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SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE ^
NOTED DIVINE. n
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Subject: "Gideon's Battle With the p
Mldlaultes." o
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Text: "And the three companions blew j
the trumpets, and brake the pitchers,^ and p
iima 1110 lamps IDL rnejr it??t uaum auu mo i j
trumpets in their right hands to blow withal. I g
And they stood every man in his place
round about the camp, and all the host ran
and cried and fled."?JudRes vii., 20, 21.
That is the strangest battle ever fought. a
God had told Gideon to go down and thrash H]
the Midianites. but bis army is too large, for jj.
the glory must be given to God and not to m'
man. And so proclamation is made that all
those of the troops who are cowardly and jj
want to go home may go. and 22,000 of jj|
them scampered away. leaving only 10,000 ej
men. But God says the army is too j'n
large yet, and so he or.lers these 10.000
remaining to march down through a sj,
stream and command Gideon to notice in
what manner these men drink of the water er
as they pass through it. If they get down w
on all fours and drink, then they are to be m
pronounced lazy and incompetent for the cj,
campaign, but if, in passing through the ,,|
stream, they scoop up the water in the palm tj,
of their hand and drink and pass on they are m
to be the men selected for the battle. t{(
Well, the 10.000 men marched down in the ^
stream, and the mo3t of them come down on 0l
all fours and plunge their mouths like ahorse tu
or an ox into the water and drink, but there 0E
are 300 men who, instead of stooping, just f0
dip the palm of their hands in the waterand jj
bring it to their lips, "lapping it as a dog 32
1 lappetb." Those 300 brisk, rapid, enthusiastic
men are chosen for the pe
campaijp. They are eaeh to take a trumpet
in the richt band, and a pitcher in the left tjj
hand, and a lamp inside the pitcher, and av
then at a given signal they are to blow the pj
trumpets, and throw down the pitchera, and jie
hold up the lamps. 80 it was done. ^h
It is night. I see a great host of Midianites se
sound asleep in the valley of Jezreel. Gid-'
eon comes up with his 300 picked men, and ?<j
when everything is ready the signal is given j ,
and they blow tbe trumpets, and they throw wi
down the pitchers, and hold up the lamps. ve
and tbe great host of Midianites, waking out an
of a sound sleep, take the crash of the j.r
crookery and the glare of the lamps for the _r
coming on of an overwhelming foe, and they yC
run and cut themselves to pieces and horri- er
bly perish. nc
The lessons of this subject are very apir- st(
ited and impressive. This seemingly value- jg
less lump of quartz has the pure gold in it. ?a
The smallest dewdrop on the meadow at ?j,
nignt nas h scar m us uujuiu, ^
the most insignificant passage of Scripture do
has in it a shining truth. God's mint coins ^
no small change. jj(
I learn in the first place from this subject ~r
the lawfulness of Christian strategem. You j?0|
know very well that the greatest victories <
ever gained by Washington or Napoleon W(!
were gained through the fact that they came WI
when and in a way they were not expected? ^
sometimes falling back to draw out the foe,
sometimes breaking out from atnbu3h, some- ar
times crossing a river on unheard of rafts,
all the time keeping the opoosing forces in ?0
wonderment as to what would be done next. gtf
You all know what strateip' is in military 0fl
affairs. Now I think it is high time we had
this art sanctified and spiritualized. In the jt
church, when -we are about to make a Cbris- m8
tlan assault, we send word to the opposing ^
force when we expect to come, how many jQ
troops we have, and how many rounds of u_
shot, and whether we will come with artil- jj*,
lery, infantry or cavalry, and of course (
we are defeated. There are thousands of ca
men who might be surprised into the king- ^
dom of God. We neea more tact and ingen- ^
uityin Christian work. It is in spiritual t|j;
affairs as in military, that success depends
in attacking that part of the castle which is tbj
not armed and intrenched. jy.
For instance, here is a man all armed on n.
the doctrine of election. All his troops of ?a
argument and prejudice are at that particu- t^j
lar gnte. You may batter away at that side ou
of the castle for fifty years, and you will not 0_
take it, but just wheel your troops totheside S01
gate of the heart's affections, and in five j
minutes you capture him. I never knew jej
a man to be saved through a brilliant ar- i-a,
gurnet. You cannot hook men into the qu
kingdom of God by the horns of a dilemma. tu.
There 13 no grace iu syllogisms. Here is a q
man armed on the subject of perseverance q0
of the saints. He does not believe in it. _
Attack him at that point, and he will perse- ,
vero to the very last in not be- .
lieving it. Here is a man armed Th
on the subject of baptism. He believes th
In sprinkiing or immersion. All your dis- mcussion
of ecclesiastical hydropathy will not
change him. I remember when I was a boy h
that with other boys I went into the river on w,
a summer day to bathe, and we used to dash .
water on each other, but never got any re- ?
suit except that our eyes wero blinded, and ?
all this splashing of water between Baptists
and Pedobaptists never results in anything '
but the blurring of the spiritual eyesight. Iu .
other words, you can never capture a man's ? '
euui at lUC pviui at nuiuu nv to v9^vv.iauj i i
intrenched. But there is in every man's ' (
heart a bolt that can be easily shoved. A m
little child four years old may touch that
bolt, and it will spring back, and the door t?'
will swing open, and Christ will come in. ^
I think that the finest of all the fine arts is ? .
the art of doing good, and yet this art is the H
least cultured. We have in tho kingdom of j?
God to-day enough troops to conquer the J*?;
whole earth for Christ if we only had skillful
manoeuvericg. I would rather have the 300
lamps and pitchers of Christian strategem
f' than 10J,000 drawn swords of literary and ..
ecclesiastical combat. a t
I learn from this subject also that a small ..
part of the army of God will have to do all
the hard lighting. Gideon's army was origin- ,
ally composed of 32,000 men. but they went ?
off until there were only 10f0t>0 left, and that M
was substractad from until there were only J?
800. It is the same in all ages of the Christian
church. A few men have to do the hari ^
fighting. Take a membership of 1000, and *
you generally And that fifty peop'.o do the
work. Take a membership of PJo, and you
generally find that ten people do the work. wa
TKora DM c/tnp^w r\f Ahnrnhoa vrhorA ap
three people do the work.
We mourn that there is so much useless j"
lumber in the mountains of Lebanon. I
think of the 10,000,000 membership of the
Christian ohurch to-day if 5,000,030 of the r~'
names were off the books the ohurch would
be stronger. You know that the more i,,
cowards and drones there are in any army
the weaker it is. I would rather have the *
$00 picked men of Gideon than the 32,000 ,j,.
unsifted host. The many Christians there are
standing in the way of all progress! 1 think
it is the duty of the church of Goi to ride "
over thorn, and the quicker it does it the
quicker it does its duty.
Do not worry, O Christian, if you have to
do more than your share of the work. You *
had better thank God that He has called you K,
to bo one of the picked men rather than to ,
pr' belong to the host of stragglers. Would not ,
vou rather be one of the 300 that flgut than
the 22,000 that run? I suppose those cowardly
Gideonites who went off congratulated
themselves. They said: ''We irot rid th
of all that flghttng, did not we? How f
lucky we have been! That battle costs
us nothing at all." But they got none bc
of the spoils of the victory. After the battle
the 800 men went\iown aud took the wealth m(
of the Midianites, and out of the cups and tJ)
platters of their enemies they feasted. Aud 'f.
tha lime will come, my dear brethren, jlei
when the hosts of darkness will be routed, ^
and Christ will say to His troops: "Well ^
done, my brave men. Go up and take the
spoils. Be more than conquerors forever."
And in that day all deserters will bo shot.
Again, 1 learn frcnrthis subject that God's *
way is different from man's, but is always nu
the best way. If we had the planning of that ,
battle, we would have taken thosu 82,000 ~
men that originally belonged to the army. .
and wo would have drilled them anu ^
marched them up and down by the day and
week and month, and wo would bave had
them equipped with swords or spears,accord- :
ing to the way of armiuf? in those times, up
and then wo would bave marched them stt
?lown in solid column upon the foe. tin
But that is not the way. God deplete.; the ov
army, and takes away all their weapons,and bl<
Kives them a lamp, and a pitcher, and a sw
trumpet, and tells them to go down and kil
drive out the Midianites. I supDOse some
wiseacres were there who said: '"That is not
military tactics. The idea of 300 men un- i
K armed fonquering such a great host of Mid- W(
ianites!" It was the best way. Whatsword. jj.
. spear or cannon ever accomplished such a ca
victory as the lamp, pitcher and trumpet?
God's way is different from man's way, u8
hut it is always best. Take, for instance,
the composition of the Bible. It we had baa
the writing of the Bible, we would have said:
'Let one man write it II you have twenty
?r thirty men to write a poem, or make a w
tatate. or write a history, or make an argtilent,
there will be flaws and contralicions."
But God says: "Let not one man do
t but forty men shall do it." And they
id, differing enough to showthere had been
0 collusion between them, but not contraicting
each other on any important point, '
rhile they all wrote from their own stand- 8
oint and temperament, so that the matter h
f fact man has his Moses, the romantic na- t1
are his Ezekiel, the epigrammatic his Sololon,
the warrior his Joshua, the sailor his t'
onah, the loving his John, the losrician his "
'aul. Instead of this Bible, which now ,n
can lift in my hand?instead of the h
ible the child can carry to Sunday-school, 0
istead of the little Bible the sailor f*an put h
1 his jacket when he goes to sea?if it had Cl
sen left to men to write it would have been
thousand volumes, judging from th? a
mount of ecclesiastical controversy which a
as arisen. God's way is different from "
an'?, but it is best, infinitely best. n
So it is in regard to the Christian's life. ^
we had had the p'anning of a Christian's
Fe. we would have said: "Let him have -C|
ghtv years of sunshine, a fine house to live cj
. Let his surroundings all be agreeable, a'
st him have sound health. Let no chill 31
liver through his limbs, no puin ache his a:
Viin 1 ? T n 1
vi uguuio suauyw uis sum. x
ijov the prosperity of others so much I ai
oulil let every man have as much ff
oney as he wants and roses for his w
lildren's cheeks and fountains of gladness a
ancing in their large round eyes. But a
at is not God's way. It seems as if man
nst be cut, hit and pounded just in propor- hi
3n as he is useful. His child falls from a aird
story window and has its life dashed '*<
it. His most confident investment
mbles him into bankruptcy. His friends, m
t whom he depended, aid the natural til
rce of gravitation in taking him down,
is life is u Bull Kun defeat. Instead of 'a
,000 advantages he has only 10.0J0. Aye, nf
tly 300?aye, none at all. How many good re
lople there are at their wits' end about th
eir livelihood, about their reputation? But M
ey will find out it is the best way after d(
rhile. God will show them that He de- fe
etes their advantages just for the same at
ason He depleted the army of Gideon? of
at they may be induced to throw them- a I
Ives on His mercy. th
A grapevine says in the early spring: in
low glad I am to get through the winter! m
shall have no more trouble now. Summer m
jather will come, and the garden will be ?h
ry beautiful.'' But the gardener comos Di
id cuts the \ine here and there with his
lite. The twigs begin to fall, and the
apevlne cries out: "Murder! What are
iu cutting me for?" "Ah," says the garden- in
, "I don't mean to kill you. If I did ca
it do this, you would be the laughing
>ck of all the other vines before the season
over." Months go on, and one day the jjt
rdener comes unrier the trel lis, where great
isters of grapes hang, and the grape vine m
ys: "Thank you, sir. You could not have j)r
ne anything so kind as to have cut me 0t
th that knife." "Whom the Lord loveth
5 chasteneth." No pruning, no grapes; no be
inding mill, no flour; no battle, no vie- he
ry; no cross, no crown. th
3*o God's way, in the redemption of the (r]
>rld, is different from ours. If we had our nc
ly, we would have had Jesus stand in the tr
or of heaven and beckon the Nations up be
light, or we would have had angels flying it
ound the earth proclaiming the unsearchle
riches of Christ. Why 19 it that the cause
es on so slowly? Why is it that the chains tj
ly on when Goi could knock them th
? Why do thrones of despotism stand ec
len God could so easily demolish them? flc
is His way in order that all generations pv
ly co-operate and that all men may know w
sy cannot do the work themselves. Just m
proportion as these pyramids of sin go Ci
i in height will they come down in ghast- tr
tess of ruin. Al
5 thou father of all iniquity! If thou tr
nst hear my voice above the cracklinjr of w
e flames, drive on thy projects, dispatch
Y emissaries, build thy temples and forge 0i
y chains, but know that thy fall from th
aven was not greater than thy final over- tr
row shall be when thou shalt be driven w
sarmed into thy fiery deh, and for every m
thou hast framed upon earth thou shalt bi
ve an additional hell of fury poured into
ine anguish by the vengeance of
r God, and all heaven shall shout at the
aa fn/\m fVia runanmoH Oftrfh fhA
breaks through the skies: "Halleluiah,
the Lord God omnipotent reigneth! Hal- r*
ujah, for the kingdoms of this world have
jome the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus ?:
rist!" God's way in the composition of ..
3 Bible, God's way in the Christian's life,
id's way in the redemption of the world,
id's way in everything?different from ~r
in's way. but the best.
[ learn from this subject that the overthrow .
God's enemies will be sudden and terrilic. jj]
ere is the army of the MUllanites down in
j valley of Jezreel. I suppose their 5
ghty men are dreaming of victory. Mount L
Iboa never stood sentinel for so large a J*
st. The spears and the shields of the
dianites gleam in the moonlight and *
ince on the eye of the Israelites, who
ver like a buttle of eagles, ready to swoop
im the cliff. Sleep on, 0 army or the P
dianites! With the night to hide them *r
d the mountain to guard them aud strong
ns to defend them, let no slumbering foe- .
in dream of disaster. Peace to the cap- ?|
ns and the spearmen.
3rash go the pitchers! Up flare the lamns!
the mountains! Fly, fly! Troop running
ainst troop, thousands trampling upon
jusiinds. Hnrk to the scream and groan ci<
the routed foe, with the Lord God Al- ac
ghty after them! Howsuddea the onset! pt
>w wild the consternation! How utter the pf
feat! I do not care so much what is Bi
ain3t me if God is not. You want a better sa
ord or carbine than I have ever seen to go th
t and fight against the Lord Omnipotent, th
ve me God for my ally, and you may have at
the battlements and battalions. th
[ saw the defrauder in his splendid house, es
seemed as if he had conquered God as he lo
iod amid the blaze of chandeliers and pier th
rrors. In the diamonds of the wardrobe ce
aw the tears of the widows whom he had er
t>bed and in the snowy satins the pallor of
8 white cheekcd orphans whom he had
onged. The blood of the opDressed
>wei in the deep crimson of the im- m
rted chair. The music trembled with Vf
j sorrow of unrequited toil. But the w
ive of mirth dashed higher on reefs of bf
ml and pearl. The days and the nights cc
nt merrily. No sick child darei pull that of
ver doorbell. No beggar dared sit on that hf
trble step. No voice of prayer floated re
lid that tapestry. No shadow of a judgment w
y darkened that fresco. No tear of human ta
imathy dropped upon that upholstery. fu
cnp strutted the hall, and dissipation
ed her cup. and all seemed safe aa the
dianites in the valley of Jezteal. B at Goo
aie. Calamity smote the money market. ?
,e partridge left its oggs unhitched. Crash h
mt all the porcelain pitchers! Ruin, rout,
imav and woe in the valley of Jezreel!
Mas for those who fight against Go ;! Only t
o sides. Mail immortal, which side are ;L
u on? Woman immortal, which side are .
u on? Do you belong to the 33 ' that are
iug to win the day or to the great host of
dianites asleep in the valley, only to be ..
used up in consternation ami ruin? Sudnly
the golden bowl of life will bj broken
d the trumpet blown that will startle our
ill into eternity. The day of the Lord
raeth as a thief in the night and as G
3 God armed Israelites upon the sleeping to
;. Hn! Canst thou pluck up courage for HI
j day when the trunpet which hath uever Si
en blown shall srieak the roll call of the
ad, and the earth, dashing against a iost
Jtoor, have its mountains scattered to the
irs and oceans emptied in the air? Oh, gj
?u, what will become of you? What will ui
come of me? p<
[f those Midianites had only given up $;
jir swords the day before the disaster, all m
>uld have been well, and if you will now i>i
rrender the sins with which you have been 99
. .. j 11 i?v rv.
flting VJTUU /VII mil vv nun, vr?,
ike peace with Him now, through Jesu.;
irist the Lor.:! With the clutch of a drownj
man seize the cross. Oh. surrender! .
rremler! Christ, with his hand ou hi^
jrced side, asks you to.
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Strange Death.
Martin B-irko, a coal heaver, while coins a
i the hill at St. Paul avenue and Eighth
eet, Milwaukee, Wis., was picked up by w
8 hicrh wind which prevailed and blown
er the St. Paul railroad tracks, half a ?r
" ? 1? *-'' f^ortbo n m
x*k away, j use us ae it?u uu iuo u??v^ ?
itch engine with five cars passed over him, jo
lling him instantly. >'<
A Great Canadian Canal. b:
The St. Mary's Canal, the new Canadian y?
iterway connecting Lakes Superior and M
uron, -was recently opened for traffic. Thf
nal gives an independent waterway from
e head of Lake Superior to the ocean and th
is cost 53,750,000. tt
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Slxtj-fonr Paperless Counties. ul
There are aixty-foar counties la Texas It w,
hich no papers are published. s0
TEMPERANCE
OENTEEL DISSIPATION".
The young: man who "takes a dram Jus
or fan" is ruiniing tho ri3k of getting hiir
elf entangled in the meshes of a dangerou
abit. He is getting into the coil of n ver
oisonous serpent. He is laying the founds
Ion of hia ruin. Many a man whose premti
are death lowered him to a drunkard'
rave began his career in this way. He di>
ot Intend to become a drunkard; ho simpl
ad a curiosity to know how liquor tasted
r, perhaps he did not wish to be rude t
is companions by refusing to join in thei
urousals. But every youug man should re
lemberthat liquor ha3 slain more lives thai
11 tho wars that have ever occurred. W
re drawing daily object lessons from th<
ves of dissipation we see about us. Is i
ecessary to delineato here tho dissipatioi
re seo in real life?
People are too apt to wink at this evil. Be
Mise of its long duration, they have becomi
iilJous to if. They too often look upon i
* a matter of course than a work of -evil
[en are first shocked by a great moral evil
ad cry out loudly and vehemently
gainst it: then their cry become.3 less loui
ad less vehement; then it ceases, and thej
row accustomed to surrounding condition:
ithout further murmuring. But this make
moral evil no less a moral evil. It is stil
moral evil, devouring its thousands an<
ms of thousands continually, devastating
3mo3 and making wretched as many mort
i it slays. Why, then, should people be.
>me callous to such an evil? Why shoulc
iey set before the voung man or voung wo
? 1: ?i
mately, to make of him or her a drunkard!
At a dinner in New York some time aero
xgely attended by prominent peopie, one'
ilf of them turned down their clashes anc
fu3ed wine. What a splendid examph
ey set for the other half. When such acts
(come more common, few people will gc
)wn to drunkards' graves; there will b*
wer widows with large families to support
id no way to support them, the per cent,
children who die of consumption, scrofa
and kindred ailments will be smaller
e number of dwarfed minds and distorted
tellects will be smaller; and the onward
arch of humanity in the scale of social,
oral and intellectual advancement will
ow more marked signs of progression.?
iadem.
THE OXLY BEMEDT.
Commenting on the gigantic evils attendg
the liquor traffic in Africa, to which wa
,ll attention on another page, the Now
>rk Observer says:
"The only remedy for the evil is the
owth of a public sentiment in Europe and
nerica which will compel the Governents
having colonies in Africa to restrict or
ohibit the traffic, and in concerted action
l the part of the local administrations,
id it is on the trade side that pressure can
i exerted most effectively. For nothing
is been more clearly demonstrated than
at the trade in spirits destroys all other
!ide. The native who buys liquor wants
(thing else. As the rum traffic grows, the
ade in general goods diminishes, the two
ing unalterably opposed to each other,
has been found that roads cut to promote
ineral trade have been deprived of all
iluewhen used to advance the liquor traffic,
le new markets opened have no trade but
at in spirits, the slower growing but in the
id far more profitable traffic being sacri;ed
to the greed for quick returns. From a
irely unsentimental point of view, the unisdom
of substituting one domand for the
any certain to grow out of advancing
vilization should be( apparent. Every
ade, therefore, desiring to extend itself in
Frica is interested in fighting the liquoi
affic in Africa; and such a force, actina
ith an aroused Christian sentiment, should
) lar to wipe out tne iniquity, ^uuaiuorou
ily on its trade side, there is not a doubt
at if alcohol were kept out of Africa, the
affic developed in the native markets
ould in time yield a revenue to the Nation*
any times greater than that now yielded
r the liquor trade."
RAVAGES BOTH EODV AND SOUL.
Of all the evils that afflict mankind at the
esent day drunkenness is undoubtedly the
eatest. Besides this all other evils sink
to insignificance. War, famine, pestilence,
e only shadows in comparison. These
ive their time and reasons, and, like all
ings human, ultimately decav and perish
it drunkenness abides with us forever. II
the eternal companion of humanity, a
>mon-spirit which defies exorcism.
No human tongue or pen can adequately
sscribe its powers and ravages. It is more
?e an exotic from hell than a natural
owth of earth. In its universal destrucreness
it ranks next to the erim monster
eath himself. With its mighty scythe it
ows down battalions of the human race,
id sweeps them Into the whirlpool of deruction.
Not content with ravaging the body il
snetrates the immortal regions of tho soul,
id lays there the seeds of corruption and
>cay. Reason itself, the finest faculty ol
an, surrenders its power at the approach
this dread monster.?Sacred Heart Reew.
ALCOHOL AND LONGEVITY.
At a recent meeting of the Actuarial Soety
of America, Mr. Emory McClintock,
ituary of the Mutual Life Insurance Commy,
of New York, read a very interesting
iper on the "Use and Non-Use of Alcoholic
averages," and its effects on longevity. He
ys: "Upon those who on entering stated
at they abstained from alcoholic beverages
e maximum expected loss was $5,455,669,
id the actual loss was $4,251,050. Upon
ose who stated otherwise the maximum
:pected loss was $9,829,462, and the actual
ss was $9,469,407. The abstainers show,
erefore, a death loss of seventy-eight pei
int. of the maximum, and the non-abstaLns
ninety-six per cent."
TnE DIFFERENCE.
The New York Post calls attention to th<
arked difference between the strikes of the
irious branohes of the clothing trades, in
hich ovei 40,000 men and women have
ien engaged, and other great 3trikes, in the
msumption of intoxicating liquors. Mosl
the clothiers are Russian Jews, who are
ibitual abstainers and have not as a rule
sorted to any stronger drinks than sodfl
ater and lemonade in tho stress and temptions
of the strike; hence universal peacelness
has prevailed among them.
A LUXURT AT BEST.
The money spent for liquor is not spenl
r a necessary or even a useful article o
iman diet. Liquor, in its most ionocuou;
?e. is but a luxury. There is no repro
ictivcness in tb<; expenditure which it en
1 Is- no htmslleial work Is accomplished b\
e outlay. Those viist sums are as tbrowt
to the sen. It were better far if the ses
d engulf them: for, as it is. their results
main in crime anil degradation.?Arch
shop Ireland.
a doctor's oriNiON.
Whisky is never good to war i off anything,
ood food is the best means with whirl
ward off disease. To dose with whisky if
Ice adding shavings to the tire. - Geor^ ; F,
irady, M. D.
testimony of thfc savings hanks.
The savings banks of Cambridge, Mass.,
ve testimony as follows: "'The Inst yeni
lder saloons there were ?110.000 of new dewits.
The next year under prohibition
58G.< 00. The last year under saloons SOI
iw accounts were opened in the saving.mlcs.
while in the first year under no licensi
>2 were opened."
temperance news a.n*1> notes.
Whoever takes his first drink, doasitstau 1g
on the edgi of the pit.
Every time a saloon is liconj-?!. the devil's
iniu is made one link longer.
There is a suggestive Visru swinglu^ from
Chicago saloon?"Biiir G ir.lcn."
The devil agrees with the an ler.i'? drinker
ho says he can drink or let i'. alone.
Uoneral Nea! D)w has mor" bee:* and
hisky bottles i ? dispose of than any of nor
an in Maine, mainly because bibulous
kers throw them over the feuc>' into Ws
ird just for fun.
A Greek Catholic priest in Hungary made
Is congregation take the pledge for three
?.ars. The liquor dealers protested to tnu
inister of Finance and asked that this aeon
be declared illegal.
The Austrian Minister of Justice proposes
ie establishment of special institutions for
ie treatment of habitual drunkards. These
lylums are to be open to *uch as may volutarlly
seek admission, as well as to those
hom the oourts of law deem overripe foi
toial Intercourse.
A
RELIGIOUS REA.DIN
OOD IN THE WOBLD.
^ There are some who think that the ide
l* God compassing their path is opprese
15 They shrink from it. It contracts their b<
y and depresses their energies. They have
l" room or freedom to do as they like.
have seen a ripe apple that has been kep
| the store-room over winter until all its ju
11 have evaporated, aud its skin has bed
? dried and wrinkled, and it has shrunk in
l: to a forth of whatitwas. Take that withe
0 wizened apple and place it under the 1
r glass of au air-pump; and as you withd
!" the air that presses on it from the outside
1 air within itself causes it to expand, smo<
e out its wrinkies and makes it once a
s theplump, fresh apple that it was when
' newly plucked it from the tree. A similai
0 feet, they suppose, would be produced u;
their being were the oppressive compass
" of their path by God removed. They wc
? be free to live, they think, a larger life. T
t would no longer be crushed by a consl
subjection to a higher power, and would
? left unhampered to follow the impulses
' their own thought, and to grow at their <
1 sweet will. They would move more ea
J under their own indulgent eye than t
3 could under the strict eye of divine, unbe
* ding justice, and they would become hifi
J beings in their own estimation. But
J is a vain expectation. This imagir
> freer and larger life would be like t
5 which Satan promised to our first pari
J when they ate the forbidden fruit. A hea
1 burden would press upon them than the c
passing of their path by God. Their
' would be made Btill narrower and poi
' without Him. The apple swells mechanic
? only, with its own eternal gas, and not \
' the fresh juices of life. It is empty and w
out substance. And so is the life from wl
' the conscious pressure of God upon it is
' moved. To be without God in the worl
1 to be without hope. There may be the
' pearance of living, but the soul is dea<
> Hugh Macmillan, D. D.
; CHRISTIANS MOST NEEDED NOW.
[ TVe need not dwell upon the essential q
ities of Christian character which always
j necessary?penitence for sin, praycrfuln
righteousness of life and the like. T
may be taken for granted. The ques
means what special qualities do the condit:
of our time call for in the true followe
Christ. One is appreciativeness. The prei
is a time of exceptional activity of every s
1 ana of signal opportunities. Great th;
can be done, and are being done, bj
dividual believers. Remarkable spiri
1 movements grow out of small beginn
when energetic and consecratcd Christ!
see and promptly use their possibil.ties
efTort. The Christian Endeavor Society i
example. The Christian who is not only
vout but alert, intelligent and determi
now is pecularly in demand. Another quf
is concentration of purpose, the disposi
and the power to nvoid wasting the ener
upon comparative trifles, however excel
in themselves, and to make everything fc
to the promotion of what is most vital to
i# _ f i. Til
wenare 01 uoa s worK among men. j.i
are fads in religious circles as in others.
1 all are tempted to overvalue incidental mat
and to neglect those which are fundamei
In such a time as the present it is sulcidi
make this mistake. The Christian with
' eye single not only to the glory of God
also to the wisest and most advantage
methods of promoting it is the sort of Ct
tian most needed now. There is no chui
1 probably, in connection with which n
and better work for Christ might not be d<
There is uo Christian, probably, who m
[ not make his labors worth more to our c
mon Lord by additional reflection, pn
and endeavor. Let us all realize what
times demand of us and act accordingly.
SLEEP.
i E. R. Sill once wrote a poom on Desire
8le9p, beginning
It is not death I mean.
Not even forgetfulness,
But healthful human sleep.
, Dreamless and still and deep.
! There is danger that such sleep will be n
bered among the lost arts. If is one ol
essentials for a healthy body and we ml
i almost say for a happy home. But bey
I this there is a keenness of spirit that we r
; to lift our lives above the humdrum, and
i cannot be ours with a tired, sleepy b<
i Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer once sugge:
to a company of students that they thin
i the priceless truths which might have t
i ours today had the disoiples been able to o
come their weariness and to watcb with Ct
on that last night. It Is possible to forn
' habit in the matter of sleeping, and, whi
isjnot invariably true.in many cases sleep!
, ness is due to a nervous surrender of o
will to the fear of inability to sleep. If
goes to bed firm in the determination to s
t if possible,or if not to lie still and be serei
happy and at rest,the slow and steady bre
i ing will in nine cases out of ten, result
[ next morning in wonder how sleep came
i unexpectedly. Such *leep gives us boat)
of health and a cheerful courage.
BEATITUDE OF CHBtST.
The beatitude of Christ shows that
, blessing of sorrow lies in the comfort.
large portion of the Bible is comfort, wl
; can become ours only through sorrow.
! ea i say, "Blessed is night for it reveals t
i the stars." In the same way we can i
1 "Ble-sed is sorrow, for it reveals G
i comfort" The floods washed away hi
, and mill, all the poor man had in the wo
i But as ho stood on the scene of his 1
i after the water had subsided, brokenheai
I and discouraged he saw somett
, shining in the bank which the waters
washed bare. "It looks like gold," he s
It was gold. Tho flood which had begga
him mado him rich. 80 it is oltentimes
life. Borrow strips off loved possessii
reveals the treasures of the love of God.
s are sure, at least, that every sorrow 1
, comes brings to us a gift from God, a b!
[ ing which may be ours if we will accepi
, Sorrow should always be treated hospiti
, and reverently, us a'messen^er from hea\
It comes uot as enemy, but as friend.
J may reject it just ?s we may reject any ot
, messenger from God.|and miss tho bless
t But if we welcome it in Christ's name, it
leavo in heart and home a gift of love.?S
Times.
DISAPPOINTING EFFORTS.
The more ambitious one is to attain to t
t excellence in some noble sphere of labor,
I more likely he is to be disappointed in his
1 forts. He sets out with an exalted ideal
his mind, bends every energy to reach it,
then, when he ba* completed bis task,it sei
on fop liiVnur hia ulanl flint, ha is both Hii
i pointed find discouraged. He is a!n
i asbain id of his performance. He regards i
i well-nigh a favor. Indeed, he has failed
at least satisfy his aspirations. This, h
ever, is a tood sign. The tnau who is sa
fled with the quality of his work will ne
make great progress.
i There is no higher function which a hur
; soul may take upon itself than this: to m
men see aud love God. It imparts to tt
who rise to Its opportunities a sanctity
beauty past all power of speech to expr
. In countless housbolds there are women >
are patiently, in sweet unconsciousnesi
J thoir saintly service, spelling the ways
mystories of Qod in words so simple thai
, who runs may road. Year in and year ou
[ these blessed homes God becomes a r
. near, aqd divinely compassionate thro
; this silent revelation of character.?The (
look.
It is ill the adoring worship of Gsd,
wai:iug ou him aad fur him, the deep sile
ofsoul that yields itself forGod to reveal h
self, that the rapaeky or knowing aad tn
ing God will b? developed. . . . It is
.prayer, in living contact with God in liv
faith,that the power to trust God will becc
strong in us.?Andrew Murray.
Deliberatoly AValk?il Into tlis Ocean.
An unknown man about sijty-flve yei
old deliberately walked into the ocean w
his street clothes on and drowned him.'
i at Cape May, N. J. Ho selected an unf
quented spot but was observed wading
the water. He was dressed in a blue sei
sack suit. Nothing was found on the be
but a key, a scapular and a silk handkrchi
He was partially bold, with auburn gi
hair and a clean saaven face. The upi
jaw contained but one prominent fr<
tooth.
Ohio Loaci Her Flock*.
It i9 reported that Ohio has lost 549,
aheep from her flocks during the past ye
Mutton ha3 been bringing a good price.
ft SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LKSSON FOl
aof OCTOBER 20..
live.
^ Lesson Text: "Ruth's Choice," Rut
You * > 14-22?Golden Text:
>t in Ruth I., 16?Comimi
mentary.
ome
size
jell- "A.nd they lifted up thoir voice an
'' wept again, and Orpah kissed hermother-ii
th0 law, but Ruth clave unto her." The fat
Ifijg that the Holy Spirit has mentioned the nam
.ora of Ruth in the opening verses of the Ne
v0? Testament (Math, i., 5) should lead us to
:e? prayerful study of the book and a though
_on ful consideration of her, whc, though a gei
tile, is honored with a place in the ancesti
>uid Christ. The flight of Ellmeleuh and hi
{j0V family to Moab because of the famine 1
Israel would seem from Deut. xxili., 8.1
have been a wrong move on his part and
0j Jaok of faith in (iod, Dut yet overruled i
JWa God for tho working out of Hi3 purpose:
gUy As we see Naomi returning without eithi
b0y husband or sons (verses 5, 6) after her te
md- years' sojourn in Moab it looks still clean
-her t^iat ^ey ^ not we" t0 s>? t0 Monb.
this makes usthink of Abraham's going to Egy]
iary because of a famine, his trouble there he
[jaj the absence of an altar unto the Lord unt
ints returne(i to Bethel (Gen. xii., 10, I
vler xiii., 4.)
om- 15- "And she said, Behold thysister-in-la
life 's K?ne back unto her people and unto h<
orer gods. Return thou after thy sister-in-law,
nlly Naomi knew of the true and living God, tl
God of Israel, while the Moabites were ido
1th- at,5rs? aQd to see her trying to turn hi
licb daughters-in-law back to their idols is trul
i re- a pitiful sight. The same thing is seen ti
,j jg day when Christians enter into fellowshi
ap. with the world either for pleasure or profl
(3 _ and thus virtually urge the world's peop
to stay by their idols because there is not!
ing satisfying in the Lord Jesus Chris
What a slander on tho Lord and dishonor t
His holy name! See Jer. xxxiv., 15, 16, an
. Ezek. xliii., 8, and let us aim to honor H
' worthy name (Jas. ii., 7; I Pet. ii., 9).
eg8 16. "'And Buth said, Entreat me not 1
ij,' leave thee or to return from following aft<
tion l^ee? *or wblther tbou Roest I will go, an
Ions where l^ou longest I will lodge; thy peopl
? shall be my people, and thy God my God
' t May we not nope that Naomi had lived
*_t godly life even in Moab, and that it was Gc
i ' iu her who led Ruth to take this noble stani
, Then we qould put this construction upc
tual her words to Orpah and Ruth. "I am goin
j back to Israel's land and to Israel's God, bi
I ? I have nothing to offer you except His pron
. ises, and if these seem insufficient then yo
had better stay with your friends and the
de- ldo19-"
ined 17. "Where thou diest will I die, at
i.t there will I be buried; the Lord do so to n
and more also, if aught but death part thi
jj and me." wooie woman, ny ine grace i
lent ?'0^* Such cleaving to tne Lord is sure 1
j be rewarded. Compare the same purpose <
the ^eftrt iQ tb? Gittite as he clave lo Dari
(II Kara, xv., 21), with purpose of heart li
,y us cleave unto tne Lord (A.cts xl., 23). Fc
t the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throuft
. t i out the whole earth to shew Himself stror
, t' on behalf of those whose hearts are perfe
or whole toward Him (II Chron. xvi., 9).
but 1?* ''When she saw that she was steai
fastly minded to go with her, then she le
' ; speaking unto her." The command to us
to "Be steadfast, immovable." The seer
iorn ol belDS thus establfshed Is found fn :
J Chron. xx., 20. To look around us will brii
I ht only dismay (Isa. xli., 10, R. V.), but 1
om "consider Him who endured such contr;
" diction of sinner3 against Himself' vdll ket
us from being weary* or faint in our mini
(Heb. xli., 3). We think of Him when tl
time was come that He should be riceivt
up, how He steadfastly set His face to go i
Jerusalem (Lake ix.. 51); also of Stephe
full of the Holy Spirit, as he looked i
1 of steadfastly unto heaven and saw the gloi
of God and the Son of Man standing on tl
right hand of God.
19. "So they two went until they came i
Bethlehem.'' We may imagine that th<
had much talk alonif the way concerning tl
God of Israel and His wonderful dealinj
' the Nation. They were journeying
i_hf house of bread and praise (Bethleher
ond Judah). an<1 they might well talk of Hi
d w^o aloae Is worthy to be praised, and wt
had fed Israel with bread from heaven f<
forty long years in the wilderness. We thic
sted of the words concerning Elijah, and Elish
u . "They two went on," "They two stood
"They two went over" (II Kings ii.. 6, 7, 8
and we remember the Lord's oft repeat*
. i I word, "I am with you," so that we two, E
, ft and I. may daily go on together.
le it "AQa 3110 saia UQl? (uaai, v^au me u>
Naomi. call me Mura." She felt that mm
(bitter) expressed the Lord's dealings wll
~ her better than Naomi (pleasant), bat si
I does not seem to havo considered th
a all the bitterness was probably due 1
ath wandering away from God of he
th" self and her husband. We aro a
? to think harily of God when v
ourselves are the cause of the trouble. SI
? nse9 the name "Almighty," not knowin;
perhaps, that the "All Sufficient One" wi
seeking to lead her to know Him as suoli 1
His dealings with her.
21. "I went out full, and the Lord hat
the ! brought me home again empty." The nau
A "Almighty" is found more often in the boo
lich of Job than in all the rest of the Bible tal?
We together,'and it is there tnat we see a fu
o us man thoroughly emptied in order that h
say, may know the ''Ail Sufficient One" tl
od'a i Almighty. Then we see Him filled as nevt
ome , before. Until we are willing to be emptie
""Id. j of all that is of us wo cannot know tho "ful
033, ness of God, Christ Jesus emptied Himsnl
rted taking t!io form of a servant, wherefore Go
ling hath highly exalted Him (Phil, ii., 7-9). Coi
had trust Naomi's complaint with I Sam. ill., 1
aid. and Job i., 21.
tfed 22. ';And they came to Bethehem in tb
i in beginning of barley harvest." Then follow
3ns, the story of "the mighly man of wealth," tb
We kinsman redeemed, in whose iields Rut
:bat went to glean, and from whom she receive
ess- much kindness, who afterward became h<
c it. husband and the father of Obed, of whoi
ibly came Jesse, the father of David (chapter iv
fen. 21.22). Henry Moorhouse,in his book of Rutl
We entitles the four chapters?Ruth decldinj
ber Ruth gleaning, Ruth resting, Ruth rewardec
ing. Among the refreshing things of ohapter ii
will notice the greetings of Boaz and his reapei
I. S. (verse 4), the beautiful words of Boaz t
Ruth (verses 11, 12), the handfuls let fall c
purpose (verse 16). an 1 Naomi's greetin
when she brought home her gleanings the
,jgh first day. Let chapier iii., 18, suggest Pi
the exxxviii., 8, and let us gleau diligently i
s ef. the held of our kinsman Redeemer, tb
in Might v Man of Wealth (the Held is the world
an(j for we shall find many handfuls dropped o
sms purpose, aud in the morning we shall b
ap_ married to the owner of the field. All wi
l05t then be ours, and we shall reign with Him foi
t a<) ever* Then we shall see the reward o! foi
t0 saking father and mother and friends for H
ow sake (Mark x,, 29. 30), and we shall bo cj
ti3.! ceedingl.y glad.?Lesson Ht)lD6r.
ver
ABANDONED WAR MATERIAL.
nan Quite a Quantity Found on an Unlnhabll
ake ed Island.
,os? Recently a quantity of arms, ammunition
au<3 etc., was found on an uninhabited island
known as Grassy Cay. off the southern edc;
of the Andras Island, one of the British Bn
* ?j hamas. The attention of the United Stiite
State Department authorities has been un
1 ,8 officially called to the matter by the Britis
1 Embassy in order that they might ascertaii
eal' the source of these abandoned munitions o
I'S" war. It is presumed that they were intend
'ut* ed for the Cuban insurgents, and were tem
porarily deposited on Grassy Cay. Th
- I matter has been referred to the United State
ttle Attorney at Key West for investigation, o
?ce thi theory that tho articles may have bee:
lm" shipped from that vicinity and illegal!
J3t* landed on British soil. The names appear
. lu ins on the packages aro given, out for pru
,n,? dential reasons aro withheld from publica
>m0 tion. The coses contained twelve Ilamingto
carbines, a quantity of melical stores. 100
cartridges, 19,501 rounds of U-Muinijton am
munition and 19,500 rounds ot Wincneste
ar* ammunition.
ith
lOlf A Gren Canadian Canal.
r,e* The Sf. Mary's Canal, the new Canadiar
'Q waterway connecting Lakes Superior anr
Huron, was recently opened for traffic. Th<
canal gives an independent waterway fron
>er* the head of Lake Superior to the ocean anc
fay has cost $3,750,000.
per
jnt
A Justice'* ISIunUer.
A. Brunswick (Ga.) justico of the peace arrested
and tried a Swedish ship captain or
complaint of soma of yie crew. This wa.1
679 contrary to the treaty, relegating such dlsar.
putes to the consular courts, and tho Swedish
Government demands damagaj.
= MINT DIRECTOR'S REPORT
[? /
The Year's Production of Precious
h Metals in the United States.
SILVER OUTPUT DECREASED.
<1 Over 8100,000,000 Worth of Gold and 811ver
Dagr?8101,988,703 of Gold Went
10 Abroad?830,000,000 Worth Wat Used
In the Industries In 1893?The Supply
t- of Gold 1m Believed to Eo Short.
1 y
The report of Director of the Mint Preston
if on the production of the precious metals in
the United States daring 1894 has been suba
mitted to the Secretary of the Treasury.
>y The production of gold i3 placed at $39.500,000?and
the coinage value of the silver
^ production is given at $64,003,000, while the
it commercial value, at the average rate per
It fine ounce during 1894 of .63479, was $31,^
422,000. The production of silver in the
11 United States decreased from 60,000,000
IV UUUUU3 jn i.0?0 10 4?,!)UU,UUU ID 1034.
The total gold imports for the year were
3r 621,350.607. and the total exports 8101,988,?
753. It Is noted anent the exportation
j0 pf sold that it was irt no point accompanied
I. Kith a rate of exchange above 4.83% and
}T that on October 15 and 19, 1894, tber> were
? two shipments to Germany of 8500.000 each,
j. with the rate of exchange at 4.87% and
[p 4.873^. The exportation of gold is credited
t with havincr decr?3S3d thetotal stock of sold
ly coin in the United States from 8663.013,158 on
j. January 1.1894, to 8577,182,792 on January 1,
^ 1895, a loss of 836.730,366. A fairer stateo
orient is that of the total metallic stock of the
d United States at the corresponding periods,
i3 this of course including the bullion held by
the Government and privately. It shows
I62i,289,758 in cold coin and bullion on
sr January 1, 1895, acainst 8668.998,964 on
1(j January 1, 1894. The contraction in the
[e imount of money (paper and metallic) in
? sirculation between tho same periods
a imounted to 8103,428,783, due mainly to the
)(1 Jxportation of gold.
jj It may be said in this connection that
)n grrave doubts are arising in the minds of
? Bconomists as to whether the actual amount
at sf gold Jn the form of coin and available
3_ bullion, in the United States, is not largely
u overestimated. There is a feeling that the
jr ictuai figures are fully 850,000,000 less than
the estimates.
Director Preston believes that not less
ia than 850.000.000 in gold was taeen from the
jy world's production for industrial consumpHon
in 1893, while of silver it Is estimated
t0 that 663,00;> kilograms, of the commercial
raiue of 816.622,980, was similarly used In
the same year. He places the world's inat
dustrial consumption of gold for 1894 at
)r aver 152,000,000, while the consumption ol
tj. silver he places at over $33,000,000, These
l(. figures, he declares, must still be considered
too low.
The world's gold nroduct ha? steadily inj.
creased from $105,774,900 in 1887 to $179,965,600
in 1894, the increase for 1894 over
i3 1893 being larger than that of any other year.
B?. It is noted, too. that the world's coinage of
[j (fold has for three years largely outrun the
world's production, the excess being placed
* at $26,000,000 for 1892, $75,000,000 for 1893
? and $46,000,003 for 1894.
>P
is LOUIS PASTEUR IS DEAD.
id
to Beat Known Through Discoveries RegardD,
ing Hydrophobia.
'y Professor Louis Pasteur, the distinguished
ie French chemist and discoverer of the Pasteur
treatment for the cure of rabies, is dead. He
expired after a long illness at St. Cloud, in
the environs of Paris.
Louis Pasteur was born at Dole in the
t0 Jura region, France, on December 27, 1822.
D. His father, a journeyman tailor, was poor,
m but he was a soldier who had been decorl0
ated for his valor on the field. He
3r entered the university in his eighteenth
tj. year and graduated as a physician in 1817.
a In 1869 he became a professor of geology,
.1 physics and chemistry at the Ecole des
\ Beaux Arts and was elected a member
J(j of the Institute of France. He made
[0 Important discoveries bearing on the
polarization of light, and for
3|. these, in 1856, the Royal Society of London
ra awarded him the Rumford Medal. He reIk
cfllved the Legion of Honor ribbon on August
;,4 12,1853. and he became an officer of the order
a't in 1863, a commander in 1868, and u grand
t0 officer of the legion in 1878. In 1869
r. the Royal Society of London made
Dt him one of thfir fifty foreign
?0 members. On April 27, 1882, he took his
j 4 seat in the French Academy. He has received
almost every distinction that the
^ French Government could give him. By a
)y deoree of Napoleon III, not promulgated he
wa3 made a Senator, and in 1885 became a
member of the Legion of Honor, in which he
ie was steadily promoted to the highest rank.
,j. In 1849 an epidemic threatened to destroy
,Q the entire silk worm industry of Franoe, and
U Innumerable remedies were tried without
l0 success. He discovered a oure for it. The
te discoveries which were to make him best
Jr known were yet to follow. In 1870 he commenced
his studies in inoculation for dls1
eases other than small-pox, with which his
f name io most associated. He achieved
J some remarkable results in the pre,
vention of hydrophobia. Patients from
a all parts of Europe and America
' traveled to Paris to put themselves under
,H his care, and his treatment has long been
given at Pasteur Institutes established in
g London and New York. The cholera epi.
demic of 1892 led him to begin experiments
)(i In anti-cholera vaccination, which proved
I <n fho rtoannf flnimaU Rfl nil h
SUV^OOiUt 1U fcUV VINV Vk ?_
n lished many monographs upon the subject
of his Investigations. That the Frenoh EeJ'
puDllo Is not altogether ungrateful Is hhown
J by the fact that it wive Pasteur a life anj'
auity of $2500 for hid discoveries, chiefly for
those bearing on fermentation.
a
O Seawanhaka Cap Safe.
it
g After a glorious series of races listing over
kt i week*, the little American fifteen-footer
' Ethelwynn won the fifth and decisive conB
test on a triangular course off Oyster Bay,
j y. Y., for the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yaoht
q Club's international small boat trophy from
,e J. Arthur Brand's British half-rater Spruce
U IY. The Ethelwynn not only successfully
r. defended the cup, but she gave the little
r. Briton a beating of ten minutes and fortyla
one seconds over a twelve-knot course, or
^ over flfty-three seconds a mile.
Desecrated a Church.
Some undetected vandals broke Into the
fork Street Congregational Church, New *
Port, Ky., tore the Bible to pieces and mutilated
the organ with hatchets, nearly de|?
itroying it.
lSlown From the Breech.
'5 During a test of a Canet rapid Are gun. at
* the Sandy Hook (X. J.) proving grounds
a Ihe braeoh block flew out as it was being
,f screwed in. instantly killing two privates of
the Ordnance Department, United States
Ajmy. who were serving the gun, and injur
~ Ing three more. Lieutenant Montgomery,
j, who was conducting the test, escaped with a
n Boncusslon of the ear drum.
Q The names of the killed are Corporal
,. Robert Doyle, of Philadelphia, and Private
.. Frank Conway, of Green Island, N. T. The
. wounded men are Privates James Coyne,
, William McDonald, recently of the Kennebee
n Arsenal, and Patrick Ryan, of Troy.
0 ?
Killed by a Preacher on His Bicycle.
1 While riding his bicycle after dark in
Tecumseh, Mich., the Rev. Mr. Hudson, pastor
of the Baptist Church of that village.
i struck Miss Woodard at a crosswalk, injurl
ing her so severely that she died. A coutu3
fcion ou the young woman's head was the
! only mark of injury.
I --
Wholesale Cattle Theft.
Duringthe recent round-up cattlemen in
the vicinity of Lander, Wyoming, discovered
l that $30,000 worth of cattle had been stolen
, during the spring and summer. Investigation
proved that the stock had been driven
fcto M onlana and the brands altered.
CENERAL SCHOFIELD RETIRES.
Ho Haa CeaMd to Command the Armr ?
HU Careeras a Soldier.
General John McAllister Scho field issued
the following order announcing his relinquishment
of the command of the army tc
the officers.- ffiglfl
hzio^uabtsbb or THE Aekt, I
Washinotos, d. C.,.September 28,1895. T
By operation of law, the undersigned wlB
cease to command the army at noon (Sunday),
September 29. He extends to all his ; tyjB
companions and comrades most cordial
thanks for the zeal and fidelity with which
they have at all times supported him in the
discharge of his duties, and he assures tsea - ^sbi
of his highest esteem for their soldierly and
patriotic devotion to tbe country's servioe.
J. IT. Schofield,
Lieutenant-General. u. s. A. /:*fGII
Later in the afternoon General Schofield
received the officers on duty in Washington
and bade them farewell. The receDtion was < .
informal, and tha 'officers and the retiring V'^JSg
Lieutenant-General were In citizens' dress.
The rank of Lleutenant-Generai of the Army
expired with the retirement of General
Scho field, he having attained the age limit
of sixty-four years. This title was revived
in favor of General Sehofleld by a special
act of Congress passed last February, and
had previously been bestowed three times
only, on Grant, Sherman and Sheridan.
The retirement did not, as is usual in such
cases, promote any junior officer.
GENERAL t. X. SCEOFIKLD.
General Schofleld was born In Chautauqu*
County, N. Y., in 1831. He was appointed a. ifdjt
cadet at We3t Point irom Illinois in 1849, be
ing graduated four years later as No. 7 is
the class with "Phil" Sheridan and Jamea ' '-ctM
B. McPhereon, and assigned to duty at Pott ' 'KSj
Moultrie, 8. C., as Brevet Second Lieutenant
of artillery. From 1855 to 186) he was assistant
professor of natural and experimental
philosophy ?at the Military Academy,
having in the meantime been made a
full-fledged Lieutenant, and was subsequently
professor of physics at the Western
University in 8t. Louis. At the outbreak
of the war he was detailed as mustering of- .
fleer for the State of Missouri and commissioned
Major of the First Missouri Volunteer.
In May, 1861, he became Captain of
the First Artillery, and a few months later
chief of staff to General Lyon, taking pait
In the engagements at Dusr Spring,
Curran Post Office, and Wilson's Creek.
At the last named battle General Lyon j
wm trilled. In November of that vear ha
was made Brigadier-General of Missouri Volunteers.
In April, 1863, he attained the
rank of Major-General of volunteers and r|jj
was assigned, early In the following
year, to oommaud the Army of the Ohio, : ',jy.
which formed the left wing of Sherman's
army, and participated in the famous
march to the sea and its numerous
battles. In November, 1864, he was made
Brigadier-General In the regular army, and
shortly afterward Brevet Major-Generat commanding
the department of North Carolina,
where his services in the war ended. In
1863 General Schofield was sent on a special
diplomatic mission to France In connection
with the establishment of the
Maxmillian Government in Mexico. The
result was an understanding between v'
the tfeo countries that the French should
withdraw their troops from Mexican soil. On
returning from Europe he commanded the
department of the Potomac until June,
1868, when he entered the Cabinet of Prealdent
Johnson as Secretary of War. He
retained that portfolio until March 14,
1869, and was then made Major-General,
and placed In command of the department
of Missouri, and latter of the division '' &?
of the Pacific, It was during his command ?
of the Pacific division (which he hold until
1876) that he was sent by President
Grant on a special mission to the Hawaiian
Islands in search o{ information, the Question
of annexation being then under consideration.
While his report has never been made
public, his views were probably adopted by
Secretary Fish, who in 1873 stated the posiiton
of the Government to be against the
control of the islands by any foreign Power,
which decision was reiterated by resolution
of the last Congress. General Schofleld was
suDorur mdent of the Military Aoademy in
18?6, UL'l commanded various departments
until 1888, when he succeeded LieutenantGeneral
Sheridan as commander ot the
army.
ENGLAND'S ULTIMATUM.
China Halt Degrade the Viceroy Within
Two Weeks.
A despatch from Pokin announced that the
British Government addressed an ultimatum
to China demanding that the Peldn Government
issue within two weeks a proclamation
degrading the Viceroy of Szeohuen because
of his failure to punish the murderers of the
missionaries, otherwise the British Admiral
in Chinese waters would take action.
Thn un ma rloanninh aaM thftt an American
commission, consisting of the United States
Consul at Tien-Tsin. the naval officer, and
the interpreter of the United States Legation.
was about to start overland for the scene of
the outrages.
The London Daily News, commenting on
the British Government's ultimatum to
China, says: '"The Government, doubtless,
has good reasons for its ultimatum, and it
will not have cause to complain of a want ot
support from the oountry.
The Standard says: "Lord Salisbury has
been patient enough. The moment for action
has arrived. The British demands must be
enforced, if necessary, by the presence of a
fleet in the Yan^tse Kiang, if not by the occupation
of Nankin."
The Standard predicts a revolution in j
China and the overthrow of the Manchn
dynasty if the Government at Pekin is rash
enough to defy the Western Powers.
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A Lifetime la Poorhoate.
Nancy Bennett, seventy-six years old, died
O tarwr zfotn aan tn P/->r+lnnr1 nt thft flit*
almshouse. She had been an inmate there
seventy-one years. Both parents died when
she was a child and she was left as a city
charge.
Snake Charmer Dies From a Bite.
While exhibiting at the County Fair at
Centerville, Iowa, William Primmer, a snake
charmer, was Dltten oy a rawer m mo
tongue. He died. Primmer was new at th?
business and failed to hav9 the fangs of th?
reptile removed.
Herreslioff Gets the Contract.
Secretary Herbert has awarded the contract
for building two torpedo boats to Herroshoff,
at 5141,000 each. Congress author*
ized the construction of three seagoing torpedo
boats, one to be built on the Atlantic
coast, one on the Pacific coast, and one on
the Mississippi River.
A Centenarian Dead.
Mary Gorham, oldest resident of Lynn,
Mass., is dea-J at the advanced age of 101
years. She was the projenltor of nearly a
hundred children, grand, great and grwatgreat
grandchildren, more than eighty of
whom are living. Mrs. Oorham was born in*
Gal way County, Ireland, tn 1794.
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