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Confides Her Interests to the Hanc
of the Great Powers.
EXODUS FROM CRETE BEGUr
Greek Government Formally Acce<le9 1
the Proposal of Autonomy From tl
Island?A Sense of Ilellef In Athens
Xhe War Has Coat Turkey 825,000,00
Which She Will Expect Greece to Pa;
Athens, Greece (By Cable).?The Powei
have offered and Greece has accept
inediation. The note of the Powers w?
presented by M. Onou, the Russian Ministe:
*3 dean of the diplomatic corps, to 2
y Bkouloudls, the Greek Foreign Minister.
| Following is the full text of the noti
"The representatives of France, Itali
Great Britain, Germany and Austrii
J
eharge M. Onou, tho representative c
Bussia and tho Doyen of the Diplomat)
Corps, to declare, in the name of thei
respective Governments, that the Powei
are ready to offer mediation wit
the view to obtaih an armistice and smoot
the difficulties actually existing bet wee
Greece and Turkey, on condition that th
Hellenic Government declares that it wiJ
Jroceed to recall its troops from Crete, ac:
ere formally to autonomy for Cret<
tad accept unreservedly the counsel
which the Powers give in the interests c
peace."
The reply of the Greek Government wn
as follows: "The Royal Government, i
taking the note and declaration of the Raj
?ian representative acting in the name c
Ihe Ministers of tho Powers, declares tho
It will proceed to recall the royal troop
trom Crete, adheres formally to autonom
lor Crete and confides the interests c
Greece to the hands of the Powers."
As soon as the reply of Greece was r?
eeived the Ministers telegraphed the d?
eision to the representatives or tne rower
*t Constantinople, with the request tha
they obtain an armistice with the view c
arranging for permanent peace.
The Government notified the Greek arm;
of the action taken. There is a sense of re
lief here at the prospect of an immediat
end to the war. There is no exciteineD
and no popular demonstration is anticipa
ted.
The Greek Government hopes that th
JPowers will intervene in time to avei
further bloodshed. It is reported that Gei
many will Insist upon Greece abandonin;
Crete forever.
Turkey's terms for peace are payment c
ft war indemnity and the cession of Thes
paly. Greece hopes, through the Powers
lo escape the indemnity. As to giving u
JThessaly, the sentiment is that not an ine
* *?*-*-?- 1 tphiln a man i
pi lerntury suuuiu mo wuw? ??
left to fight.
1 Four thousand Thessalian and Cret
refugees are fed at Athens dally and 7000 a
rirseus. Public and private buildings i
Athens are swarming with 1000 wounded
In all there are 2500 wounded. The cost o
the war to Greece up to date Is about 3100,
100,000.
The Turkish expenses of the war wit]
Greece are estimated at 325,000,000, whicl
Greece Will pay, as an indemnity, in annua
Installments, guaranteed by the Thessaliai
revenue.
FIRED ON THE AMERICAN FLAG
Two Sbota at the Rover by a Nicaragua)
Gunboat.
The steamer Rover, sailing between Nev
Orleans, La., and the ports of Spanish Hon
duras, was flred on twice by a Nicaragua]
gunboat, the Lucy B., May 6, while fou
miles from Port Cortez, ana narrowiy cs
oaped being hit amidships. The Rove
was flying the American flag at the time.
The Rover was boarded by an officer an<
*ix of his followers. He turned out to b
General J. P. Reyes, of the Nicaragua]
Government, and "he demanded to see th
Rover's papers, which were given him. H
then searched the vessel and apparentl;
found everything to his satisfaction.
Captain Reed, of the Rover, protested
earnestly to General Reyes against th<
firing upon the Rover when she carried th<
American flag, and was told by the Genera
that he ought to consider himself lucky tha
he (Reyes) did not sink the Rover; tha
Captain Reed could protest as much as h
liked; it made no difference to him, as th
American Consul, Alger, was at the hea<
of the revolution at Port Cortez.
Potato Patches In New Jersey.
Ten acres of land in Jersey City, N. J
x ?XI/-\HrvL-nn hiiVA hpfi'
Ana seventeen buics w
leased free of rent to the Salvation Army
for the purpose of giving that organizatio:
an opportunity to introduce in those citie
the "potato patch plan" so successfully op
erated by Governor Pingree in Detroit
Both pieces of land are of excellent quality
and the Army officials expect that ther
will be little difficulty in arranging for thei
cultivation by people to whom the produc
will be a boon.
Debate on Cuba.
The Cuban resolution was again debate
In the United States Senate. Senator Foi
| aker announced that the Administration'
Cuban policy would be determined by th
report of Commissioner Calhoun, who ha
been assigned to investigate thorough]
the condition of affairs on the island. Sen
tor Lodge intimated that there is late ic
formation in the Stato Department whic
will furnish a basi3 for decisive action.
Peace Again in Honduras.
The State Department at Washington re
eeived a dispatch from Consul Little a
Tegucigalpa, the capital or Honduras, saj
tag that the revolution has come to an end
The last news at the department from Hoc
'duras was that the revolutionists wero i
force at Puerto Cortez, and that the Go\
ernment had been obliged to declare tho
port closed, and were moving on It wit
troops.
Kaiser's Gift to France.
Emperor William of Germany has in
structed the German Ambassador t
i France, Count von Munster-Ledenburg, t
remit the sum of 62030 to the Committe
of the Charity Bazaar, whose work has bee
somewhat crippled by tho terrible flr<
which resulted in great loss of life.
I Bad Road* Horrible Example.
Pocahontas is the only county seat 1
Iowa that cannot be reached by rail, an
the roads are so bad that the spring ten
of court has been abandoned, and no ease
will be heard until September.
Russia and Austria Combine.
Russia and Austria have concluded a
agreement to maintain the status quo i
the Levant and to divide influence in th
Balkans, giving Russia a free hand in ti
eastern portion and Austria in the wester
portion.
iuinor nicuiiuu*
f
Slam has one railway.
Water-proof paper gains favor.
America has 363,000 coal mines.
Rhode Island has 'J200 factories.
London has 500 railway stations.
There are 106 kinds of car couplers.
United States have 50,000 000 cattle,
i Mexico is the richest mineral country.
( Ohio has just witnessed its tlrat electr
Jcution.
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I' There are more than 900 golf clubs in tl
[United States and Canada.
ft Sixty-flve million dollars is the year
iTalue of the potato crop of the United Kin
jdom.
r A large Increase In tobacco acreage ov
[that of last year Is predicted In Pennsj
f^ Earl Gray Wilson, the newly-elect
Mayor of Morrow, Ohio, is said to be or
?wenty-one years old.'
j OUR BUTTER FOR EUROPE.
ii First Step in an Effort to Extend the Market
for the American Product.
xne ursi expfnmpniiu ?njutinuuu ut
Is butter from this country has just been made
from New York City, when the Government,
through an agent sent by the Agricultural
Department, shipped three quarters
of a ton of selected butter for sale In
J Europe. The result of this experiment is
of great importance to the agricultural interests.
as it is the first step in an effort of
the Government to extend materially the
to market for American butter and gain some
of the trade with Great Britain in particu16
lar which Denmark practically controls
? with considerable profit. An incidental
object is to determine what improvements
' are needed in transportation facilities.
y. Some butter is now being sent abroad by
private firms, but it is alleged to be of inrs
j ferior grades. Unsatisfactory storage In
1(j crossing the ocean and carelessness in leaving
the shipments on uncovered piers at
19 Southampton before being loaded into
r, freight cars, thus making the butter soft,
[. have further deteriorated its value in the
I English'market.
The butter sent comes from the Iowa
3" Agricultural College and a creamery at
r, Windsor, Vt. Subsequent shipments which
i will be made during the summer at inter'
yaIs trill of hnttnr from other daces. To
build up a high standard only* the beat
lc grades will be shipped, and the butter will
lx be sold at the prevailing market prices.
The present shipment went on the steamer
? St. Paul, and will be kept at a low temperature.
Tho cargo is made up of packages of
b different sizes to determine which is most
n satisfactory. A Department agent will
0 meet the ship at Southampton, England,
[I and take proper care of the product and at!
tend to its sale. The appointment of butI
teragents by the Department at New York
3 and Southampton to take care of these
" terests is possible.
a NEW MOTIVE POWER USED.
'I Electricity Tested on the New England
'[ Railroad.
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s The directors of the Now York, New
y : Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, In
i conjunction with the directors of the New
! York and England Railroad Comnanv.
!- I have begun the most important experiment
3 I ever undertaken by those who believe in
,t j the ultimate supremacy of electricity over
if steam as a motive power. A train moved
and controlled by electricity developed at
y a central power-house was run from Ber>
lin, Conn., to Hartford, on a regular schede
ule bet'ween two trains drawn by steam
t locomotives, in the ordinary way. The
i- electrically equipped train did not In any
way interfere with the passage of the train
e drawn by locomotives. This is important
t as showing that railroads on which there
is a large and constant volume of passeng
ger traffic may be gradually changed from
steam to electricity without any interferif
ence with the comfort of passengers,
i- Colonel H. H. Heft, the chief electrial en),
gineer of the New York, New Haven and
r\ XI <1 Poilo /I / ! ar-r* Anpfmf oil f h fl I Q
U 11U1 klvXU IkdUlUiVU, U^UlVLUJklUbUU bUUk (
h direct current of electricity can be sent
a without serious loss from leakage for a distance
of nearly thirteen miles from
e the central power station. Taking in
,t this case, Berlin, Conn., as the centre, it
a will be possible to replace steam locomo*1.
tives ana cars for Hartford, New Britain,
f Meriden, Waterbury, Middletown, Wallingford
and other cities of the Nutmeg State,
comprising a population of over 200,000 inh
habitants.
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,1 KENTUCKY C. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
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Ex-Confederates Take Prominent Parts in
the Ceremonies.
The State Encampment, Grand Army of
' the Republic, at Lexington, was the most
remarkable ever held in Kentucky, from
7 the fact that ex-Confederates took tha
leading part in the exercises, and only one
a Union soldier made a set speech,
r Captain Stephen O. Sharp, an ex-<3onfoderate,
was the Chief Marshal of the day.
Polnnol William P P ProAHnriflrrA an at*
Confederate, made the address of welcome,
j Judge Jerre R. Morton, an ex-Confederate,
0 presented the encampment In a neat
a speech with a gavel made from wood grown
0 on the battlefield of Chlckamauga.
e The only Federal soldier to make an ad?
dress was General Samuel E. Hill, Adjutanty
General of Kentucky under Governor Buck1
ner. He accepted the gavel on behalf of
0 the Grand Army of the Republic. He made
9 what was considered the best speech of the
j afternoon, and when he spoke of how the
t old soldiers had buried the hatchet he asked
t Judge Morton to rise. They clasped hands,
e and in this position General Hill finished
0 his address amid deafening and prolonged
j applause. Then five hundred school children
sang "Dixie."
About 12,000 persons were in attendance.
The parade was participated in by allofths
larger Southern military organizations.
The encampment was held at the Chau
tauqua grounds.
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"BILL" STRONG SHOT DEAD.
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The Famous Kentucky Mountain Flchte*
Assassinated.
' Captain "William Strong, the greatest
r mountain fighter in eastern Kentucky, died
e with his boots on a few days ago, after hav
uig buuuessiuiiy uuugeu nue uuimts ior
twenty-flve years. He had left his home,
which is " about ten miles east of
d | Jackson, to go to the house of a
.. I neighbor, and had been gone only a
I few minutes when his family was startled
3 | by shooting, which appeared to be not more
e I than half a mile away. Members of the
3 i family ran toward the place where the
y j sound of shooting was and found 8trong
L" dead on the roadside, seven bullets having
|" I penetrated his body.
Strong was lyiijg on his back with his
revolver in his right hand. The revolver
had barely been drawn from his pocket
I when a bullet broke the arm. Not a shot
i- I had been fired from the revolver.
t I Investigation showed that a blind had
'r I been constructed in a place immediately
[* j above the road commanding a full view of
| the thoroughfare for a distance of several
L* | hundred yards. Scraps of bread and meat
n : were found behind tne blind, and other
'* I signs which showed that several men had
? j been hiding there for Strong,
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TERRIBLE CRIME IN RUSSIA),
A Hermit 'Wall* Up Alive Seventeento Recelve
the Martyr's Crown.
0 i A terrible crime, the result of superetl10
tion, has been committed at Tirespol, In
n i the government of Kherson, Russia, where
are a number of hermitages inhabited by
sectarians. Recently seventeen of the hermits
disappeared, and it was believed that
they had emigrated in fear of the impendn
ing day of judgment, but a hermit named
^ Kowalind has confessed that he walled
them up alive in response to their earnest
11 entreaties that they might receive the
!S martyr's crown. The police examined the
spot and verified the confession.
PASTOR STARTS A CYCLE CLUBjj
Aims to Promote Social Relations at Terr*
Haute, Ind.
n
The Rev. Dr. Percival, who recently took
charge of the First Congregational Church,
n Terre Haute, Ind., has organized a wheeling
club among the members of his congre
gation for tbe purpose of continuing
through the summer the social relations
established in the winter at the church entertainments.
Dr. Perclval has been elected President
of the club, which starts with a charter
membership of thirty, and which, he says,
will grow to 100 before the end of the wheelj
lug season.
COLD CLAUSES WITHDRAWN.
j Payments JI?y l>e Made in the Every-Day
Currency of the Land.
Dunlap Smith, a well-known real estate
dealer of Chicago, announced that his Arm
ae had decided to strike the gold clause from
their form of contract and to require noth,
ing but that repayments shall be in the
J I every-day currency of the country.
? | "During the last few days we have made
i loans amounting to $25,000 on these terms,
pt I vcliich seem to be nonular with borrowers "
fl- said he. "We made one loan on a vacant
piece of property over on the West Side,
0(j | carrying five per cent, interest on these
j. J terms."
j The change may be taken ag an indication
of crowing confluence in the futura
VICTIMS OF FIRE IT SEA.
Steamer Leona Returns to Port With
a Cargo of Charred Bodies.
DATTI cn UHIIDC VA/ITU CI AMCQ
UnllLLU iivuiio hum i unnilui
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Flames Started in the Forward Hold of the
Mallory Liner Soon After Slie Sailed
F*oin New York City for Galveston,
Texas ?Men, Women and Children
Were Suffocated in their Bunks.
New York City (Special).?The Slallory
line steamship Leona, which sailed from
this port at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
put back Sunday with her sides still
hot and blistered from a fierce fire that had
ragea in ner torwara noia, ana tmrteen
charred corpses where the blaze had been.
Eleven passengers and two stewards these
were.
The Leona 13 one of the regular passenger
and freight carriers of the MaLlory fleet.
8he was bound for Galveston, and had
twenty-two steerage passengers in her
'tween deck quarters, and was laden with a
general cargo. The vessel was commanded
by Captain Wilder,a mariner well known in
this port.
The Are which involved so great a loss of
life started at one o'clock Sunday morning.
The vessel was then south of Barnegat, N.
J., and steaming quietly along over seas
that were smooth. The watchman whose
duty it is to make the rounds of the steerage
quarters finished his tour at a half hour
past midnight. There was no fire then nor
any sign of any.
Two bells rang out, noting the first hour
of the midwatch, and hardly had the clang
ceased before the lookouts, who were peerlnn?
Intrt tho fcnm Aroi* ffuafln
heard what would seem like a muffled explosion
coming from underfoot. Then a
cloud of smoke came boiling up from the
forward hatch, and a moment later the bell
was sounding its alarm of fire.
The crew hurried to their stations, and
they found that the whole forward part of
the ship was in flames. They attacked it
with buckets and hose, and desperate efforts
were made to rescue the twenty-two
passengers who were known to be imprisoned
below.
Jhe wind was blowing off shore, and Captain
Wilder, as soon as he reached the deck,
gave orders to head the vessel to the eastward
to prevent the spread of the flames
aft. The flre was by this time bursting up
the hatchways and licking along the pilot
house. Tlie quartermaster and lookouts
were driven from their stations, as the
steamship drove to the eastward under her
flowing sail of flame.
The vessel carries an extra steering wheel
aft, and this was manned. Holes were cut
in the deck, and down these apertures
whole Niagaras were poured. A bucket
brigade was formed, and the buckets were
passed from hand to hand by the men who
were not elsewhere engaged in handling
hose or other duties.
The boats were swung out and made
ready for lowering, in case the crew was
driven to the last extremity of abandoning
the ship. Each boat was provisioned, and
officers were detailed to see that the proper
supply of water was put in each.
Meanwhile nine of the twenty-two imprisoned
passengers had fought their way
through the flre to places of safety. Scarred
and scorched some of themjwere, but they
emerged from their flery pen to life. Not
bo fortunate were the ill-fated thirteen
whose retreat had been cut off. It was
known that they were there and in peril.
The strongest efforts were made to rescue
them, but without avail.
The flre, which appeared to have originated
in that part of the cargo which was
stored beneath the steerage deck, was
Anally got under control. But it took seven
long hours of hard and desperate fighting
to subdue it. Then it was found by mustering
the cre'w and passengers that thirfcpAn
llflH lioan Irvaf In fKa KIawa
The steerage passengers were berthed in
two rooms, a small square room for the
women on tho starboard 9ide, and directly
across the ship a similar room for tho men.
Those of the ship's company who lost their
lives berthed aft of the women. Between
the compartments there was a companionway
leading to the main deck.
It is supposed that the fire started in cotton
bagging stored on the port side of the
stet?rage. There was a tremendous burst
of heavy black smoke and everybody forward
rushed to Ret out. Most of the men
did get out. Captain Wilder says that
within three minutes there were two
streams of water on.
Within a few minutes the City of Augusta,
which was following the Leona south, was
signalled. She came alongside and took of!
all the passengers who could be mustered.
She stood by the Leona, and Captain Wilder
had his crew of llfty men do nothing
but fight Are. He says it was the biggest Are
in a ship that was ever put out on this coast.
It took seven hours to put it out. It
burned up all the cargo on the 'tween decks
forward, and burned up into the wheel
house. The main deck forward was burned
through. The upper deck is sheathed with
Iron, and the fire did not get through.
The remains of the dead wero identified
by counting the survivors. In the morning
the bodies of the women were found in
a heap where the door of their compartment
had been. After the flro was subdued
the Leona took back her passengers from
the City of Augusta. Coroner Hoeber put
Captain Wilder undor arrest and paroled
him in Mr. Mallory's custody.
The Leona Is a screw steamer of 2331 tons
burden. She is of iron and was built by the
Roaches at Chester, Penn., in 1889. She is
314 feet long, 46.2 feet wide, and 20.3 deep.
She is schooner rigged, and her triple expansion
engines, cylinders with twentyeight,
forty-four, and seventy inches in
diameter and forty-eight inch stroke, make
her a thirteen or fourteen knot boat.
Greece Appeals to Europe.
Greece has made a written application
to the Powers through their representatives
at Athens, with a view of obtaining
mediation. All the representatives have
promised in their replies to use their best
offices, except the German Minister. Queen
Olga of Greece telegraphed to the Czar
soliciting Russia's intervention in the war.
Turkey will demand a war indemnity of
330,000,000.
The Triple Alliance.
The pact of tho Powers constituting the
triple alliance has been renewed for a period
of six years. The right to withdraw,
under the termB of the original agreement,
expired on May 6, and Germany has succeeded
in persuading Italy not to exercise
the right of withdrawal.
Food for London's Poor.
There is a movement on foot in Melbourne,
Victoria, to send 20,000 sheep and
500 bullocks to England in connection with
the dinner which the Priuce of Wales is
promoting for the poor of the slums of London
on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
June 22.
Found Gold In a Fli?h.
Jacob Buntz and his son, who lives at
Mead Creek, Conn., found a 82.50 gold
piece in a three and a quarter pound bass
they had caught in a Kill net. The coin is
one of the coinage of 1878.
Prominent People.
Dr. Nansen's tour through France Is ?
triumphal progress.
The King of Italy, it is said, carries over
$7,500,000 life insurance.
The late William T. Adams (Olivier Optic)
left an estate valued at only $14,800.
The Presbyterian Synod at Sunderland,
Vnnlnml hue
uxao pobitiuu uuiir^ing
heresy against "Ian Maciaren," Rev.
John Watson.
Hare Renieris has been President ot the
Cretan Committee in Athens forllfty years.
His career began with the acceptance of
constitutional principles by King Otho, anil
he was quite a young man when that sovereign
intrusted to him the reorganization oX
the judicial system.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
TTn*hington Item*.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Theodore
Roosevelt will Investigate charges
that have been made against various departments
in the New York Navy Yard. (
The President nominated BrigadierGeneral
James W. Forsyth to be MajorGeneral.
Senator Allen introduced a resolution reI
Tt*.s>b-af PKonmnn nt Vote Vftrk fcft
appear before the bar and purge himself of
contumacy as a preliminary to Executive
clemency. Senator Hoar thought the resolution
would let the case go out of the
Senate's jurisdiction. He favored .punishing
Chapman and also probing the issue to
the bottom.
General Wesley Merritt has issued an order
refusing to appoint a court-martial to j
try charges against Lieutenants O'Brien
and Bamford, preferred by Captain Romeyn. I
In dismissing the charges against O'Brien [
he says that the charges grew out of a f
feeling of personal spite, and that military
tribunals could not be made vehicles of y
private revenge. i
The 8enate confirmed the nomination of I
Cornelius Van Cott to be Postmaster of (
New York. - t
Members of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee inspected reports on Cuban af- 1
fairs at the Slate Department, which are f
said to strengthen the cause of the in- H
surgents. 1 ,
President McKinley decided to accept no t
invitations to take part in Memorial Day
exercises outside of Washington.
The House refused to concur in a Senate ?
amendment to the Sundry Civil bill appro- f
priatiner -350,000 to improve Pearl Harbor, |
in the Hawaiian Islands. j \
President McKinley appointed Albion W. I
Tourgee Consul at Bordeaux. Sidney B. I
I a# *f?oa?i>KnoA<-fo ttfofl nomoH fn n
1U ? CICUl, \JL iUOSOaV/UUOQVWO, nwo ?V ?.
be United States Consul of the United a
States at Batavia, Java. Henry P. Cheat- f
ham, of North Carolina, was named to be r
Recorder of Deeds, District of Columbia. j t
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Sherman 1 J'
held a large reception in honor of the J
seventy-fourth birthday of the former. Six *
hundred invitations were sent out, and the i v
quests included the President and Mrs. Mc- ]
Kinley, Vice-President and Mrs. Hobart,
members of the Cabinet and the Diplomatic '
Corps, with ladies and other friends. 0
President Gordon, of Leland Stanford , ?
University, has been appointed commission- !
3r to investigate the condition of the Bering
Sea seal herd the present season. I J,
The report that secret negotiations of > j
?reat importance are being carried on be- t
tween Spain and the United States in regard ! f
io Cuba is denied at the State Department. | t
W. L. 8craggs, formerly United States c
Minister to Venezuela and now sonior coun- fi
sei of that republic, arrived with the ap- t
oroved boundary treaty with Groat Britain, t
The ratifications will be exchanged In p
Washington. tl
United States Senators signed a.petition h
| isking the President to pardon E. R. Chap- n
.nan, convicted of refusing to answer ques- *
lions belp 'He Senate sugar scandal committee.
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Domestic. t
Chang Yen Hoon, head of the Chinese '
Imperial Treasury and special Ambassador s
to the Queen's jubilee celebration, arrived a
In New York on hid way to England. 8
Edward H. Dodcre, aged fifty years, com- "
raitted suicide at Worcester, Mass. He went ^
to Dr. Rice's house, where he met Dr. Rioe, c
and presented a pistol to the latter's head.
nt. _ J - -i.? i-j J x- i i. - u. J |n
; ine doctor liiuuceu uilli to no uuwii m au
adjoining room. No sooner bad the doctor
turned his back than Dodge fired a bullet
into his head. 1
Gerald Peters, a West Indian colored
leper, stole a boat and escaped from North
Brother Island, New York City. 0
A late break in a .Louisiana levee will e
cause some of the richest sugar lands in
that State to be submerged. '
The Grand Jury in New York City in- 6
dieted Commander Booih-Tucker, of the e
Salvation Army, for maintaining a publio !
Quisance?the Fourteenth street barracks. 11
The new Flower telescope and observa- .
tory buildings of the University of Pennsyl- j
vania were dedicated at Philadelphia in n
the presence of about fifteen hundred per- j
30ns. t
C. C. Baldwin, Naval Officer of the Port v
Df New York, died in Newport, R. I. Ho c
was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland,
in 1834, and when the war broke out d
entered the Confederate Army from Baltl- o
more. * v
Ten-year-old Mamie Cummlngs, who was I
irrested at Mount Vernon, N. Y., April 17 a
for stealing a bicycle from Charles McKen- a
sie, was sent to the Catholic Protectory at (]
Westchester. y
One of the worst failures known in San J
j Fra.nclsco, Cal., for several years occurred ?
! when Williams, Brown &, Co., who did a *
j heavy trade in canned salmon, wheat and
fruit with. Australia, failed for 8600,000.
I The firm was established Ave years ago by
I William Brown, son of Cashier Thomas
Brown, of the Eank of California.
Rumford Falb, Me., will soon have the
| biggest paper machine in the world. It
was made in Worcester, Mass., ana win fj
produce paper 150 inches wide, beating tho, world's
record by two Inches.
Professor Shaffer, of the Rochester (N. a
?.) Theological Seminary, fell out of a
window and was killed. C
Owen Bowie asked Cha:rles Smith, a farm r
hand, for a chew of tobacco at Frederick,
Md., and upon being refused shot Smith ?
with an old army musket and made his es- '
cape. Smith died. Both are colored, and ?
Bowie is known as a desperate character. ?
Frederick Jackson Cunningham, a young a
man of good family and high social position,
is in prison at Atlanta, Ga., charged
with highway robbery and with assault
with intent to kill.
f irieen siuaenis 01 urcve i_>uy v/uuegc,
one of the best known schools In Western
Pennsylvania, have been expelled by the
college faculty !or riotous conduct.
C. H. Damsel, general bookkeeper at the
National Bank of Columbus, Ohio, is found
to be short 625,000 in his accounts with the
bank. He fled.
In anticipation of the duty of ten cents
per pound provided for in the Senate
amendment to the tariff bill the price of
tea has been advanced in New York markets
from three to Ave cents a pound. j
The sealed verdict of the jury In the case j
of F. A. Rookafellow, the former banker, >
who was charged with embezzlement, was ,
opened in court at Wilkesbarro, Penn. The '
defendant was found guilty with a recommendation
to mercy.
Foreign.
William J. Calhoun, the special commissioner
appointed by President McKinley to
investigate the death of Rieardo Ruiz and
other matters connected Titli thu Cuban in- <
surraction, arrived at Havana. i
A series of earthquake shocks have been ]
felt in the mountain districts of the State j
of Jalisco, Mexico. At San Gabriel some i
damage was done. The shocks were felt <
distinctly. ' 1
New gold mines have been discovered in
the Province of Carabaya, Department of
Puno, Peru. It is believed they will yield
largely.
The Ambassadors of the Powers at Con- J
stantinoplo asked the Porte to suspend hostilities
in Greece pending the conclusion of
a permanent peace. Turkey at flrst declined
the request.
A dispatch from Naples announces that
two large streams of lava have been flowing
down Mount Vesuvius and have united
with the deposits from the eruptions of
1895. The activity in the principal crater
is uormal.
A name nas neen ioui?ai in uccuummland.
South Africa, in which six white?
have been killed and thirteen wounded.
At the City of Mexico gold is selling at a
premium of 1(H.
A severe seismic disturbance took place
in South Australia and Victoria. The shock
was intermittent and continued for several
minutes .
The anonymous subscription of 3200,000
to the Charite Bazaar fund in Paris is now
known to be the collective donation of
members of the Rothschild family.
The Quebec provincial election In Can- :
ada resulted in a complete overthrow of
the Conservative Party. The Liberals will
probably have llfty-three members, against
twenty.
The town of Windisohmatrei, Austria, a
well-ltnown tourist resort, has been destroyed
by Are. A woman was burned to
death.
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IDE LlfflGHES TVO 6ISLS.'
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Colored Servants Hanced to a Tree
in Alabama, i
["HEY HAD POISONED A FAMILY,
Jne of Them Confessed?.Had Killed One
Person and Nearly Killed a Score?
Tho Lynching: Was the Work of About
Twenty Men and Their Identity Has
Not Keen Discovered by the Sheriff*
BiainsoHAsr, Ala. (Special).?Mollie Smith
lid Amanda Franklin, two young colored
vomen, were found at daybreak Wednesday
nornlng swinging from a tree on the road
>etween JefT and Huntsville, in Madison
bounty. The twenty men who had lynched
hem had disappeared. The girls paid the
li.. _ e fnmili.
1/4. u?;am tut i-uc i?iuuj
>f Joshua 0. Kelly, a prominent citizen of
reflf. Several attempts have been made to
)oison the Kelly family. The first was made
wo months ago. Mr. Kelly and his family,
sonsist ing of eleven persoos, arose from the
lupper table one night suffering fromterri>le
pains, and the next day Mr. Kelly died in
freat agony. It was ascertained that arenic
had got into the coffee, but it was
hought then that it was an accident.
Sleven persons set up with the body of Mr.
ielly the night after his death. "Toward
aldnight they partook of some sausage,and
it once became ill. Fortunately there was
i physician in attendance, and no fatality
esulted. Last Friday all the members of
he family arose from the breakfast table
nth. terrible cramps in the stomach. Alhough
none has yet died, several are still
n a dangerous condition. This time it deeloped
that the poison was In the bread.
Suspicion was then directed to Mollie
Imith, a young colored girl, who had
ormerly worked in the family, and a search
f her house was made. Mollie had anti
ipated the visit, and had started to TenLessee
on foot. Amanda Franklin, Mollie's
uecesior in the Kelly home, was also suspected.
Twenty men gathered Wednesday,
lome of them" started out to capture
Icllle, whom they overtook some
en miles away. The Franklin girl was
ound at her "homo, in bed. She was
old to get up and dross, and go with C
he posse, which she did. The Franklin li
;irl gave way when she was cross-ques- ^
toned, and finally made a clean breast of 1'
he whole affair. She confessed to the last r
oisoning, but said Mollie Smith had put e
tie poison in the coffee and sausages, and 8
ad persuaded her to poison the bread, d
rhich she did while carrying the .flour of h
rhlch it was made fi;om the pantry to the o
itnhen. s1
The Smith girl denied everything, even ?
rhen faced with the Franklin girl and the tl
itter's confession. The posse, satisfied of A
he gu^t of the two girls, carried them to d
he woods, a short distance from Mollie 8'
mith's house, and, deaf to tears, prayers si
nd screams, tied ropes about their necks o
nd hanged them to a tree, waiting quietly ^
ntll it was evident they were dead. With- B
ut a word they then stole away in the b
arkness. There will probably never be a 81
lew to their identity. 81
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BOY MURDERER HANCED. ?
Slmer Clawson the Youngest Person Ever ^
Kxecuted In New Jersey.
Elmer Clawson, a boy of nineteen years 0'
if age, was hanged Wednesday in the 8omrset
County Jail at Somerville, N. J., for w
he murder of Harry Hodgett, his former d
mployer. He was the youngest murderer ^
xecuted in the State, and next to the P
oungest person convicted of a capital crime J*
a New Jersey. The drop fell at 10.07 11
'clock, a. m., and in nine minutes the a
roung murderer was pronounced dead. J*
lefore the execution he admited his guilt "
,nd expressed contrition for his crime, j51
le was attended by Rev. J. O. Wiemer of 11
he Met hodist Episcopal Church of Somerille,
who said that he had baptized the "
ondemned youth. a
The crime for which Clawson paid the a
,eath penalty was committed at 6 o'clock T
n the morning of August 29. 1896. The 0
oa Kla f r\ frry n?> flmnlftVOI' W a PTTT ^
lodgett, an Englishman, thirty years of
ge, the owner of a small farm at Pluck- 0
min. Clawson demanded work and a
[uarrel followed, Hodgett accusing the
oung man of having robbed him while in
lis employ a year before. During a quar- "n
el the youth shot Hodgett. The murderer ii
hen rode away on his bicycle, but was c
vertaken by two men in a buggy. ii
TRANSVAAL'S REPLY DEFIANT. J
nslsts Upon It* Righto and Suggests Ar- t
titration With England.
n
A dispatch from Capo Town, South Af- c
lea, says that the reply of the Transvaal t:
k>verninent to the strong note, said to ^
mount to an ultimatum, from the Secre- ^
arv of State for the Colonies, Joseph ii
!hamberlain, insisting upon observance of d
he London Convention, is defiant in tone. g
t insists, the dispatch adds, upon the right
,f th? Transvaal to demand arbitration of t
he questions in dispute, and also upon its ji
ight to pass the Alien Immigration law, $
,nd asserts that, if the right is disputed, t
Titration is the best means of arriving at D
, settlement of the question. a
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Japanese Cruiser at Honolulu. (
On May 5 the Japanese cruiser Naniwa
irrived at Honolulu, Hawaii, from Yokolama
with Japanese Commissioner Abi- i
rama, who is to investigate the cases of the t
ejected immigrants. Commissioner Abi- t
rama states that his mission is friendly. If s
le finds the Hawaii Government has erred *
i claim for damages will be made. He delies
that Japan seeks war, and says nego:iations
will be conducted diplomatically.
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Elected a New Speaker. j
Speaker Charles Blandford, of the Ken- j
ucky House of Representatives, is in Wash- j
ngton in. pursuit of a Federal office. He ^
aas been there so long, and has given no .
sign of returning, that tils fellow legislators ]
moved that a new Speaker be elected. The T
motion was adopted, and M. T. Flippin, of (
Monroe County, was chosen to succeed Mr. 4
Blandford.
Wintry Weather in Great Britain. j
Heavy snowstorms prevailed on May 12 <
5ver the English counties of Berkshire, '
Lincolnshire and Herefordshire. In Scot- <
and there have been heavy snow and hail t
itorms, and the weather has been as cold j
iL. >1. ?l K,?- Th??r?
is aunng iuu muum ui iiuTumwoi, *,
wa-" a sharp frost in London and in the in- (
,and counties. ,
Wild Deer a Pest.
Wild deer have multiplied immensely on
Long Island during the closed season. They 1
are not only eating the crop?, but are de- <
stroying plants and flowers. I
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Getting Ready for War.
A commission of British cavalry officers j
and veterinary surgeons is in the Argentine <
Republic buying horses for the British car- i
airy service. j
Spain the Arbitrator.
Peru and Bolivia have submitted their I
territorial dispute to the arbitration of '
ypain. 1
Cycling Notes.
Too much care cannot be taken of a good .
bicyele.
There are 10,000 bicyclists in Toronto,
Canada. j
For bicycle paths in Fairmouut Park,v > J
Philadelphia, ?40,000 has been appropri-,, <
atert. .
All bicyles used ia St. Louis ar?> now sab- j
jtv-t to a tax of 81 a your, payable in advanee.
?
A project is being considered In Philadel- j
phia to provide asphalt strips for the ua? of t
bievelers. &;' $ t
The Rio New?,of Brazil, reports that 'Hhe i
sale of bicycles has become noteworthy,'' 1
the business having been large evea WbftA <
everything else was blocked. ^ ^
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i. TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
HE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN
MANY WAYS.
'he Saloon to Choose for a Boy?Heredity
in Alcoholism?The Fatal Law, Traced
Through Four Generations, Shows the
Baneful Results of Drunkenness.
Not a place on a fashionable street,
All furnished and burnished within,
Where the gay and the hall-fellows meet.
With glamour the gosling to win.
But rather a tumble-down den
Surrounded by marshes and bogs,
Where the jingle of glasses by men
Shall blend with the croaking of frog3.
The shanty I'd plaster all o'er
With pictures and posters to suit;
Hobgoblins I'd hang on the dopr,
And monsters of human and brute.
Here murder shall bare her red arm
And flourish her pistol and blade;
Thftrft trnmfins and demons alarm
And publish the fruits of the trade
The sign of this chosen saloon
Should say in sleek letters to fit
Of serpent-coils hung in festoon,
"I lead to the bottomless pit."
No; pardon my humor, my son;
I alter the pitch of my tune:
No drinklng-place wanted, not one;
No high-up nor low-down saloon.
The highest is still very lowAll,
all are but links in a chain.
You begin at the top and you go
Toboggan-like down a steep plain;
Go downward from laughter and light, '
With a swiftness that stifles the breath.
TTTJ4.U 1 a - ? I !~ flUki
Yf ibii u reel nuu t* piuuge m j?uui ui^ixw
To regions of darkness and death;
To regions of shame and remorse
With serpent-crowned furies to dwell.
Where the wine and wassail of earth
Give place to the horrors of hell.
Then flee, my boy, flee the saloon;
Alike do the glamour and glare
And the serpent-coils hung in festoon,
Mark stages to death and despair.
?Joel Swartz, in National Advocate.
Heredity In Alcoholism.
At a recent meeting of the Congress of
?riuiiutti Auturopuiugy at ureatjva, owiw?rmd,
Dr. Legrain, physician-in-chief of the
.sylum of Ville-Evrard, traced the fatal
iw of heredity in alcoholism and gave the
esults of investigation which have extendd
over a long period of years. He decribed
how the disease is transmitted from
jrunken father to appetite-enslaved son:
ow in such degenerate soil the seeds of
rime and madness develop and ripen. He
aid he had traced the course of four genrations
of drinkers in 215 families with
tiese results: In the first generation 168
imilies showed unmistakable symptoms of
egeneracy, ninety-three cases of mild inanity,
eighty-eight who were mentally unound,
and forty-five were at times dangerusly
insane. In many cases the children
rere weaklings and died at an early age.
[umbers of those who remained were teele-minded,
epileptics or a prey to evil intlncts.
In thirty families he noted convulIons,
epilepsy in flfty-two, hysteria in sixsen,
and meningitis in five; 108 families
ur of 215 counted among their members
Ictims of periodic alcoholic delirium. Finlly
there were 106 families in which marked
isanity had developed.
In the second generation ninety-eight obsrvations
gave flfty-fcur families with one
r more members who were imbeciles or
liots; In twenty-three there were those
'ho were morally Irresponsible. Extraorlnary
mortality caused the children to die
1 appalling numbers. At this stage the
arents had became coamon drunkards,
rith but eight exceptions. In forty-two
imilies were chronic cases of convulsions,
ad epilepsy in forty. Insanity to a very
tarked degree exists in twenty-three famles
at present. In the other tnirty-one the
bildren are yet too young to give marked
ldioations.
In the third generation seven observaons
gave a total of seventeen children; all
re stunted mentally and physically; two
re already Insane; four are subject to conulslons,
two to epilepsy, two to hysteria;
ne is afflicted with meningitla, and three
rlth scrofula. To these 814 cases in 215
unilies might be added ninety-three cases
f tuberculosis.
British and American Drink Bills.
In spite of the intemperate habits with
rhich Americans are charged, it Is gratify
ig to know that less Intoxicating liquor 13
onsumed in this country per capita than
1 Great Britain.
This is evident from the showing of the
ast year. The British drink bill for the
ear aggregated $745,000,COO, while that of
lie United States footed up $861,600,000.
'he population of this country, however, is
early twice that of Great Britain, and
onsequently the consumption of tntoxicaIng
liquor in the United States per capita
1 almost one-half less than it is per capita
2 Great Britain. Reducing this statement
0 figures, the average Briton, according to
ist year's returns, pays out 820 for his
rink, while the average American for the
ame quality of liquor pays out only 812.
On the assumption that normal condlions
prevailed in both countries last year,
t may fairly be claimed that the average
American is less given to strong drink than
he average Briton. While this Is encourJ
A# inm I
tglHg, D.O aOUDt, tU LUG iiiuuua ui wouijio*mce,
it is nevertheless a record which adnits
of very great improvement.?Atlanta
Constitution.
He Abolished Grog In the Navy.
In christening the last new torpedo boat
n honor of Admiral Foote, Secretary Long
las given due recognition, not only to a
>rave naval officer, but to one who
ibollshed grog in the navy. The sailors
ised to sing of Admiral Foote as the man
"Who raised our pay ten cents a day
And stopped our grog forever."
In 1843 Admiral Foote conducted a total
tbstineace campaign at the Philadelphia
s'aval Asylum, where he was stationed, and
jersuaded a number of the Inmates to give
ip their rations of grog. Then he increased
he scope of his temperance operations, demoting
his efforts to inducing the navy department
to abolish the allowance of
iquor to each enlisted man. In this he
vas successful, and there has been no free
jrog in the service since.
Wh?t Drunkenness Will Do.
Drunkenness will make you a pauper, an
nvalid, a lunatic. It will send you an
smpty purse, an empty wardrobe and an
jmpty shelf. It gives you a taste for
(wearing, obscenity and impurity. It in3lines
you to choose begging for a profesiion
rather than independence. It qualiles
you to become an undutiful child, an
mnatural parent, a cruel husband, or s
disgusting wife. These are but a little of
,vhat drunkenness does.
Alcohol in Cold Climates.
Dr. A. Fick, professor of physiology In
SVurtzburg, says: "Tho use of alcohol,
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sven wnen caKen in muuer#io i
has been proved to be particularly injurl-.
jus in case great physical endurance is required
in cold climates. For decades, consequently,
it has been a fixed rule of explorers
in polar regions?a rule based on
axperienco?not to give their crew any
iloqhollc drink whatever. Nansen, the
aojir lam ^ explorer of the northern reriOQgr'w'"
*^entlv traveled across Greenland
On'J:^7''\oes. ascribes the success of
tils und!^? ?'essentially to the fact that
lie and ^ ?omi' '^lons did not take a drink
->f ale '
H fbr Temperance.
8JS is increasing, U hfsf*!r,a,nd <lomestlo
outlook, holding.
fh,w a decreased consumpci^ke statistics j
Iftuors of all kinds, and'Hv.* vllifl
a.unkenness Is on the deolin?5? X1bl^ua,1 |
Sinks that the greatest agsncjf'.v'l~? ^ost i
rnaeworkis the strong, health1 1
oattment condemnatory of druo? Put)llc |
'Public opinion is forcing men tt> l*eQfc?ss>erato.
by shutting tho intemperate06 f0mI
mbiic offices and responsible prlvat?n'f?.
Ions." While the real cure for intef
ince is the Gospel, and plenty of It, itnPer~
liact that the Gospel works out many oi?8, ?
purposes through various subsidiary me&i-18
>ne of these being an li^provea pul>W?
jpinlon. ,
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IN THE QUIET HOURS.
PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE SH
WORLD'S CREATEST AUTHORS.
Love Will Perfect?Sowing of Light?How
Habit Grows?God's Presence Desired
?A Prayer-To Rebuke Sin?Before the
Crogg-All Rewarding Love of Christ.
0 mighty Potter, to whose steadfet eyes
A thousand years lie open as one day.
Thy patient hand set firm on life's great
wheel
This heavy, shapeless clay.
Rough and imperfect, yet it owns Thy
touch;
Spare not, nor stay, the pressure of Thine j
hand; MM
Make known Thy power; and, soon or late,
let love
Perfect what love hath planned.
?L. H. Hammond, in Outlook. SB
Sowing Light in Sorrow. SBfll
God will not always be causing grief. H?
traverses the dull brown acres with Hia V|
?-?1 yv rr? 4-Ua ir?r? OQ *>f Vk fhof U A ^Hj
j/iv/tt, ocaiuia^ i?uv jiuiutu^ vu4?u **w
may be able to cast in the precious grain. H
Believe that Id days of sorrow He is sowing
light for the righteous and gladness for the
upright in heart. Look forward to the ^9
reaping. Anticipate the joy which Is set before
you, and shall flood your heart with H
minstrel notes when patience has had her V
perfect work. You will live to recognize 1
the wisdom of God's choice for you. Yoa 1
will one day see that the thing you wanted
was only second best. You will be
surprised to remember that you once
nearly broke your heart and spilt the wine of
your life for what would never have satisfied
you if you had caught it, as the child the
butterfly or soap-bubble. You will meet
again your beloved. You will have again
your love. You will become possessed of a
depth of character, a breadth of sympathy,
a fund of patience, an ability to understand
and helD others, which, as vou lay them at
Christ's feet for Him to use", will make yoa J
glad that you were afflicted. You will see /
God's plan and purpose ; you will reap His f
harvest; you will behold His face, and be \
satisfied.?Rev. F. B. Meyer.
How Habit Grows and Strangles. V
Mr. Spurgeon says that he saw, while on a
visit to the gardens ?of Hampton Court,
many trees almost entirely covered and
well-nigh strangled by the huge coils of ivy
which were, wound about them like the
snakes about the unhappy Laocoon. There
is no untwisting the folds; they in their
giant grip are fast fixed, and the rootlets of
the climbers are constantly sucking the life
of the trees. There was a day when the ivy
was a tiny aspirant, only asking a little aid
in%limblng; had it been denied, then the
tree need not have become its victim, but
by degrees the humble weakling grew in
strength and arrogance, and at last it as
su med the mastery and became the destroyer.
Just the game with the beginning or sin;
the least little act of disobedience, it may
be a lie, then another, then something else,
and they become alarmingly frequent, ana
each time a little more wicked, until they
gain the mastery over us, and overwhelm
us. and at last drag our souls down to hell.
'Every man is tempted when he is drawn
away of his own lusts, and enticed. Then
when lust hath conceived, it brlngeth forth
sin: and sin. when it is finished, bringeth
forth death/'?C. W. Bibb.
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A Prayer for God's Presence.
0 Lord. I have come into my closet and
shut the door, that I may be alone with thee
for a little. 0 wilt thou meet me and give
me a sweet sense of thy presence, and let me
know thou art near to hear the petitions I
bring thee. I thank thee for thy love, so rich
and abounding, which yearns over me un
Ctjasingiy. I laau n uico iur iuc icuuu ojmpathy,which
reaches down to ail the varying
circumstances of my daily life, bringing
needed help and peace. I thank thee that
thou dost understand the desires and longings
of my heart before I have ventured to
express them in words, and that sometimes
thou dost answer before I call. Bless me in
my home and in the conduct of my family
duties. Bless the dear children thou hast
given me, and lead them in unerring ways
of obedience and love,and hold them In right
paths. May they love thee and count thee , i $
as their best friend and strive to please thee
in all they do, day by day. So may our entire
household rejoice in thee,and And it our
supreme joy to follow thee in ways of
praise and service for Christ's sake. Amen.
A Prayer for the Spirit.
Most holy God ! let not the largeness of
our sins and errors make us forget the largeness
of thy mercy; our great need the greatness
of thy supply. Teach us to trust in
thy love. Help us when we seem to be or
phans In this world tnai grinus on witu suuu
sternness of unbroken law. Comfort us if
in the midst of the vastness of thy kingdom
we cannot help thinking we are forgotten:
if our poor cry seems unable to pierce
through the rolling majesty of .thy
worlds. In the hours of our pain
and passion and sorrow, in our lonely
and forsaken days, let the Good Shepherd
come unto us, for he knoweth his sheep by
name. Forgive our sins, and let the beauty
of the Lord our God be upon us; such beauty
as we can bear, not the burning beauty of
thy brightness and thy majesty, for we are
all too weak and feeble fortbat, but the gentle
beauty of thy holiness and purity. Hear
our prayers through thy dear Son, Jesus
Christ. Amen.
Rebuke Sin by Righteousness.
We may not all be called upon to speak;
we are all called upon to be. You can shine,
and by shining show how dark the darkness
is. The?obligation is laid upon us all; the
commandment still comes to every Christian
which was given to the old prophet, **D&olare
unto My people their transgression,and
to the house of Jacob their sin." We can all
rebuke sin by our righteousness, and by our
shining reveal the darkness to itself. We do
not walk as children of the light unless we ,
keep ourselves from all connivance with
works of darkness, and by all means at our
disposal reprove and convict them. "Come
out from among them, and be ye separate,
and touch no unclean thinp.saith the Lord."
?Alexander Maclaren, D. D.
Bofore the Cross.
0, what a load of struggle and distress
Falls oCf before the cross! Tne feverish
care,
The wish that we were other than we are.
The sick regrets, the yearnings numberless,
The thought, "This might have been," so
apt to press
On the reluctant souh.even past despair,
Past sin itself, all. all is turned to fair,
Aye. to a scheme of ordered happiness,
So soon as we love Gjd, or, rather, know
That God loves us !
?C. Jrl. Townsend.
Christ's All Pervading Love.
The love of Jesus Christ is to be seen in
that warm affection for him whic i leads the
faithful to wish that his soul may become
almost a part of that of Christ, and that the
living principle in the Lord may be reproduced
in himself, not In the way of an external
image but as an inward and divine in
spirauon. i.nis iovo is uu>utfju?ui, uuiuug
the creature with the Creator. Man,in fact,
rises continually from humanity to something
divine when he is animated by this
love, which is the sweetest of affections,
penetrates the soul, ami causes the faithful
to walk on earth, rapt as it were in the
spirit.?Savonarola.
We know not, verily, that which is laid up
for us. There are such beautiful things
put by. In God's house and in God's time
there" are such treasures.?Mrs. A. D. T.
Whitney.
Too Easy to Counterfeit.
It fa so easy to counterfeit the new silver
bills that the Government has issued an order
to call in and cancel all the new $1, 82
and $5 certificates. There are outstanding
notes worth 354,424,000. As they are received
by the'various Government offices in
?ii.i mill h? aAnt tn Washing
ton for cancellation, when notes of a now J
design will be used in their stead.
Model Farmer for China.
C. D. Brill, who recently graduated from
the agricultural department of Cornell College,
Ithaca, N. Y., will go to China and
take charge of a model farm. His salary
Ml he $3000 a year. ^
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