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IT30f MEETS."
Senate and House Assemble for the
Fifty-Fourth Session.
MR. REED ELECTED SPEAKER.
Scencs in the Two Chambers?The Xewly
Chosen Men Sworn in in the Senate
?Thomas B. Reed Tttkeit Bp the
Honse Gavel Again?His Old Bale*
Rfta #1 Ant Art... ITanv Vaw FatPH.
The Fifty-fourth Congress began its public
Sessions at noon on the day appointed by the
Constitution with crowded galleries and
many other manifestations of acute interest
In its proceedings, including, of course, the
Inevitable floral decorations. The opening
of every new Congress has always had the
effect of bringing great crowds of people, but
hever, perhaps, in the history of the two
bodies, has a larger assemblage of spectators
gathered in the galleries, halls and
corridors of the great marble structure at
Washington than assembled at the opening
of the Fifty-fourth term.
LEE MANTLE. T. H. CABTEB.
(New Senators from Montana.)
Exaotly at 12 o'olock Vice-Pre3id6nt Stev- (
enson ascended to the presiding officer's
chair and, rapping once, called the Senate
to order. With impressive tones the blind _
Chaplain iDVoked divine blessings on the
Chamber, referring eloquently to the afflction
in the family of ex-Senator Wilson, of
Iowa, and to the absence of Isaac Bassett,
the veteran Doorkeeper of the Senate, who
has grown gray in half a century's service in
,the Senate, but who was then dangerously
ill. At the close of the Chaplain's prayer,
Vice-President Stevenson laid before the
flano4a tha nrailoTiHalfi rtf t)ia Aafin+nt" frnm r
Idaho, Mr. Shoup, which wore read and ti
placed on file in the usual way. Then the f(
Vice-President called upon the 8enators- .
elect to come forward as their names were
i called by the Clerk and take the oath of office, iJ
Then the formal reioluttons adopting noon tl
as the daily meeting hour and informing the y
House and the President that tne Senate was
ready for business were adopted, and the
Senate adjourned after Senators Allison and
Vilas had been appointed to inform the President
that the Senate was ready for business.
In the House, the proceedings occupied
more time than they aid In the Senate, but
they were simply proceedings incident to
organization. For an hour before the time
sec for calling the House together the floor
was alive with members and their friends.
Old members were becoming acquainted
with new faces, for it was the ^newest"
House of Representatives that has gathered
at the Capitol in a good many years. There
were 163 new faces in a total of 356 members.
The Republicans control thirty-one of
the forty-four State delegations. They have
twenty solid delegations, while the Democrats
have but four. The number of Populists
in the House is reduced from twelve to six.
An hour before noon the galleries were
packet! and crowds forced their way into the
chamber ifself to look at the elaborate floral
offering which decorated the Speaker's and
members' desks. Some minutes before 12 all
the seats on both sides were occupied by
tnose entitled to tnem?tae za r..epuoiicaris
occupying as usual the western side and
the 105 Democrats the eastern side. At noon
the Rev. Br. Bagby, Chaplain of the
last Hons *, offer?-! prayer. Then Mr. Kerr,
Clerk of the last House, called the members
to orJer. On th^ roll call 341 members responded.
A ballot for Speaker was then
taken. When the roll-call was finished ^
P
LtJCIES BAREB. HOBACE CHILTON*. v
(New Senators from Kansas and Texas.) r
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the result was announced by the tellers as D
follows: For Mr. Rood, 234 votes; for Mr.
Crisp, 95; for Mr. Bell, 6; for Mr. JJ
Culberson. 1; total, 836 votes. Messrs. "
Crisp. Grosvenor a ad Bell were desig- v
nated by the Clerk to conduct the Speakerelect
to the chair, and as the four members 11
marched up the aisle (Messrs. Reed and P
Crisp arm in arm) thera was a renewal of s
banaclapping on the floor and in the gal- F
ieries. The oath o! office was then admin- 1
istered to Mr. Reed by Mr. Hsrmer, of Pennsylvania
(Rep.), the member who has had a
the longest continual service. All these for- "
malities havingbeen observed, the new Speak- ?
er made his opening addrass, which was noncommittal
as to the policy to be pursued by ?
the Republicans. The oath of office was admin- *
istered by the Speaker to members of the J
House, whose names wore called by States. *
The organization of the House was thon 0
completed by the adoption of a resolution r
electing the following officers: Mr. Mc- f
11 nioslr. T?i,ccall I
X/V won| vi X vuuoj i * rvuin, vivia, *iumvh,
of Missouri, Serjeant-at-Arms; Mr. Glenn. E
of New York, Doorkeeper; Mr. McElroy, of v
Ohio. Postmaster, and the Rev. Mr.
Couden. of Michigan, Chaplain. Mr. Cannon
moved that the rules of the House of the
Fifty-first Congress be the rules of the present
Congress. These rules are known as the
Reed rules. The resolution was then agreed
to. At about 2 o'clock the most amusing
business of the day, the drawing of seats,
was begun, aud whoa it was completed thw
House adjourned.
The Public Debt Statement.
The monthly United States Treasury statement
of the public debt shows that on
November 30, 1893. the debt. less cash in
the Treasury, amounted to $918,477,611. an
increase for the month of S2.046.503,
which is accounted for by tbo decrease
of $2,541,611 iu the cash in the Treasury,
The cash iu the Treasury is classifle 1 as follows:
Gold, $129,567,915; silver, $502,164,742;
paper, $153,802,744; bonds, disbursing
officers' balances, etc., ?15,525,261, making
a total of OSOl.1211,692, against which there
are outstanding demand liabilities amountins
to $623,714,305. leaving a cash baluasa
o[ ?177,106,336.
A Sen?.iKi>nal ConToss*'on. I
Barbara Aub confessed that her storv ac- I
cusin? Walter L. S. Langerman 01 criminal
assault "was perjury, a ad, Recorder GolT set ,
aside the verdict of guilty, discharged >
Langerman and held Barbara to answer a j
charge of perjury before the New j
Grand Jury.
West i*cint Cadet Kills liimsel'.
The body of Albert Bittmaa, a y.>uug
F7esr Point cidvt. was found in th? road
ut*ar Wa.nego. Km. Tlireo letters wu'n
found In his pooXats. with other uninistaka
le ovidsne;) (bat liv had in a ino nent of ]
Insanity taken his ow? ,if-*
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THOMAS B. REED, NEW SPEAKER OF T]
fflEWAB OFFICE 8WI.I.
>ecreiary Daniel S. Lamont on Our be
De.'enceless Seacoast. ofa
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I0NDITI0N OF THE ARMY. *
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of
lie Force in Excellent Condition as Regards
Discipline and Health?The Con- jj*
centration Plan a Success?Good Ee- 01
nits of the Policy of Abandoning P':
ce
Unnecessary Posts. jj]
Secretary of War Lamont, in his annual ce
eport, devotes much space to recommendaions
for better defending the coasts and m(
or reorganizing the army formations. He j;r
as, also, several interesting chapters deal- th
ig with the concentration of troops, and Gh
lie advantage of the union of the Stato and
rational soldiery. (l,
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SECRF.TA!1T DAN'Ii'L, S. IA3I0XT. or.
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Referring to the necessity of coast defense, ^
fie Secretary quotes from the message of <
'resident Clevalan 1 in 1833 and points out m*
ow, if the recommendations of Secretary ^
f War Endicott had been adopted ~~f
lie coasts would b9 fully protected
ow. If future appropriations for the ,
lanufacture of gunsi morturs and carriages
e no larger than the average authorized for P,
he purposesincel838.it will require twenty- j
wo years more to supply the armament P^1
f the eighteen important ports for P,
rhich complete projects are anprovei.
"o complete the armament for the J
oris will require $36,342,935, exclusive of
tie balance due to the Bethlehem Iron f .
Vorks of about 33,500,000, and $238.1/09
rhich may be required for rapid-flre guns in rl
ertain fortifications. "L
For emplacements for guns and mortars, j
Inished or building, $3,521,000 has been aD- ,
ropriated,and appropriations of 841,688,093 .
rill be required to* complete this work. It
ests with Congress to determine by its apropriations
the period which shall elapse ,
efore our coasts shall be put in a satisfac- .
ory condition of defense. The amount re
uirea lor eignieen ports is aoout ;o2,uw,00.
and the entire work can be completed "
rithin ten years. * ~
The Secretary recommends the appoint- J"?
lent of a board of army officers to su- .
ervise and direct this work. The Secretary
ays the Watervliet (N. Y.) gun factory can
iroduce in ten years all tin armament re- "
[uired for the presant project. P.
The estimates for the department for 1897 _
mount to $51,915,043. The total of enlisted
aen of all grades on October 31 was 25,700,
mt counting nil men on fur.ough, sick and .
etailed to the department, the effectivo j?
leld strength of all arms on that date was ,
0.584. The quality of the men enlisted has - *
ieen greatly improved. The health record of
he army for the year shows a death rate
mly a fraction higher than the lowest rate ,
ecorded. Alcoholism as a cause of non- *
fiflciency has notably declined in the past p,
ew vears. The trials by general courtsoartlal
during the year were 1728, compared J. '
rith 2189 for the previous year; by inferior
ourts-martial 10,997, compared with 15,036
ast year. \
The Secretary says that by far the most He
ssential ne?d ofthe army is the adoption of
he three-battalion formation. No increase
n the cavalry is proposed. To make these l
hanges will require an additional appro- '
>riatiou of Sl.2o0.000.
The conditions are favorable to the de- f
relopment of a volunteer force of upward of r
00,000 men, of the nignest efficiency and , :
?rwnarf>d for anv service. The variety of ?
weapons which now obtains is so great JSi
is to preclude the employment of consider- ?
tble bodies of the militia of different States * *j
n co-operation, and the longer the Federal
government delays action the greater the ?
jossibility that different States will select dif
erent models of rifles, requiring different f
orms of ammunition, thus Hindering almost '
mpossible the employment in joint action of
he troops of the different States. The Sec- f k
etary points out that from 525,212,431.59
ipent on the Mississippi River improvements f '
he navigation interests have received little : y,
iraeticai beneflt. '
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Five Persons DroTrned. i)1
Fivo persons wera drowned a sV.-1 di> " V
:aue3 below Brownsville, Penn., ule re- oi
urning from a dmt'- j in a skiff. II:o Adam
Jacobs, a MoDvngataela Tiwr si -amboat,
sither ran into them Ui<nr .skiff was
japsized by the swHIs ir.iai the boat,
rhe dead ar<>: William A:-!iton. Joseph M> *"
[ntosh, Mrs. Joseph Mclatosta, Mrs. James re
Stevens, .Tohn Pickings. The struggling pr
men and women wero .l:ccn ;?y the passengers Ti
and crew ol the Jacobs, wiu> made au effort or
to save them. The only one able to swim th
was Jatnes Stevens, lie was saved.
To Centralize tho Wool Industry,
New York's Wool Exchange, soon to be Ti
opened, will, it is said, centralize the wool in
Interest# of the country in New York City. aj
3EH0USE0FREPRESENTATIVES.
SPEAKER REED'S VIEWS.
e Outlines the Coarse of ths Republican
Majority in Congress.
The business of the Fifty-fourth Congi*f
pan at Washington by the holding tffS
ivs before the formal opening of that body
the caucuses of the Republican and Demratic
members. The meetings were held
the House wing of the Capitol. Thomas
Reed, of Maine, was named by the Reiblican
caucus for the Speakership, and
larles F. Crisp, of Georgia, for the same
flee by the Democrats.
Tho first business that engaged the atten>n
of the Republican caucus waslhe elec>n
of a Chairmnn. Mr. Grosvenor, of
iio, and Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, were
iced in nomination. Mr. Grosvenor re.
ived 158 vote3 and Mr. Henderson got 74.
r. Hooker, of New York, was elected Secrery
by a vote of 139, Ellis, of Oregon, reiving
77 votes.
Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, as the oldest
amber of the House, had been se lected to
ice Mr. Reed in nomination fortbe Speakship.
When the applause that followed
is nomination had subsided, Chairman
osvenor put the question, and amid
eers and applanse the election was made
lanimously. The Chairman then aDpointed
jommlttee, consisting of Messrs. Grow, ot
innsylvania; Payne, of New York, and Canin,
of Illinois, to notify Mr. R9ed of his
imination. The committee soon ippeared
th the man from Maine, who. standing in
a araa <n frnnt rtf thfl SnfiftllBf S dflSlt. mfldO
s speech of thanks and acceptanue.
"ilr. Chairman and gentlemen," said Mr.
sed./'for the honor which you have conrred
upon me I tender you my sincere
anks. I am. however, not in the least
ible to confound with my own personify
this tribute of your kindness. I had
ice the good fortune to be so placed that
represented as well as I was' able the
.triotic sense of a great party, and it is to
at patriotic sense of our party that you
nder the tiibute o ! your matured as well
your temporary approval.. History will
cord U3 praise for what we did in the
fiy-flrst Congress, and it may accord ua
i nra^se in this for what we do not do.
"We have, unfortunately, a divided Govnment,
which usually leads to small reIts.
But there are times when rest is aa
alth-giving as ercer.iise. We must not fort
that our first and greatest duty is to do
I we can to restore confldencto business,
id that wo must avoid all business legisla>n
except in the direction of improving
isiness.
"Rather than run risks we can afford to
lit until well maturad plans give us assurers
of permanent benefit. Crude and
sty legislation is above all thines to be
unued.
"Could we cause our immense popular
ijority to overflow into other branches of
a Government, and could we have full
ntrol, we would create not a perfect
>rid, perhaps, but a world rather more fit
live in than we have lately had.
'Even as thing3 ar;*, I do not for a mosnt
doubt that our patriotic instinc:s will
id us to make every sacrifice except of
Incipleto rescue our country from its temrary
disaster.
'Not only have we been elected by thu
erwliplminij vote of the people as their
vants, but as a House of Representatives,
which we are the majority. Tho right to
tiate taxation of the people is by the Contution
placed in our hands a3 a sacred
ist which we have no ricrbt to surrender
d which all parties, however thev differ
other things, will assuredly maintain.
'That wo shall be ready at all times to
raish adequate revenue for the Govern>nt
according to our sense of public duty
man can doubt.
'This is the g reat Nation of this hemisera,
and while we have no desire to interne
with other Nations, we shall maintain
r position here with firmness and selfipe-t,
and at the same time with careful
asideration of facts and th:it conservatism
action which shall leave no bad question
trouble our future. In this I trust the
iolc Government and all it3 branches will
in accord with each other and with the
3Dle."
rVhen Mr. Raed had finished. George E.
ss, of the Seventh Illinois District, prelted
Mr. Reel with a new gavel composed
wood from cherry and apple trees stand*
on the grounds in Ashland, the old
inestead of Henry Clay, in Kentucky,
ilr. Helborn, representing the Third Cali nirt
District, said that California also had
favel to present, made of oak taken from
? old ship Hartford, Farragut's flagship,
ilr. Rsed accepted both of the gavels with
propriate remarks.
Che caucus also nominated, for Clerk,
meander McDowell, of Pennsylvania;
rgeant-at-Arms, Banjarain F. Russell, of
ssouri, and for Postmaster. Joseph C.
:Elroy, of Ohio.
Mter three roll calls tho blind chaplain,
inry N. Conden, of Michigan, received a
ijority of votes, and his election was made
auimous.
^.fter the transaction of some minor busiss
the caucus, at a quarter after one
:lock, adjourned after a continuous session
more than five hours.
The same evening tho Democratic memE3
of the House nominated their candidates
Speaker and tho other House officers. Tha
ice of tho Chairman of tho caucus being
cant, Mr. Sayers, of Texas, was
lied to the chair, and he presided throught
the meeting. The first thing done was
elect officers of tho caucus. Mr. Culbera,
of Texas, the senior Democrut in point
service, was elected Chairman, in acuordce
with the usual precedent, and Messrs.
isk, of Maryland, and Robertson, of Louisla.
were elected Secretaries.
Mr. Crisp was unanimously renominatod
r Speaker, and all the other old House
leers were placed in nomination. They
s: For Clerk. James lverr, oi! Fennsyluia;
lor Sergeant-ut-Arins, Herman Snow,
Illinois; lor Doorkeeper, A. E. Hurt, of
i*?i.ssi{ipi; lor Po ?! muster, J >!tn T. Hoe.*,
Maryland, and for Cliapiaiu, L. B. Bag'.jy,
Maryland. The caucus ilien adjourned.
Lives Lost in Storms.
A despatch from Odessa says that about
e hundred deaths ure recorded as having
suited from the ssvero storms which have
ovailed recently in that district of Ilussia.
m victims in nearly all cases were drowm-d
frozen to death. Great distress prev.iils
roughout lh<; storra-sv/?fif i'i?tric'..
Pennsylvania's Balancc.
The fiscal year irs Cro Tv.nnaylvnoia Slate
reasury ended N il"-r J'. Thr; halauce
tne general tu- ?:t; ; " r? ."i as
jainst J)5,0!4/>'" : . ? .. .
JUDGE PECIHAM CHOSEN
A Nev/ Yorker Nominated for the
Supreme Court Vacancy.
JUSTICE JACKSON'S SUCCESSOR.
President Cleveland Sends to the Senate
the Name of ltufas W. Peckharo, a
Jadge of tho Court of Appealn at Albany,
N. T.?Brother of W. H. Peckham,
Whose Nomination Was Rejected.
President Clevelnnd nominated Rufus W.
Peckham, of New York, to be Associate Justice
of the United States Supreme Court, to
succeed Howell E. Jackson, of Tennessee,
deceased.
The nomination was recaivedin theUnited
States Senate simultaneously with the message.
For the time being it divided interest
with the President's review of the country's
condition, and when the Senators had b?ard
the message read it was one of the main
topics discussed.
When the Senate went into executive session
Senator Pugh, of Alfibama. Chairman
of the Judiciary Committee, made a motion,
which was adopted, referring the nominar
tion to his committee. Senator Pugb immediately
called a meeting of the committee
to consider the nomination and report upon
it to the Senate.
A dispatch from Washington says: "The
nomination of JudgePeckbam seems to have
ended a scries of incidents by which New
York has been deprived for two years past
of a seat in the highest National tribunal,
i Judge Pockham has the support for confirmation
of both Senator Hill aud Senator
Murphy, and his eminence on the
New York bench made his acceptance by the
Judiciary Committee ana tne rest 01 tne
Senate a foregone conclusion. Senators on
both sides of the Chamber expressed them,
salves as highly pleased with the appointment,
and in no Instance was any doubt expressed
as to the nominee's acceptability.
' Senator Hill was not present in the Senate,
but he expressed himself so favorable to
, Judge Rufus W. Peckham when engaged In
making the campaign two years ago against
Wheeler H. Peckham that it was generally
| believed he would accept the nomination
without cavil and even with satisfaction.
Senator Murphy, of New York, pronounced
the selection as equal to the best that could
> be made, and said there could be no doubt
J of speedy confirmation."
Judge Peckham's promotion loaves o, vacancy
on the bench of the New York Court
of Appeals which sits at Albany. It devolves
on Governor Morton to appoint a successor
who will hold office for a year, when a special
election will be held to fill the unexpired
term.
Rufus W. Pockham, a younger brother of
Wheeler H. Peckham, who whs also nominated
for Supreme Court Justice by President
Cleveland, and rejected by the 8e:aate,
man hmti in Alhnnv W V. In 18S8. His
father, ftlso named Rufus W. Peckham, was
one of the Judges of the New York Court of
Appeals. He was admitted to the bar when
twenty-one years old. 8oon after his admission
to practice, he became a member of the
firm of Peckham <k Tremain, and continued
in that connection until the
death of Mr. Tremain, when the
firm became Peckham & Rosendale.
Ip 1869 he was elected District Attor,
ney of Albany County. He was President
1 of the Albany Democratic County Con mittee
for several years. In 1888 he was elected
Justice of the New York 8upreme Court to
serve a term of fourteen years and in 18S6
he was elected to the New York Court of ApEeals,
taking the seat of Judge Miller, who
ad been the successor of the elder Peckham.
Judge Peokham in his eight yeara of service
' has written opinions in many important
| ca9es.
HAULING OVER PUBLIC ROADS.
j Two-Thirds of the Cost Might Bo Saved if
the Roada Were Better.
, The office of the road inquiry of the Department
of Agriculture has completed an
| interesting investigation relating to the cornfrtn^c
r\f fbo TTm'fnrl SfnfAO HfitllPM
have been received from abont 1200 counties
showing the" average length of haul from
i farm3 or markets or shipping points to be
twelve tniles, the average weight of load for
two-horse wagons 2002 pound?, the average
cost per ton per mild lwent)*-3ve cents, and
. S3 for the entire haul.
Estimating the farm products at 219.824,|
227 tons in weight and making estimates on
other articles carried over the public roads,
it is calculated that the aggregate expense
of this transportation in the United States is
I $946,414,665 per annum.
| Reports have been iisked from the United
States Consuls abroad of the expense of hauling
where the roads are good so as to render
possible a calculation which will show how
I much of this vast outlay is due to bad roads.
:The estimate is ventured, however, upon information
in the office of the bureau, as to
the enforced idleness and the wear and tear
to live stock and hauling machinery caused
by poor roads, that two-thirds of the cost
might be saved by an improved condition of
1:he roads.
NEW COAL-MINING METHODS.
+ frt Wn TntrnHnrArl hv fltft Knadlll?
Company In the Schuylkill Region.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company are preparing to introduce
now methods of mining coal in their pitching
veins in the Sshuyikill region in Pennsylvania.
Hereafter the 6!opes. which have
been in use during the iast thirty or forty
years. will bo done away with, and bigshafts
substituted. The first of theso shafts is
about to be sunk on the tract of the Potts
colliery at Locustdnle, and will be a vertical
opening of at least 900 yards in depth. It is
claimcd by mining experts that this shaft
will revolutionize the methods of coal-mi ning
in the extensive Schuylkill region, its the
methods of slopes now in use become too
hazardous and expansive when driven over
a dopth of four lifts, or 600 yards. The
Reading officials will attempt, at the same
time, f:o continue the old Bast colliery slope
1100 loet deeper in order to tap the basin,
but in the future shafting will be used.
Knights of Labor Desert.
Over 5000 New York Knights of Labor attached
to District Assembly No. 40 quit the
order. This is the biggest desertion that has
occurred in tho history of the order, aud
was brought about by dissatisfaction with
thi* management of its affairs by fas goner.il
officers.
Prominent People.
The Pops is fond of quoting Latin postry.
King Oscar, of Sweden, is a gool landscape
artist.
"Mark Twain" ha? conquirad Australia
with his jokes.
The Prince oi Naples is on tho lookout for
a suitable wife.
The Turkish Sultan's troubles arj sai l to
have driven him to drink.
Count Wilholm von Stollbanj-Werni^erode
and his Countess havo just celebrated their
diamond wedding. Tne Count is eigntvci??ht
years old and tho Counless ten year;
younger.
nr O'tin. has eiu'.ributo 1
J'503D to S:;eu:? 11:11, Hanovor (In I.) College.
Count Herbert Bismarck's marksmanship
has improved since he poppero i the legs of
the Prince of Wales with bird shot.
Recjntly the Turkish Sultan's name appeared
on the list of donors to a Hebrew institution'in
New York City with a gift ot
31000.
Rev. Thomas Tread well Stcne, D. D., one
of the oldest ministers in the country, die J a
short time ago in Boston, at the age of ninetylive
years.
Ex-Presldont Harrison says that the story
1 that he made $100,000 by speculating in African
mines Is a canard. He asserts that the
1 !only money he ever made was got by hard
work.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
Washington Items.
At a Republican Senatorial caucus Senatoi
Sherman was empowered to select a com*
mittee of nine to choose a list of offlcere foi
the reorganization of the United States Senate
The report of tho Eoard of Visitors to the
West Point Military Academy recommends
that the standard o! admission be raised.
The claims of Italy against Brazil are to
be submitted to the arbitration of the President
of the United States.
Half a million gold was taken from the
New York Sub-Treasury for export to South
America, bringing the United States Treasury
reserve down below $79,000,000.
The President formally nominated Richard
Olney to be Secretary of State and Judson
Harmon, Attorney-General.
W. W. Howard, sent to distribute American
oharltable funds in Armenia, has been
called home, Secretary Olney paying announced
that the Turkish Government will
keep him out of Turkish territory.
The doore of the President's home at
Woodley were olosed for the long winter
season, and the President and Mrs. Cleveland
anch their little daughters returned to
the White House to reside nermanuntlv un
til the late spring.
Constantinople sent word to Washington
that American missionaries in Turkey have
been given the fullest protection.
Benjamin F. Russell sent a telegram to
Governor Stone tendering his resignation as
member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
This wa9 made necessary by
Mr. Russell's election as Serjeant-at-Arms of
tho National House of Representatives. Governor
Stone at once accepted the resignation,
The President appointed Henry 8. Roloff,
of Utah, Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of Utah, vice William Smith, deceased.
, Domestic.
The Coroner's Jury decided that the accident
at the Tilly Foster mine, Brewsters,
N. Y., was unavoidable.
John C. Stone, a convict, confessed in
Fort Wayne, Ind., to numerous murders in
various parts of the country.
The South Carolina Constitutional Convention
finished its work and adjourned sine
die.
Empire State Express made the run from
new York City to Buffalo at an average
speed of 53.S3 miles an hour.
; Mr. Gladstone replied through Hon.
Chauncey M. Depew to an invitation to visit
this country sent to him by the Chicago
Press Club and the Mayor of Chicago, regretting
that the infirmities of age prevent it.
The four boy train wreckers of Rome, N.
Y., were held to await the action of the
Grand Jury. ?
A big fire occurred on South Meridian
street, the tvholosale district of Indianapolis.
Ind. Six large buildings were burned ana
the loss Is estimated at over $500,000.
The housesmiths and brifigemen's strike in
KTanr Va?1? PIfvIn a nn^Hnl ?!? />?? !
V??J VtVOUVt tu U IIVIW4J ?Vi I
the employers.
In New York City Barbara Aub was indioted
for perjury in falsely charging Walter
L. S. Langerman with criminal assault.
Municipal elections were held in twentyone
cities in Massachusetts. !
A commission selected by Superintendent
of the Poor Perry Kline declared ex-State
Comptroller Edward Wemple, of Fultonvilie,
N. y., insane, and he was taken to the
Utica State Hospital. The physicians were
J. B. Fairbanks and T. O. Hyland, of Am- i
sterdam.
In New York City "Old Bill" Vo9burg, the
greengoods man, ohanged his plea from not
guilty to guilty on the charge of swindling
Anton Clmfel, a Nebraska farmer, out of
$5000. He confessed that he assisted the
postofflce thieves, Bussell, KiUoran and
Allen, to escape from Ludlow Street Jail.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas secured
an outlet to the Gulf at Galveston by the settlement
of long-standing litigation over the
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Bail- |'
road.
A reward of $500 was offered for the arrest
and conviction of those who wrecked tho
Lackawanna express near Cortland, N. Y.
John Blackburn and Lewis Marshall, of
Fallsington, Pcnn.. were skylarking wita a
musket when Marshall was accidentally shot
and killed. |
The Rev. Peter Trimble Rowo was consecrated
Missionary Bishop of Alaska by Bishop
Doane, of Albany. N. Y., and nine other
prelates In St. George's Protestant Episcopal
Church.' ' * |
George TiCfuny, fourteen years old, led n
horse to water, at Bridgeport, Conn., and for
the fun of seeing it kick tickled it in the
ribs. The horse kicked the top o? Tiffany's
head off. killing him instantly.
Atlanta, Savannah, Inman and South Carolina
Day was celebrated at the Atlanta Ex- j
position.
Peter MeGsocb, who was famous in 18S3
because of his failure to corner the lard
market, committed suicide in Milwaukee, !
Wis. I
General Thomas Jordan died suddenly in |
New York City. Ha was born in Luray, Va.,
on September 30, 1819, of Revolutionary
stock on both sides of his family. Ho was a
veteran of the Mexican War and fought on
the Confederate side during the Civil War. j
He aided the Cubans in their last uprising. I
The Board of Police Commissioners of j
New York City decided to establish a bicycle
corps.
The offloers of the steamship Loon were
arrested as filibusters at Wilmington. Del.
There is much excitement in Utah over j
recent discoveries of rich gold fields in that I
State. j
Fifteen coal barges and 1250,000 bushels of
coal were sunk near Se\7ickIcy, Penn.
Captain Wikorg and two mates of the
Danish steamer Horsa were arrested in
Philadelphia, Penn,, by the United States
Marshal charged with preparing to take
arms and men to Cuban rebels.
Emperor William suggests that tho Duke
ol York's baby be named Shakspeare.
Foreign Notes.
Gil Gonzales, a captured insurgent leader,
wn3 shot at Matanzos, Cuba, by order of a
Spanish court-martial.
Louis Stern, tho New York City millionaire
dry croods merchant, forfeited his bail
of $18,880 for failing to un iergo the penalty
for an alleged insult to Baron von Thungen,
of the Spa, in Kissingen, Bavaria.
The commission investigating the affairs
of the Ministry of tho late Premier Stamouioff,
of Bulgaria, hHS recommended that
all the members of that Cabinet bo impeached.
\ 'Gomez and Sanchez, with 3000 Cuban insurgents,
attacked the Spanish Generals Val
des and Garricb, who had 2501) men, between
Camajiuev aud Las Ylllr?, routing
them. They left 150 dead on tho field.
A cable despatch from Havana. Cuba, says
that orders have boon issued to insurgent
commanders to destroy all railway and
telegraph communications within thair
reach.
Baron Yon Bnol-Berenberg w:is re-elected
^resident of the Gorman Reichstag in Bor!
in.
Tho Porte has now given the Ambassadors
of the Powers such proof of Turkey's good
intentions that tho question or a firman for
additional RUiir.lships to pass the Dardanelles
has lost all actual significance.
Herr von KoeUer, the Prussian Ministe? of
I ho Iut"rior, has been retired from ofiice.
An Anti-Samite demonstration was .sup#
pressed by the polico of Vienna. Austria.
Ailvicvs from Morocco say that serious
iVibtins !k'.s oocurrj'l at S im, a fortified sea >ort
of that country. The iusurq^uts bo:niaruort
t?in town, which h i? a population of
iV.?ut 12,000 people, kiliisutd^iity >loor.-.
A iioat belonging to H. M. S. Uomioor wa?
off Sh?urni!ss. Buirliuid, aad four of
its occupants were drowned.
A despatch from Paris says that Monier,
Iho chocolate manufacturer, has purchased
ihe Canadian island of Antieota, situated in
the estuary of the Sr. Lawrenc? River, paying
therefor the sum of $200,000.
Julio Sanguiny. who claims to bo an
Atnoricau citizen, was sentenced to hard
labor for lite in Havana for aidingthc Cuban
insurgents.
TheSultun refused to let an American Admiral
go to Constantinople in a warship to
call on him.
Jabez Spencer Balfour was sentenced in
London to fourteen years' imprisonment for
his conneotlon with the Liberator Building
Society frauds.
REV. DR. TALMA.GE. IsE
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SUNDAY'S DI8C0URSE BY THE sk^
NOTED DIVINE. - 5^
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Subject:41 A Welcome to Congress." tMsl
othei
box.
Text: "And the Lord opened the eyes of impc
the young man, and he saw, and. behold, was:
the mountain was full of horses and chariots wellof
Are round about Ells'ua.1'?n Kings vi.. 17. up a
The American Congress is assembling,
Arriving or already arrived are the iepre- no
sentatives of all section* of this beloved n
land. Let us welcome them with prayers notjj
and benediction. A nobler group of men the
never entered Washington than those who ?ani,
will to-morrow take their places in the Sen-- ^.a(c
ate Chamber and tne House of Repre;enta- a re(
tlvas. Whether they come alone or leave teu t
their families at the homestead far away, am ,
may the bles3ine of the Eternal God be upon
them! We invite them to our churches, and war(;
together they in political spheres and we in 80nt
religious oiroles will jrlve the coming jron)
months to consideration of the best interests vftnc
of this country which God has blessed so blblt
much in the past that I purpose to show you ^on
and show them, so far as I may now reaoh njat'
their ear or to-morrow their eye through the or
printing press, that God will be with them to 0; a
help them as in the text He filled the moun- ??qni
tains with heln for Elisha. the I
As it cost England many regiments and vote
2,000,000 a year to k?ep safely a trouble- oar ?
some captive at St. Helena, so' the king of
RrHn cAn^o nnf n ownwfA no nf tiro Ana
8v*i?a vuv ? ivuviu wimj v??^huiw vuw ftfOlli
minister of religion?perhaps 50,000 men to jj0eu
take Ellsha. During the nlzht the army of mora
Syrians came around the village of Dothnn, e<j?0
where the prophet was staying. At early -i-vf
daybreak the man servant of Ellaha rushed
In and said: "What shall we do? There Is th.eir
a whole army come to destrov you! "We their
mnst die! We must die!" But Ellsha was dishc
not scared a bit, for he looked up and saw two ?
the mountains all around foil of super- ei0C)l
natural forces, and he knew that If there cor^n
were 50,000 8yrlans against him there were an(j (
100,000 angels for him and In answer to the jfatic
prophet's prayer in behalf of his affrighted oart
man servant the young man saw it too. t{on?
Horses of Are harnessed to chariots of fire, defer
and drivers of lire pulling reins of fire on iatur
bits of flre. and warriors of Are with brand- an(j e
ished swords of Are. and the brilliance of volC0
that morning sunrise was eollpsed by the
galloping splendors of the celestial caval- tldeg
cade. "And the Lord opened the eyes of home
the young man. and he saw, and behold the stia|t
mountain wn? full of horses and chariots of gha]j
flre round about Ellsha." I speak of the j jj
upper forces of the text that are to light on jjeart
our side as a Nation. If all the ,low levels gy<3,
are filled with armed threats, I have to tell tjj0 n
you that the mountains of our hope and dead,
courage and faith are full of the horses and _0'u ,
chariots of divine rescue. ^ve3.
You will notice that the divine equipage is ,
rI ways reoresented as a chariot of flre. y(m
Ezekiel and Isaiah and John, when thoy ' e^(
come to describe the divine equipage, always fi?w
represent it na a wheeled, a harnessed, an
upuuisiofcu cuuua^iauuu, AL 10 uui u tuai- \ JTHgft
lot like kings and conquerors of earth
raottct, but an organized and comoressed tje ^
Are. Tint means purity, fustice, ohastlse- nn^ t
ment, deliverance through burning cacaoes.
Chariot of rescue? Yes, but a chariot of Are. au^ t
All our National dlsenthrallments have been wera
through scorohin? agonies and red disasters. ^er a
Through tribulation the individual rises. ?onu
Through tribulation Nations rise. Chariots seif c
of resoue. but obariots of Are. But how do I meac
know that this divine equipage is on the side
of our institutions? I know it by the history
of the last 119 years. The American Revolu- may
tion started from the pen of John Hancock ^ x
In Independence Hall in 1776. The colonies, force
Without ships, without ammunition, without <j0 y(
puns, without trained warrltfrs, without jjh ^
money, withoutj>restlge. On the other side, ]j(3 r
the mightiest Nation of the earth, the larg- jns, t;
est armies, the grandest navie3 and the the n
most distinguished commanders, and re- ga
sources inexhaustible, and nearly all Na- Chris
tions ready to baok them ud in the flght. Amei
Nothing, as acrainst immensity. qUft!j
The cause of the American colonies, which great
started at zero, dropped still lower through _anc
the quarrelling of the generals, and through turn
the jealousies at small successes, and through readj
the wlnfers which surpassed all predecessors ueg.
Irk /Jflw+K /\f ar\f\ttt an/1 hrtwAM rtf nnnrraol. t
ill uopm yy. auun prUTl
ment. Elisha surrounded by the whole
Syrian army did not seem to be wor39 off
than did the thirteen colonies encompassed defar
and overshadowed by foreign assault. What aad 1
decided the contest in our favor? The upper that]
forces, the upper armies. The Green and came
White Mountains of New England, the ^ |0]
Highlands alone the Hudson, the mountains telop
of Virginia, all the Appalachian ranges aild
were full of re-enforcaments, which the craw
voting man Washington saw by faith, and neShis
men endured the frozen feet, an i the gerj
gangrened wounds, and the exhausting bins
hunger, and the long maroh because "the jje ej
Lord opened the eyps of the young man, and pie w
he saw, and, behold, the mountain was full presi
of horses aad chariots of fire round about j C(
Elisha." Washington himself was a miracle. er
What Joshua was in saorei history the flret think
American President was in secular history, p0ck<
A thousand other men excelled him in What
different things, but he excelled them all in eigne
roundness and completeness of character, what
The world never saw his like, and probably 0f ti
never will see his like again, because there ftbou
probably never will be another such ex- the E
igenoy. He was let down a divine inter- Germ
position. He was from God direct pape,
I do not know how many can read the ferna
history of those timas without admittingthe jj0j
contest was decided by the upper foross.
Then in 1S61, wh<*n our "Civil War opened, religl
many at the North and at the South pro- Ungg;
nounce-i it National suioide. It was not Wtt(ie
courasrwagainstcowardicc, it was not wealth b0' rfl
against poverty, it was not large States from
against small States. It was heroism against* m0ut
heroism, it was the resources of many eren- stjalt
orations against the resources of generations,
it was the prayer of the North against the jn!? j
prayer of the South, it was one-half of the than
Vn.Mnn In armed wrath meeting the other I Vntin
half of the Nation in armed iniignation. I ifatio
What could come but extermatlon? t)nj g
At the openin? of the war the commander- > aa,j j
In-chief of the Umte.l States forces was a g
man who had been great ja battle, but old Im .01
age had come, with many inflrmities, and he SUpp<
had a right to quietude. He could not thfcro
mount a horse, and he rodn on 1he battle- chine
field in a carriage, a3King the driver not to f0r a
jolt it too much. During the most of the fl^y,
four years of the contest on the Southern Wn w
side, was a man in midlife, who had in his \atio
veins the blood of many generations of jfatio
warriors, himself one of the hero83 of peopl
ChuruHusco and Corro Gordo, Contrer&s and they ,
Cbapulteoec. As the years passed on and
the scroll of carnage unrolled there camo
out from both sides a heroism, and a strength. jjj0 t
and a determination that the world had js a (
never seen marshaled. And what but extermination
could come when Philip jjjs p
Sheridan and Stonewall Jac'cson mer, ani llS0(j
Nathaniel Lyon and Sidney Johnston rode whic}
in from North and South, and Graut and aa,j j
Lee, the two thunderbolts of battle, clashed? possil
Yet. we are a Nation, and yet wo are at ,m(j s
pea?e. Earthly courage did not decide the Hfj (U
conflict. The upper forces of the text?Ihey c^ris
tell us there was a battle fought above the Bessie
clouds on Lockout Mountain, but there was |,0U3e
something higher thau that. ev **ry
Again, the horsps and chariots of GjI a| j0
came to the rescue of this N.itfon in 1873, at a|j ^
the close of a Presidential election famous atroy
for ferocity. A darker cloud yet settled down g0Q
upon this Nation. The result of the election jfl tlie
was in dispute, arid revolution, not between t3r3 ^
two or three sections, but revolution in every praye
town and village and city cf the United ?arrje
States soemed imminent. The prosoect was 0f?0,
that Now York would throttle New York, and
New Orleans would grip New Orleans, and catj0
Boston. Bostou, and Savannah, Savannah, jqq
and Washington, Washington. Some said wag j.
Mr. Tilden was elected, others said Mr. Hayes ]4tter
was elected, and how near wo came to uni- ge0n j
vers.il massacre some of us guessed, but God i)fgce
only knew. I ascribe our e.s .\-tp-? not to the ^oat
honesty and righteousness of infuriated poll- terg
Hoinne. but I ascribe it to the upper forces n?0(i.
of tiiii <'ext. Chariots of mercy rollni in. and
though thii wheels were not heird and the cont(|
flash was not seen, yet all through the ruouu- rop(}
ta us of the North, and the South, and the 0f th<
Ea-it, and the West, though the hoofs did not jj0tnG
clatter, the cavalry of God galloped by. I roo^
tell you God is the friend of this Nation. In news'
the awful excitement at the massacre of Lin- tjj0 hi
coin, when thero was a prospect that greater jn
slaughter would open upon this Nation, God jntf u
hushed the tempest. In the awful excite- fal Ce
ment at the time of Garfield's assassination a wjK
God put His foot on^he neck of the cyclone.
To prove God is on the side of this Nation I
argue from the last eight or nine great National
harvests, and from the National health In '
of the last quarter of a century, epidemics crossi
very exceptional, and from the great revl- troit <
vals of religion, and from the spreading of three
the church of God, and from the continent dead
blossoming with asylums and reformatory Mary
institutions, and from an Edenization whioh Knivi
v.
MWP
iIces that this whole land is to fee ft {H9^^9
wh?re God shall walk. H H
m encouraged more than I can taQ ^Hn^H
see the regiments wheeling downHHISfl
and my jeremiads tarn Into doxolodB
that whioh was the Good Friday of^R^HH
dq's crucifixion becomes the EaaJ H
1 of Its resurrection. Of course
3 through human instrumentalities,
National betterment Is to come anofHHBH
r things through a scrutinised bal^HHHD
By the law of regl?tration It Is almoH|^M
issible now to have illegal voting. The^HHBM
a time?you and I remember it ven^|flH
-when droves of vagabonds wanderecH^nj
ad down on Election Day, and fQiQ^HHD
to poll, voted here, and voted thetrSHH
voted everywhere, and then was^HBQ
challenge, or it there wen^HBH
amounted to nothing, becauMS
Ing could oo.suddenly be proved npmlflH
vagabonds. Now, In every w?Uor-!^^B
zed neighborhood, every votijr is :HH
hed with severest scrutiny. If I amis
rlon where I am allowed a vote,-1 muse wD
he registrar my name, and how old >t V|
and how long I.have resided In thei&^^l
s, and. how lone I have resided In the vVH
I or the townshln. and If I misrepr*-' B
fifty witnesses will rise and shut ott out
. the ballot box. Is not that a urtat adk'.vr^R
e? And then notice the law that pro- '-f- flH
s a man voting if he h&s bet on the eleo- ?. MH
A step farther needs to be taken and]' ?j
man forbidden a vote who has offered 1$ M
ken a bribe, whether It be In the shape >Wm
free drink, or cash paid down, thw ; ;n|
Icious cases obliged to pat their hand on 'ff-W
Jible and swear their vote, in if thby yP*
at nil. 8o. through the sacred cfea* ofl y.'
Nation's suffrage. redaniDtion will come. U
d will save this Nation through ah,
sed moral sentiment. There has'nevee v'-^R
so much discussion of morals a^d im-' A . -
.la. Men, whether or not they ncfcuowl-J- H
what is right, have to think'what is
. We have men who have haiJheifK^-B
a in the pablfo treasury the mo$t of
lifetime, stealing all they could lay| "^^W
hands on, discoursing eloquently about 'y-/xM
inesty in public servants,, and menwith-'^ajM
>r three families of their own preachtn*j2 B
tently about the beauties of the seventh^ 'sfj W
aandment. The qfiescion of sobriety
irunkonness is thrust in the face of thii ?
>n as never before and takes a part fn , J?
kjiuichi contests, xcu quwuuu ui w?
I sobriety is go!n<? so be respectfully and W
entlally heard at the bar of every Legls- . fl
e, and every House of Bepresentatives. fl
(very State Senate, and an omnipotent '
i will ring down the sky and a?ro9S this I
and back a sain, saying to these rising
of drunkeneas which threaten to whelm
i and ohuroh and Nation; "Thus far
thoa come, but no farther, and here . -
thy proud waves be staid."
ave not in my mind a shadow of dls
ment as large as the shadow of a house
ving. My faith is in the upoer forces, I
pper armies of the text. God is not
The chariots are not unwheeied. If H
vould only pray more and wash yourHK^B
In the cool, bright water fresh from the). %?!
of Christian reform, it would he said otj ' B
as'of this one of the text. "The Lord :; *??{
sd the eyes of the young man, and hej-. ^YM
and, behold, the mountain wa* full of- -'ijj fl
e and chariots of fire round about' . ' J
ten the army of Antigonns went into bat-! ' ' E
lis soldiers were very much discouraged.i . I
hey rushed up to the general and said: 1. . I
m, "Don't you see we have a few foroasT y
hey have so many?" And the soldiers "~r^~U
affrighted atthe smalnessoftheirnnm-J . I
nd the greatness of the enemy. Anti-> I
s, thefr commander, straightened him-! J
ip and said, with indignation and vehe-j JjR
:e, "How many do you reckon me tol .
And when wo see the vast armies ar-; H
1 against the cauie of sobriety it, H
sometimes be very discouraging, but It
on in making up your estimate of th* . W
s of righteousness?X ask you how many'
>u reckon the Lord God Almighty to be?] " SaM
our commander. The Lord of Hosts Is.
iame. I have the b?st authority for say- JB
bat the chariots of God are 29,000, and) ;&!
louutains are full of them. H
ve you any doubt about the need of the; .ffiH
itian religion to purify and make decent
lean politics? At every yearfjK ot; . y-g 9
rennial election we have in this country,
manufactories?manufactories of lies! ? \ H
1 they are run day and night, and they. '
rtnf half a drtwm a <l*ir Mil AnfflrtnaH <twit
r for full sailing. Large lies and'small; -:", M
Lies private and lies public and lies '
ent. Lies cut bias and lies cat diag- 9
Long Umbe 1 lies and lies with double ' fl
action. Lies complimentary and lies ' J
natory. Lies that some people., believe , f?
ies that all the peoole believe, and lies' * fl
iobody believes. Lies with htrMps" like >fl
Is. and scales like crocodiles, and neoks 1
ior as stories, and feet as swift as an an-; r-t ?,
e's, and stings like adders, ijles raw fl
scalloped and panned and stewed. fl
ling lies and jumping lies and soaring I
Lle3 with attachment screws and nif- fl
and braiders and ready wound bob- ;'?m
Lies by Christian people who never
cept during elections, and lies by peo- -*
ho always lie, but beat themselves in a ..fl
dential campaign. 9
jnfess I am ashamed to have a foreign- fl
lit this country in su^h times. I should fl
: ha would stand dazsd, his hand oa hl? -'C'tM
Jtbook, and dare not go ont nights. , 'fl
will the hundreds of thousands of for- <?
ira who come here to live think of u?? I
: a disgust they must have for the land ;:?fl
tieir adoption. The only good thing yfl
t it is many of thom cannot understand I
English language. Bat I suppose the fl
tan and Italian and Swedish and French fl
rs translate it all and peddle out the In-. ' 1 fl
1 stuff to the subscribers. I
thing but Christianity will ever stop ifl
a flood of Indecency. The Christina' 4H
.on will speak after awhile. TheUU VH
?ate and low scandal through whloh we ;-^fl
every year or every four years must
'baked by that religion which speaks "?
its two great mountains?from the one fl
italn intoning the command, "Thou. 'fl
not bear false witn3S3 a?a!nst thy( fl
ibor," and from tha other mount male-! ' 1' ?
)l;*a for kindness and blessing rather :
curjintc. Yes, we are going to have a - %
nal religion. There are two kinds* o{ *
na! religion. The one is supported by
tate, and is a matter of human politics,
t has icreat patronage, and underit men
trugqle for orominonce without referto
qualifications, and its archbishop (9 .
jrted by a s ilary oft$75,000 a year, and - ?
are great cathedrals, with all thq ma- ?y
ry of music and canonicals, aud room .
thousand people, yet an audienoe of
jeople, or twanty Daople, or tea or two. .J
ant no such religion as that, no such
nal religion, but we want this kind of "
nal religion?the vast majority of the
e converted and evangelized?and then
will manage the secular as well as the
ous.
you say that this is impracticable? No.
inn is coming just as certainly as there
rod, and that this is His book and that
is the strength and the honesty to fulfill
romises. On?* of the ancient emperors
to pride himsalf on performing that 1
i his counselors said was impossible,
have to tell you to-day that man's im- |
:les are God's easles. "Hath He said, I
hall He not do it? Hath He command- I
id will He not brin* it to pass?" The a
tian religion is coming to take pos- I
n of every ballot box, of every school- I
i. or every *nome. or every vauey, 01 /-a
mountain. of ovary ncroof our Nationmain.
This Nation, notwithstanding.
a evil influences that are trying to dait,
is going to live.
le time ago there were 4.600,OOD letters
dead letter pwtoffioe la this city? letthat
had lost their way?but not on?
r ever directed to the heart of God miflid.
The way is all clear for the ascent
xr supplications heavenward in bohalf
is Nation. Bjioro the postal communia
was so easy, and long ago on a rock
set high on the coast of England there1 V
>arrel fastened to a post, and in great1 '
s on the side of the rock, so it could be
far out to sea. were the words "Postand
when ships came by a
put out to taice and fetch letAnd
so sacred wjre those de3
or affection in that barrel that no look
aver put upon that barrel, although it
lined messages for America and Euantl
Asia and Africa am all the islands
3 sea. Many a storm tossed sailor,i
sick, got messages of kindness by that:
and many a homestead heard good1
from a boy Ions: gone. Would that alii
<?hfc nf ftni? VuHnnal nrncnflrlKf qtamJ ^
.erchange of aymnathies?prayers go- H
p meeting blessings coming down, pos-l -IV
ilestial, not by a storm struck rook on| 1
itry coast, but by the Rock of Ages.
Killed at a Crossing.
roledo, Ohio, at the Nebraska avenna
,ng of the Lake Shore Railway, the De-.
express run into a vehicle containing:
persons, all of whom were killed. The*
are: Joseph Remen, aged forty-flvej
Remen, his daughter, aged tea; Ernest
irs. aged fifty, j
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