recent message. The following is the text of the memorial: "To the Governments of the World : 'The undersigned citizens of many countiies gathered at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, in the United 8tates of America, recognizing the advantaeea accruing to those Nations vrbich have pursued the policy of arbitrating international disputes and desiring tbat the like benefits may in the future be enjoyed by all Nations, and deeming this a fitting opportunity, do hereby join in thi3 memorial to all our various GovufnmQntfl r.Fyrlnt? thfit thftV will linitpfllv agree, by mutual treaties, to submit lor settlement by arbitration all such international questions and differences as shall fail of satisfactory solution by the ordinary peaceful negotiations. And for this the petitioners will ever pray. It is requested that a copy of this memorial shall be presented to each of the Governments of the world." As soon as the requisite fac simile copies are prepared, they will be transmitted by Secretary Gresham to the various Governments oL the world. A ROAD DEPARTMENT. A Monster Petition First Presented by Senator Hoar. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, with the assistance of several employes of the Senate presented in that body a petition unique in form and mammoth in proportions. The petition was wound around two wheels of n bicycle made of oak, the whole weighing 600 pounds and standing seven feet in height. T* nt isnnnft from ah over the United States, praying that there shall be founded in Washington a road department similar to the Agricultural Department, for the purpose of promoting knowledge in the art of constructing and maintaining roads, and asks that in such department provision be made for teaching students. The petition originated with Colonel Albert A. Pope, of Boston. It is 1400 yards long, is signed by tho Governor* of seventeen States, by the Massachusetts Legislature and by several banks and Chambers of Commerce. The petition was referred and wheeled to the Committee of Interstate Com* merce. KILLED IN A MINE. Crushed by the Collapse of a Wllkes? barre Colliery Roof. A fall of rock at the LanceliiTe colliery, Wilkesbarre. Tcnn., instantly killed Trter Clark, John Dombroskl and Michael Sonoski. Clark and Dombroski were miners, and Sonoski was a laborer. They had fired a blast which knocked from its place a prop which sustained the roof. The men went back to replace the prop, and just as they reached it the roof, weighing hundreds of tons, foil upon them, crushing all three beyond recognition. They were married, and leave large families. BOY SAVED BY A BUSH. His Mother ami Another Woman Drowned Trying to Rescue Him. At McCary'a Ferry, on the Tombigbee Liver, Ala., a party was crossing th? river on aflat when a little boy fell overboard. During the excitement Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. Alexander, the latter the child'# mother, jumped into tin) river to rescue him, but both were drowned. The child caught an overhanging buali and was saved. 1 " . I LATEB NEWS, Tbk cruiser New York sailed from the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Navy Yard for Rio Janeiro * to augment the United States naval squadron there. A northwest gale caused damage to shipping in New York harbor. Justice Cullex granted John Y. McKane a stay on reasonable doubt of Justice Bar nard's ri<jht to issue the Gravesend (N. Y.) injunction. A youno Mojava Indian mother W33 burned ^ at The Needles, in California, and her twin babes braiiiei by her tribesmen to satisfy a savage superstition. a: ri Secsetart Gresha.* has instruct ad Minis- tl ter White at St. Petersburg to inform the & Russian Government that "assisted" immi- ?{ grants will no: be allowed to land In the o United States. ti fl The Treasury Department is officially in- 8j formed that the net increase during the year o! ended June 30, 1993, over the year 1892, of exports from Mexico, amounted to (12,041,506. The exports aggregated $87,000,000. of v< which $56,000,000 waa In precious metals J* and'(31,000,000 of divers articles. President Cleveland went ducic hunting w down the Potomac, accompanied by Secre- c* taries Carlisle and Greaham and "Fighting Bob" Evans. sc tk The foreign Ministers at Eio Janeiro, at Brazil, have decided not to recommend that P" belligerent rights be granted to the insurgents. tt The Matabeles. of South Africa, have been completely subjugated by the British, ct 6( DROWNED UKDERGrROUin). 5 T Three Miners Lost Their Lives in a si Flooded Colliery. ^ 86 Three men were killed In the second drift p] of mine workings of Oak Hill colliery, at ai Delaware, near Minersville, Penn., by a ^ large body of water breaking into the gang" m way from an old mine in Black Valley that ti was abandoned sixty years ago allowed to pi All with water. The victims are: Giles at Blount, aged fifty-two, leaves a widow; Paul Alex, laborer, single, and Joseph Staniok, ( laborer, loaves a young widow. tb A rumbling noise was heard throughout w the Oak Hill workings by the men and \70rd li| was sent to the surface. Superintendent fa " J " ? Tofu Viiirrlo/I a., uregory auu inmo ?viowau xjottu ov to the mines as soon as they were notified. bi Lewis went down to the second litt at im? ej minent danger of his life, and notified thir- m teen men who were working in the gangway tb and directed them to a place ol safety. Tne Y< rush of water could be plainly heard, and at A any moment might have cut off all means of fii escape. c< Blount and his two laborers were working tb at the surface of th# gangway in the second in lift, and after a rescuing party had been or- ai ganized it was found that they heard the ap- fo proaching danger and tried to escapc, but T. that their progress bad been cut ofT by a big u] pillar of ooal falling and closing the gang- bz way. oi B\ COLOBABO'S PBOBLEM." p! at Her Governor Calls the Extra Session hi in Spite of Protests. Governor Waite, o! Colorado, issued a call tl convening the Legislature in extraordinary ^ session. He says that this session will give 8e the Legislature the beat opportunity it ever tb had to do something for Colorado. This action has been opposed by the business " men of Denver and the State ever since it J1' was first suggested. Mas3 meetings were " held in Denver and at various towns and n( cities in the State, at which strong resolu- *c tions were passed against the proposition, J and committees of prominent men have ^ daily visited the Governor's office to protest J* against an extra session. The movement ^ was strongly opposed in Governor Waite's home town, Aspen. 8' Lieutenant-Governor Niohols is hostile to J* the session. The impeachment talk has be KUii again, sua mriuor uuurut wiu uo uiitutj ? in that direction. The influential men of n the State will strive to prevail upon the 11 members of the Legislature to meet and C1 promptly adjourn, but the fact that the P Governor has included in the call a large *( number of bill3 that failed to become laws at( " the last session indicates that he hopes to! a prolong the session for at least sixty days. 01 n t) VANQUISHED MATABELES. i, p The People Are Surrendering, But n Their King Has Fled. A despatch received at Cape Town. South c Africa, from Major Forbes, commanding the ^ field forces of the British South Africa Com- q pany, says that the Matabeles have been I completely subjugated. It is added that * King Lo Benguia has fled and that he appa- <! rently has no intention of returning. * A despatch from Bulawayo says : "Natives have repeatedly asserted that Captain Wilson S repulsed Lo Bengula and continued the pur- H suit. A strong patrol with supplies_have P been despatched to overtake tUe Wilson " party, who had only wheat food and ammu- ^ nition their bandoliers contained. Dr. Jame- S son is disbanding his force, but will re-enroll n many to form a permanent police force. v "The natives have been informed that their i disarming will not be an absolute condition ? of peace; but their desiro for peace is so 0 strong that a great majority of them give up w their arms voluntarily. n "It is reported that Gambo, the son-in-law of Lo Bengula, has submitted. All the other C Indunas have already yielded. Premier 3 Rhodes says that the road from Bulawayo to 3 Palapye is as safe as Piccadilly in London." n ii A BRAVE WIDOW. ! t She Makes It Hot For an Intruder * With a Corn Knife. i, The house where Mrs. Ellen Kelly, a widow of seventy, and her daughter Eliza ^ live, a little cottage on the Shawnee road, t near Shawneetown, Mo., wa3 broken into at t 5 o'clock a. m. by a man who came crashing ? through the side window. Mrs. Kelly received him with a corn knife. j, The man recovered his feet, knocked her down with his fist, and, choking her with one hand, hit her repeatedly in the face with the other. J Mrs. Kelly nacicea ine man on me ueuivuuu j on the head until lie wrenched the knife from t her hand. He laid her scalp open and then .struck for her throat. She dodged anil fell, and the knife hit <*n the door casing ani' broke. Miss Kelly then opener! the door and yelled "'Murder!" The man fled to the woods. His mask had fallen ofT, and she recognized him as a man living at South Park, whom Deputy Sheriff Troctor afterward found had come home covered with blood, and had dressed his wounds and lcit. EIOT IN AMSTERDAM. * PI.I.I RnlUnanH I'll- I , employed Workmen. Two thousand men out of employment paraded the streets at Amsterdam, Holland, under Socialist auspices. They wore repeatedly dispersed by the police, but quickly gathered again. Finally 100 policemen were ordered to charge the paradors with swords. The police were received with volleys of stones, and a savage fight ensued. A Socialist named Geel was badly injured, and had to be taken to a hospital. Three members of the Socialists' committee and one policeman were also severely iDjured. Many others received slight wounds. "Major Newsiax. who nact tor years been prosecuting claims against the Government lor supplies furnished the army of General Sherman, dropped dead at Savannah, Ga.. upon receipt of the new? that his claim w??ia I probably belaid, < > REV. DR. TALMAGE. HE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUNDAY SERMON. Subject: "The Morning Star." Text : "I am Vie bright and the morning Far."?Revelation xxii., lu. This is Christmas Eve. Our attention and le attention of the world is drawn to the :ar that pointed down to the caravansary 'here Christ was born. But do not let us jrget that Christ himself was a star. To lat luminous fact my text calls us. It seams as if tbo natural world wera oxious to make up for the damage it did our ice in furnishing the forbidden fruit. If lat fruit wrought death among the Nations, ow all the natural product shall become a imibol of blessing. The showering down of le wealth of the orchard will make us think t him whom Solomon describes as the apple ee among the trees of the wood, and the owers of tangled gleni and cultured parterre lall be the dew glinted garland for the brow t the Lord Jesus. Yea, even the night shall i taxed, and its brightest star shall be set 3 a gem in the coronet of our holy religion. Have you ever seen the morning star adintageously? If it was on your way home om a night's carousal, you saw none of its jauty. If you merely turned over on your [llow in the darkness, glancing out of the indow, you know nothing about the leerfui influence of that star. But there are any in this house to-night who in great uses of their life, some of them far out at ia; have gazed at that star and been thrilled trough with indescribable gladness. That ar comes trembling as though \y;iththe arils of the darkness, and yet briglit with te anticipations of the day. It seems omor>nal with nil tenderness. ita eves fill with le tears of many sorrows. It is the gem on le hands of the morning thrust up to signal 3 coming. Others stais are dim, like holy indies in a cathedral or silver beads count1 in superstitious litany, but this is a living ars, a speaking star, a historic star, an rangelistic star?bright and brilliant and iumphant symbol of the great Redeemer, he telegraphic operator puts his finger on the lver key of the electric instrument, and the dings fly across the continent. And so it iems to mo that the finger o! inspiration is laced upon this silver point in the heavens, id its thrill through alltheeartb. "Be>ld I bring you good tidines of great joy i all people. Behold. I am the bright and orning star." The meaning of my text is Lis: As the morning star precedes and romises the coming of the day, so Christ sralds the natural and spiritual dawn. In the first place, Christ heralded the comg of the creation. There was a time when ere was no order, no sound or beauty. No ing stirred. No word was uttered. No jht sped. As far as God could look up, as r out, there was nothing. Immeasurable ilitude. Height and depth and length and raadth of nothingness. Did Christ then :ist? Ob, yes. "By him were all things ade that are made; things in heaven and ings in earth and things under the earth.'' as, he antedated the creation. He led forth returns and his sons. He shone before the rst morninsr. His voice was heard in the >ncert when the morning stars serenaded le advent of our infant earth, when, wrapped . swaddling clothes of lignt. It lay in the ras pf the great Jehovah. He saw the first untain laid. He saw the first light kindled, hat hand which was afterward crushed por. the cross was thrust into chaos, and it ought out one world and swung it in that rbit. and brought out another world and rung it in another orbit, and brought out 1 the worlds and swung them in their irticulur orbits. They came like sheep ; the call of a shepherd. They knew a voice, and he called them all by leir names. Oh. it is an interesting lought to me to know that Christ had someting to do with the creation. I see now nv it was bo easv for Him to change water tto wine. He first created the water. I >e now why it was so easy for Him to cure ie maniac. He first created the intellect. I >e now why it was so easy for Him to hush ie tempest. He sank Gennesaret. I sea dw why it was so easy for Him to swing fish ito Simon's net. He made the fish. ? see aw why it was so easy for Him to give sight ? the blind man. He created the optic nerve, see now why it was so easy for Him to raise azarus from the dead. He created the 3dy of Lazarus and the rock that shut him i. Some suppose that Christ came a stranger > Bethlehem. Oh, no. He created the lepherds, and the flocks they watched, and * L,*L wr\A Oil rt fha tenuis on wurcu iuoj uu?uicu, ?uu eavens that overarched their heads, and the agels that chanted the chorua on that Christias night. That hand which was atterwArd ailed to the cross, was an omnipotent and reative hand and the whole universe was oised on the tip of one of His (lagers. Be>re the world was Christ was. All the wld came trooping up out of the darkness, ml He greeted them, as a father greets his hlldren, with a "good morning,'' or a "good ight." Hail, Lord Jesus, morning star of lie first creation. Again, Christ heralds the dawn of comfort 1 a Christian soul. Sometimes we come to asses in life where all kinds of tribulations leet us. You are building up some great nterprise. You have built the foundationhe wall?you are just about to put on the apstone, when everything is demolished. ,'ou have a harp all strung for sweetest acord, and some great agony crushes it. ?here is a little voice hushed in the houselold. Blue eye closed. Color dashed out ol he cheek. The toot still. Instead of the luick feet in the hall, the heavy tread ol hriao whn mnpfli to th^ crave. Oh. what re people to do amid all these sorrows? ome sit down and mourn. Some bite their p until the blood comes. Some wring their ale hands. Some fall on their faces. Some ? on their backs helpless and look up into rhat seems to them an unpitying heaveD. ome pull their hair down over their eyes nd look through with a fiend's glare. Some, irith both hands, press their hot brain and rant to die and cry, "0 God, 0 God!" .ong night, bitter night, stupendous night f the world's suffering! Some know not rhich way to turn. But not so the Christian lan. He looks up toward the heavens. He ees a bright appearance in the heavens, lan it be only a flashing meteor? Can it be nly n falling star? Can it be only a deluion? Nay. nay. The longer he looks the loro distinct it becomes, until after while >e cries out, "A star?a mornag sfar, a star' of comfort, a star f grace, a star of peace, the star of be Redeemer!" Peace for all trouble, ialm for all wounds. Life for all dead, row Jesus, the great heart healer, comes rito our home. Peace! Peace that passeth ,11 understanding. We look up through our ears. We are comforted, it is me morang star of the Redeemer. ,4Who broke o(T hat flower?" said one servant in the garden o another. "Who broke off that flower?" ind the other servant said, "The master." ?othing more was sain, for if the master had tot n right to break off a flower to wear over lis heart or to set in the vase of his mansion, rho has a right to touch the flower? And rbcn Christ comes down into our garden to father lilies, shall we fight Him back? Shall (re talk as though He had no right to come? f any one in all the universe has a right to hat which is beautiful in our homes, then >ur Master has, ami He will take it and He vill wear it over His heart, or He will set it ? r\r thrt nnlnpH eternal. jord gave. and the Lord hath taken away ; ilessod bo the name of the Lord." Peace, roubled soul! I put the balm on yout vounled soul to-night. The morning star, ho morning star of the Redeemer. Attain. Christ heralds the dawn of millenlial glory. It is night in China, ni?ht in Tnlin. night in Siberia, night lor the vast maority of the world's popuiation. But it teems to mo there are some intimations ol ho morning. All Spain is to be brought in'lcr the influence of the gospel. What is hat light I see breaking over the top of tho Pyrenees? The morning! Yea, all Italy ihall receive the gospel. She shall haw ler schools and her colleges and hei diurches. Her vast population shall mrrender themselves to Christ. What is that ight I see breaking over the top of the Alps) . .. J! 1.-II f The morning. ah muiu sunn i.-uiuc >. / , [lor idols shall be cast down. Her juggerinuls shall bo broken. Her temples of inquity shall be demolished. What ia thai ight I see breaking over the top of the Him ilayas? The morning. The empurpled ;louds shall gild the path of the conquerins lay. The Hottentot will come out of his mud lovel to look at the dawn ; the Chinaman vlll come up on the granite cliffs, the Norwegian will get up on the rocks, and all the jeach of heaven will be crowded with celes;ia! inhabitants come out to see the sun rise )ver the ocean of the world's agony. Thej shall come from the east, and from the west From the north, and from the south, and ail iown in the kingdom of God. These awel ... .. ..... the frreat szy will become a sounding board which shall strike back the shout of salraticn to the earth until it rebounds again to the throne of the Almighty, and tho morning 3tar oi Christian hope will become the full sunburst of millennial irlorv. Again, Christ heralds the dawn of heaven upon every Christian's dying pillow. I suppose you havo noticed that the characteristics of people In their healthv days are very apt to ue rneir characteristics In their dylng'days. The dying words ot ambitious Napoleon were, "Head of the army." The dying words of pontic Lord Byron were, "J! must sleep now." The dying words of affectionate Lord Kelson were, "Kjss me, Hardy." The dying words of Voltaire word, as he saw one whom he supposed to be Jesus in the room, "Crush that- wretch." But I havo noticed that the dying words of '' Christians always mean peace. Generally the pain Is all gone, and there is great , quietude through the room. As one of these brothers told me of his mother In the last moment; "She looked up and said, pointing to some supernatural being that seemed to be in the room, 'Look at that bright form. Why, they have come lor me now.'" The lattice is turned so that the light is very pleasant. It is peace all around. You tared under tropical suns. These shivered under Icelandic temperature. These plucked the vineyards in Italy. These packed the feaboxes in China. These were aborigines lifting up their dusky faces in the dawn. And the wind shall waft it, and every mountain shall become a transfiguration, and the sea will become the walking place of him who trod the wave cliffs of stormy Tiberias, and the sorn: of joy shall rise toward heaven, and asK yoursexi: "Why, can this beadyin* room? It is so different from anything 1 ever expected." And you walk the floor and yon look out of the window, and you come back and look at your watch, and yon look at the face of the patient again, and there Is no change, except that the face is becoming more radiant, more illuminated. The wave of death seems coming up higher and higher, sntil It has touohed the ankle, then It comes on np until it touches the knee, and then it comes on np until it reaches the girdle, and then it comes on up until it reaches the lip, and the soul is about to be floated away into glory, and you roll back the patient's sleeve, and you put your finger on the pulse, and it is getting weaker and weaker, and the pulse stops, and you hardly know whether the life has gone or not. Indeed, you cannot tell when she goes away, she goes away so calmly. Perhaps it Is 4 o'olock in the morning, and you have the bed wheeled aroond to tne window, and the dying one looks out Into the night sky, and she sees something that attracts her attention, and you wonder what it is. Why, it is a.star. It ia a star that out ol Its silver rim is pouring a supernatural light into that dying experience. And you say, "Wnat is it that you are looking at?" She says, "It is a star." You say, "'What star is It that seems so well to please you'/" "Oh," she says, "that is the morning star?Jesus!" I would like to have my death bed undez that evangelistio star?I would like to have my eye on that star, so I could be assured ot the morning. Then the dash ot the surf of the sea of death would only be the billowing ap of the promise, "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers, they shall not overflow thee." All other lights will fail?the light that falls from the soroll of fame, the light that flashes from the gem in the beautiful apparel, the ngnr mac names irom iuo uuiumg lauip ui a banquet?but this light burns on and burns on. Paul kept hi^eye on that morning star, until he could say : "I am now ready to be offered, aud the time of my departure ia at hand. I have fought the good fight. I bave finished my course. I have kepi the faith." Edward Payson kept his eye on that star until he could say, "The breezes of heaven fan me." Dr. Goodwin kept his eye on that evangelistic star until he could say, "I am swallowed up in God." John Tennant kept his eye on that evangelistic star until he could say, "Welcome, sweet Lord Jesuswelcome, eternity." No other star ever pointed a mariner into so safe a harbor. No other star ever sunk its silvered anchor into the waters. No other star ever pierced such accumulated cloud, or beckoned with such a holy luster. With lanterns and torches and a guide, we went down In. the Mammoth cave of Ken* tucky. You may walk fourteen miles and see no sunlight. It is a stupendous place. Some places the roof of the cave a hundred feet nigh. The grottoes filled with weird echoes, cascades falling from invisible height to invisible depth. Stalagmites rising up from the floor of the cave?stalactites descending from the roof of the cave, joining each j other, ana making pillars of the Almighty s sculpturing. There are rosettes of amethyst in halls ol gypsum. As the guide carries his lantern ahead ol you, the shadows have an appearance supernatural and spectral. The darkness is learlul. Two people, getting lost Irom their guide only for a few hours, years ago, were demented, and for years sat in their insanity. You feel like holding your breath as you walk across the bridges that seem to span the bottomless abyss. The guide throws his calcium light down into the caverns, and the light rolls and tosses from rock to rock and Irom depth to depth making at every plunge a new revelation of the awful power that could have made such a clace as that. A sense of suffocation comes upon you as you think that you are 250 feet in a straight line from the sunlit surface of the earth. The guide after awhile takes you into what is called the "8tar Chamber," and then he says to you, "Sit here," and then he takes ( the lantern and goes down under the rocks, and it gets darker and darker, until the night , is so thick that the hand an inch from the eye is unobaervable. And then, by kindling one of the lanterns and placing It in a cleft ot toe rocs, there Is a reflection cast on the dome of the cave, and there are stars com ing out in constellations?a brilliant night heavens?and you involuntarily exclaim."Beautiful! beautiful P' Then he takes the lantern down in other depths of the cavern, and wanders on, and wanders off, until he comes up from behind the rocks gradually, and it seems like the dawn ot the morning, and it gets brighter and brighter. The guide is a skilled ventriloquist and he imitates the voices of the morning, and soon the srloom is all gone, and you stand congratulating yourself over the wonderful spectacle. Well, there are a great many people who look down into the grave as a great cavern. They think it is a thousand miles subterraneous, and all echoes seem to be the voices of despair, and the cascades seem to oe m? iauiu? imu uiu always fall, andthe gloom of earth seems coming up in stalagmite, and the gloom of the eternal world seems descending in thestalacr tite, making pillars of indescribable horror. The grave ia no such place at that to me, thank God. Our Divine Guide taked us down into the great caverns, and we have the lamp to our feet and the light to our path, and all the echoes in the rifts ol the rock are anthems, and all the falling waters ?m fountains of salvation, and after awhile we lookup and, behold! the cavern of the tomb has become a king's star chamber. And while wo aro looking at the pomp of it an everlasting morning begins to rise, and nil the tears of earth Crystallize into stalagmite, nsingup in a pillar on the one side, and all the glories of heaven seem to be descendinn in stalactite, mating a pillar on the other side, and you push against imta that swings between Ithe two pillars, and as the gate flashes open you find it is one of the twelve gates which I are twelve pearls. Blessed be God that through this gospel the mammoth cave of . the sepulchre has become the illumined Star Chamber of the King! I would God that it my sermon to-doy does not lead you to Christ, that before morning, looking out of the window, the astronomy of the night heavens might lead ' you to the feet of Jesus. Hark' Hark! To Go J the chorus breaks From every host, from every gem; But on? alone. th? Savior speaka? 1 Is the Star lit Bcthiahem. i Soapsuds Broke the Waves. i The otfi'.-ors of the steamship Scandia arrived at Philadelphia from Hamburg a few ' days ago and report that durinsr the voyage in the wildest storm the ship had ever been in, with hicrh waves breaking over the ship in great volume, soapsuds made and allowed to drift over the ship's bow almost instantaneously broke the lorce of the seas, which I ceased to smash over the sides and the ves' sel soon lay comparatively easy. The offl' cers were enthusiastic over the success of 1 the experiment. Experiments in this line have recently been made by the hydrographlc i office with uniform success, ine use 01 i soapsuds is not likely to entirely supersede ) oil for the purpose of soothing tne seas, but ' soap is cheaper, occupies Jess room on the . ship and its suds lie heavier on tbe water | : than oil. so that It ia likely to be generally adopted. ' -M SABBATH SCHOOL r* ____ "f N INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB . JANUARY 14. i ; Lesson Text: "Adam's Sin and God.?* Grace," Gen. iif., 1-1C?Golden Text: I Cor. xv., 22?Commentary. ' < : 1. "ITow, the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said nnto the woman, Yea, hath God said. Y? shall not eat of every tree of the garden?1' In the first two chapters all is perfect, and God walks with man, and man communes with God.. Now oomes the wicked one in the guise of a serpentfull of hatred of God and man. See his aliases in Rev. xii.. 9;xx.,2, and his end In Eer. ^ 7jl, 10. He begins his work by insinuating that God does not love His children or He would not keep any thing from them. 2. "And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the' garden." We cannot blame the woman for talking with him, for she probably had not' eara 01 aim wno spoxe to ner tnroujcn toe serpent. We know him and deserve to gaffer If we hold any parley with him. See Eph. vi. 1L ; Jas. iv., 7 ; Pet. v., 8, 9. 3. "fiat of the fruit ot the tree which is t in the midst of the garden. God hath said, Ye shall not oat of it. neither shall ye touch. it. lest ye die." She both added to and diminished what Ood bad said. Compare carefully chapters ii, 17, and let ns give good heed to Dent, iv., 2; xtt., 3i; Jer. xrd.,3. ' ' ftilr nart tn ?fmn!r nhn)lmit mid trarf> i-"." fal and shan every insinuation and doubt. 4. "And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not rarely die." What, a deliberate lie! When ?e speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own, for he 10 a liar and the father of it (John viii.. 44). All. liars shall have their portion with him (Bev. zxi., 8). One would . think that saoh an attack upon God wcmld have shown the woman that she was dealing with an enemy of God. - But what shall we say of professed friends of God who to-day teach that there is no hell and not even a ' devil? 5. "For God doth kqov that" in the day ye , eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened^ j and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." T&l/i see ma to nave been Ms own ambition (see Isa. xiv., 14), and he willyefc find a man willing to be filled with it (II Then. li.,3, 4). We know that when He shall appear we shall be like Him, and then shall we know ever as we are known (I John ill., 2; I Cor. xlii., 12). but this is to lt>e reached by death to self, trust 1n the sacrifice of Christ x $$5 * and obedience to Him, never in any other -m way (Acts iv., 12). 6. "And when the woman saw, etc.. ahe took of the fruit thereof and did eat and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat." This is the history of every temptation and sin, the.outward object, the in ward commotion, the increase and triumph $f passionate desire, the degradation ana rain of soul. So with Aohan. He saw; he coveted; he took (Joshua vil., 21). Adam and Eve had every- ' $?&, thing and yet sinned. Christ seemed to hav? aothing, yet stood firm. 7. "And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, ??& and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aproDs." This waaan eye opening that has loft us blind by nature in the right direction ever since, as we need to be anointed and have oarey?s opened to behold spiritual things (Rev. ill.', ' <vriT i?v What a contrast between the garments of light which they lost and there self-made aprons! Fig leaved may well represent profession without reality (Math.' ' ' xxi.,19). 8. "And they heard the voice of the Lord Ood, and Adam and his wife hid themselves." What a sight is this! God's dear children hiding from their loving Father and thinking that trees can cover them. What fools sin makes of us, and how blinded most be the mind that seeks to hide from ' the only true friend! Such has been the sinner's conduct ever since, vainly seeking to hide from God. t 9. "And the Lord God called unto Adam - -4 nntn Kim WhAm art" than?" From auu oatu UUW .. -? _ . the fall to the end of the Bible story it 1b a God of love seeking lost and straying people and man In his blindness hiding or running - , away from God. What does yoursoul say In response to ''Where art thou?" Mine replies, Lord, Thou knowest I am in Thee, and Thoa art to me the Book of Ages (I&a. xxvi., 4 margin).' Once and for a long time I tried to hide from Thee, but no* Thou haat taught me to hide in Thee. 10. "And he said I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, beoaaae I was naked, and I hid myself." Here is the flat fear In Scripture, and it follows hard on unbelief and distrust of God. There will be no fear where there is confidence in God, for * " * -lL ?* it , His perfect love easiern out iear ?uuu 18); so that if oar hearts can say, "Behold, God la my salvation," we should also add, "I will trust and not be-rfrald" (Isa. xii., 2). Some are afraid of the voice of God in Hi* word because they prefer their own thoughts and ways. 11. "And He said, Whotold thee thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof 1 commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?" God of course knew the whole story, but before we can be forgiven there must be on our part conviction of sin and confession of the same. This God would give to Adam and draw from him that He might forgive him (see Prov. xxviii., IS. and I John L, 9). i 12. "And the man said, The woman whom thou gaveat to be with me, she gave me ox the tree, and I did eat." This sounds very badly. Adam, thou hast fallen very far and brought us down with ttase, for some ot u? i nave lolKeu taut way. But see the sin. He finds fault with the gift bf God and lays the blame on her. Now see Jesus, vibo has taken upon Himself all the guilt of His body, the church, and borne it, that He mleht present her to Himself without spot (Eph. v.. 27). 13. "And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The 3erpent beguiled me, and I did eat." Ske did not aak, as some do now, why God allowed the serpent to come to her, and why God did not keep her from " > 1 !-_ J _1 A* JaJfing, our SUV LEttfcW CUUIUBOIUU nuu ^imuo guilty. And both having now confeesed the way Is open for the revelation of God's sal* vation by grace (Rom. ill.. 10. 24). 14. "And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou host done this, thou art cursed above all cattle,'1 etc. What kind of a creature the serpent was before this and of what form we are not told. But it Is evident he did not go upon his belly as now. Eve will tell us when we see her 11 it is worth while to know. 15. "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruisn thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." The Lord God speaks to the enemy in the serpent and in the first clause declares the woman's restoration to God and her hatred of the devil, all brought about by God Himself, who says, "I Will put."?Lesson Hnlosr. ? ? Daoaorior'jft v*a _ i/Ug9 as ivauiuau a Cogs In Belgium, it appears, from a rather singular case that has just been heard before the law courts of that country, are raised to the dignity of passengers, if their owners choose to take them into a railway carriage with themselves. The point on which opinion differed has iust beeg settled, the qu?tion brought under the notice of the law ' courts being whether a dog whose master has duly taken a ticket for him is entitled to a seat, or whether his rights be limited to s place on the floor of tho compartment, at the feet of the human occupants. A .sportsman. , we read, was not long *?o traveling in BjL-1"? ?k.'fl n Ama rnfFiot'.-Jr TTfWrWA glUUl W11UUI9 UUg, it 11UU place had been paid for. However, in spite I of this, there being at a station on the line* no room for a traveler, a railway employe j turned the dog off. his seat. Probably the dog's feelings were not hurt, but bis master protested indignantly, and subsequently appealed to the administration of the Stats railways for a decision on the subject. It has been decreed that he is as much entitled to a seat as his master, arid that where a compartment has room for tea passengers, and there happen to be Ave men and Ave dogs * therein, it must be considered as full, tickets, of course, being taken for the dogs. A Remarkable Family. South Thomaston, Me., boasts of a remarkable fam.ly, consisting of three old ladies, the oldest. Mrs. Lucretia Estes, being ninety-six years old. Her two companions. ?-w- ?-u Uwinm Hull an* Mrs. JUlili A3U ami iuio. J......". both over seventy. These two board her, keep several cows, a big flock of hens and lots of ducks, do tbeir own work and earn their own living off the /arm on which they f live, of which they have a ltfe-leiise. They' are well educated, great readers, regular attendants of the Sunday-school and have been for over half a century members of a Baptist, church.' J ^ \ ' ' .9