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sfsssr He Disposes of All His Interests in the Steel Company. DEVOTES LSFE TO PHILANTHROPY Andrew Carnegie End* HI* Business Career l>y Retiring From Iflls Steel Com* pany?It Is Said That lie Will Heceivo Over S150.000.000 For Ilis Interests? A Great Steel Combine Formed. New York City (Special). ?The announcement of the purchase by H. C. Frick and the other co-partners in the Carnegie Steel Company of the entire interest in that com. pany of Andrew Carnegie forms the sub ject of much discussion in commercial ana financial circles. It is now announced that within two weeks a little loss than one-half of the stock of the new company will be placed upon the market and ofTered for sale in six of the leading cities of the coun. try. These cities are Now York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis arid Flttsburp. The other shares will be kept by the original purchasers. J|jj^ AMJiitn tAn.ic.uix.. The newly formed company will have a aapital of 3000,000,000. of which $100,000, 00 will be in first mortgage flvo per cent, gold bond9. $250,000,000 iu preferred stock, and $250,000,000 in common stock. It is said that the price to be paid to Mr. Carnegie for bis interests is over $150,000,000, and is entirely satisfactory to Mr. Carnegie. It is understood that one of the stipulations of the sule is that t.be new company shall retain the nam9 0f the present concern. The controlling geauius of the new concern is H. C. Frick, and it is he who will be Its first President. Ho and Judge \V. H. Mnn'o nf f!hif?nr?n nrAntieallv arranged and perfected all the details of the consolidation. The new company, under the name of the Carnegie Steel Company, at Troaton, N. J., has tiled with the Secretary of State, its articles of incorporation. The incorporation at this time appears to be for the purpose of record only, as the capitalization is for the sum of $2000. The new company includes not only ail (he Carnegie steel plants,'but also the H. C. Frick Coke Company, with its 40,000 acres* of coke land in the Connellsville district; the Oliver Mining Company, with its large ore interests in the Lake Superior district; the Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad; tbe tJnion Railroad, whlcli connects ut Homestead with all the trunk lines East and West, and all the interests in several hundred miles of gas land. It Is intended to increase tho output of all the various departments of the joint compuuy bo that the present lamine in the stent market may be relieved and the continued ?xport demand supplied. The former co-partners of 5Ir. Carnegie, thirty-two in all, purpose to retain tbe interests iwhich they nad, individually, as members of the original Carnegrie Steel Company, and to offer for sale to the public the shares which they have acquired from Mr. Carnegie. Thi# intention, In the event of the purchase from Mr. Carnegie, had been intimated for some time, and Ions before the present sale was effected an enormous demand for these shares hud come from almost every part of the country. Mr. Carnegie's retirement from business ?for it is practically that?marks an*epoch In one of the most Important industrial interests in America. And it doe3 more than that. It marks the entering of a new field by a mau of tremendous energy, who, if he gives half the attention to the sole pursuit of philanthropic work that he has given to the prosecution of his business enterprises, will excel the record of Stephen Qirard or George Peabody, both of whom gratified a similar ambition after exceptionally successful business careers. Audrew Carnegie is a strong, well-preserved man of sixtytwo. Mr. Carnegie started his business career in Pittsburg, Peun,, in 1847, as a messenger for the Atlantic and Ohio Telegraph Company. MEDALS FOR HEROISM AT SEA. President Reward* Ketcueri of American Citizens In Distress. Washington-, D. C. (Special).?Tbe Presi* dent has presented gold medal? to a num. ber of persons in recognition of their heroic service in effecting the rescue of American citizens from disabled vessels. The following persons of the British 8team3hipPinners Point, for rescuing the master and crew of the American schooner Angle L. Gr?en, December 7. 1893. were thuts rewarded: John Davies, first officer; <3arl Hurlin, boatswain; Albert Slmmoos, I seaman: G. Mackay, seaman; George I Smith, seaman; Christian Petersen, carpenter. The following members of the crew of j tbe British steamship Eric, concerned fn | the rescue of the Captain and Crew of the American schooner Bertram N. White, December 22, 1398, received medals: Thomas Thistie, Daniel Hughes, boatswain, Charles W. Levrick, seaman; Frederick Westfleld, seaman; John Nik. The same recognition was tendered to the following members of the crew cf tho British steamship Orthiu, who participated in the rescue of the Captain and crew of the ?' 1 1- 04 T " m.anlraH 11 f QPil ! American dui-k 01. uuuic, ... November 29, 1S98: Andrew Malcom Reld, chief officer; Hugh Gray, carpenter; James Harden, boatswaiD; Harry Gordon, seaman; Joseph Arwoodson, seaman; H. Hansen, seaman. Oar Peace Delegates Sail. President Seth Low, of Columbia College, Captain A. T. Mahan, of the Unlled States Navy, and Frederick W. Hollls. American | delegates chosen by President MoKiuley to attend the Peace Congress of the Czar, sailed a few days ago from New York City I 011 the American liner St. Louis. On their arrival at Southampton they will proceed to The Hague, where the Congress is to be held. Government Sustained in Spain. The latest returns from the Senatorial elections in Spain show a government majority of forty ovsr tue combined opposition parties. Hurlrd 200 Feet in Alt*. Q' As a result of a premature explosion at ?? -? pjn? ttl? SCOae quarries ul iuui>;i - , ? Jamo3 Shuvliu, Shuviln, the lessee, and John Burns, the foreman, wero instantly killed. John Pott, another employe, had bis right leg crushed, and three Italians who were engaged in loading carts direotly beneath where the blast exploded were severely injured. Spain Takn) a Hand in China. Spain is collecting evidence at Hong Kong, with a view of demanding a cession of land in China as indemnity from the Chinese Government for permitting the steamer Abbey to leave Canton last au< tuma with arms lor the Flllplnca. i THE PURE FOOD INQUIRY. Startling- Testimony Heard by the Senatorial Committee in Chicago. How Many of Our Food Product* Are Adulterated by the Use of Chemicals und in Other 'Ways. Chicaoo, 111. (Special)?.The Senatorial Pure Food Investigating Committeo has heard some startling testimony In regard to the ndulteratlon of food products which may prolong its 9es9ion considerably. Professor A. S. Mitchell, chief chemist of the Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commission, made the sworn statement that nearly !r> Tiiinnia nraservinsr liquids on scraps of meat which tliey laid aside for .'the manufacture of hamburger steaks mid other alleged delicacies. The chemist first told of his test of a liquid known as "freezine." Professor Mitckeli said that the stuff had been used extensively by farmers to keep milk and butter, it being the custom to mix it with the former in small quantities and pour quarts of it into vats for the preservation of butter. "This 'freezine* I have found to be nothing less than almost pure formic aldehyde," narrated the expert. "This is a chemical that acts disastrously upon the tissue of the stomach, and I can only surmise the results wten milk diluted with it is used constantly by a family. Where butter is placed in vats filled with this stuff the porous commodity takes up no small amount of the liquid with a result that can only be oonjectured." The proressor proceeded to tell of his experiments with a fluid sold extensively to butchers forthe purpose of making tiieir hamburger steak9 las: and keep up a healthy appearance. "This liquid contains in great percentage what is known as sulphide of soda, with a complement of coloring matter," he continued. "It is styled an antiseptic, aud in certain respects is. It must be borne io mind, however, that where fermentatiou and waste are arrested the digestive properties are consequently destroyed.'* Dr. Wiley, the Government expert who examined the antiseptic without Koing on the stand, said he identified it as practically the same chemical which was used during his experience at a medical college tc preserve cadavers, and was now occasionally put to service in disinfecting house? where smallpox patients re-ided. The common basis for the majority of jellies manufactured nowadays, according to several witnesses, are the cores and parings of apples, utilized after they have been evaporatod. This substance, it was claimed, is mixed with glucose in large quantities, with sugar in small quantities, and then colored and flavored to suit the outside design on the package. Fear of social degradation, according to William Broadwell, keeps many a millionaire of Chicago from acknowledging the fact that he uses oleomargarine in pla^e oi pure butter. Not only do the very best people of this city buy this cheaper grade of "butter," he said, and would take nothing else in place of it, but they are the one9 who are the flrsc to wnisper to the dealer for a reduction in the price. Mr. Broadwell was called before the committee with several others to explain why the internal revenue law regulating the stamping of all packages of oleomargarine were not enforced. A. Heller, of Chicago, a manufacturer of "Freezine" and "Rosaline," preservatives used by buttermakers, declared that thoso articles were not injurious to health and gave tho formula of iraking them secretly, as he did not wish the secret.-? of tho trade made public by the newspapers. Several witnesses testified that many frauds were practised by dealers in "butterfuo," who sold tho article as genuine butter. NO ACREEMENT WITH CANADA. All Hopo That tlio Joint nigh Co:mnU Ion Will Meet A^itiu Abandoned. Washing Toy, D. C. (Special).?All hope of reconvening the-Joint High Anglo-American Commission In August has been abandoned. After having rande good headway at the meeting iu Washington, as was thought at the time, toward drafting an agreement, an unexpected and unsurinountable obstacle in the shape of the lumber and boundary question was encountered, and the Commission adjourned to meet at Quebec in August, with the understanding that in the mean time the Governments of the two countries would test public sentimont. It was also hoped that some of the difficulties in the way might be removed by diplomatic negotiations. It has been demonstrated, however, that the temper of neither side has yielded sufficiently to warrant the expectation of any successful result attending another meeting of the Comtnisslou. It is said that officials here are thoroughly discouraged at the time-consuming manner in which various propositions which have been put forward are bandied back and forth between London and Ottawa. YOUNG WOMAN'S FINANCIERING. Dorchester Girl Does a Larze Check Business ou S49 Deposit. Boston* (Special).?Carrie 31. Anderson, of Dorchester, was arrested In one of the large department 3tores here charged with" passing worthless checks. Her method was peculiar. After opening an account with a trust conapauy, with a deposit of 810, she drew checks against it, and in eleven days did a business of more than $800. She drew many ohecks and made many deposits. The trust company officials closed the account in eleven days. The young woman claimed that she did not Intend to defraud any one, but only took this means of borrowing money, turning it over and over and keeping one duy ahead of thfe checks. Miss Anderson is about twenty-live years of age. MOUNT MORRISON SCALED. Stoepel, the Explorer, Ascends the Highest Mountain In Formosa. Seattle, Wash. (Special).?The ascent of Mount Morrison, the highest mountain of Formosa, has just been comDleted by Stoepel, the explorer of several Mexican and Hawaiian mountains.^ according to mail advices rrom Totio. Tiie ascent was not without danger, owing to the feverish climate and objections of the tribes. The climb itself was attended with several narxow escapes,.nnd would bo impossible for any but the most exporienCed climbers. The ascent was attempted from several different directions befow a practical route was found. Stoepel found the natives very llerco. They wore skull hunters but not cannibals. Mexico's Foreign Trade. The Treasury report of tbe Mexican Government of foreign commerce shows that in eight mouths of this llseai year the exports have increased nearly $9,UOO.000, and are now at the rate of nearly 5)150,000,000 yearly. The imports have increased thirteen per cent, and aro now at the rate of $1)8,000,090 in silver annually. Virulent Smallpox in Geruiany. In spite of precautionary measures, viruI lent smallpox is spreading in Germany. I The disease was imported into Germany by Russian laborers, uud Las already spread to many towns. The Plethoric Rank* of Kansa*. Tho people of Kansas have over *23,000,000 on deposit in tbe Stato and private banks, as shown by statements received by Bank CommissionerBriedentlial at Topeka. This Is an increase of 81,000,000 during tbe past year. At least $25,003,u0i) are on deposit in tbe National banks. This is more money than the Kansas banks ever held before. Interested in the New Governor's Policy, There is much curiosity as to the policy that will be adopted by General Davis, the newly appointed Governor of Porto Rico. Matters there are In excellent condition for the new Military Governor, harmony pre | vailing generally. . | / DEWEY CODE HOUR Rear-Admiral Watson Will Succeed Him at Manila. WILL FINISH HIS TASK FIRST.' Admiral Dewey Will Come Direct to New York on the Oljmpla?Uear-Ail- i miral Watson Ordered to Manila to Believe the Admiral, Who Will Come Home When Oc I? Heady. Washington*, D. C. (Special).?The Navj Department has selected a successor tc Admiral Dowey as commander of the Asl atic Station. Orders have been issued detaching Rear-Admiral Watson from command of the Mare Island Navy Yard and ordering him to report to Admiral Dewes at Manila, to relieve that officer when he feels that ho can be spared. Rear-Admira! Kompff, at pre3ent on waiting order?, has been ordered to succeed near-Admiral Watson in command of the Mare Islam.' Navy Yard. imjk REAR-ADMIRAL T. C. WATSO>\ (Who will succeed Admiral Dewey as Commander of the Asiatic Station.) It was said at the Navy Department that Admiral Dewey will come from JInnllo direct to New York when he roturns to the United States. It was added, however, that tho Admiral will not start until the Philippine Commission, of which he is a member, has completed the wore it has undertaken, at least so far as it relates tc the restoration of peaco in the Islands. The reason for bringing the flagship Olympia to New York instead of to Sau Francisco, where she wa? built, is said tc be primarily because Admiral Dewey desires to make tho passage oa his own flagship. but also because the Mare Island Wavy Yard la likely to Da overwneimed with .-apalr work a2 soon as the numerous vessels of Dewey's fleet begin to return to the United States. The Olympia Is in need of a thorough overhauling, as she has been away from her home station longer than any of the other vessels In the Asiatic fleet. When Admiral Dewey reaches homo, it is believed that he will quickly haul down bis flag and come ashore, not to go to sea again oxcept in the contingency of a National emergency. He will be" nearly sixty-two years of ace, his birthday being the day after Christmas this year. , When Rear-Admiral Watson reaches Manila he will have the choice of two flagships from which to displiy his broad pennant, the cruiser Baltimore and the battleship Oregon beinjr both provided with quarters for a fleet commander and his staff. Admiral Watson's last command afloat was in charge of the special squadron organized to menace the Spanish peninsula immediately after Santlagp fell. He was sent to Sau Francisco to be in a position to start across the Pacific at a moment's notice but when Admiral Dewev decided that the Philippine outlook demanded bis presence there rather than in Paris, Watson, then commodore, was placed ia command of the llare Island Navy Yard. It is not believed that Admiral Dewey will be able to start for the United States before July 1, accordingly, it Is likely to be August when he arrives. OHIO BRIBERY CASE. Attorney-General Tell* of Alleged Attempt to Influence Cane of Standard Oil. Columdus, Ohio (Special).?Attorneyfienoral Frank S. MonDett has filed a motion In the Supreme Court in which he named Charles B. Squire3, formerly ol Cleveland, and now of New York City, as the man who attempted to influence hhn to drop procaedinsts to oust the Standard Oil Company from Ohio. Monnett says Squtre3 alleged that he represented Frank Rockefeller. of Cleveland, a stockholder of the Standard Oil Company; F. Squ'res, Secretary of the Standard Oil Company, and Charles N. Haekoll, formerly of New York, in the negotiation. The Attorney-General says that to ascertain how Squires received bia communications from the above people, the State will be compelled to take testimony under an order of the aourt. Mr Mnnnotf- envs thfit hrt ftiinnot nnmnel D. J. Ryan and ex-Attorney-General Watson to furnish thename3 ot the people who are said to have made offers to tbem, but the same can beobtalnedunder an order of court. An investigation before a Master Commissioner will be ordered in a few days A BANK ROBBED OF 510,000. Burjlars Loot tho Canadian Bank <ri Commerce Branch at Dresden, Ont. Dresden, Ontario (Special).?The local branch of tbe Canadian Bank of Commerce was robbed of an amount estimated at $10,000. The burglars got away without leaving a clue. The charwoman who takes caro of tho bank offices was the first to discover thi> robbery, The front doors of the batik had been pried open with a jimmy. Two holes were borod in the vault door, a charge ot nitro-glycerine was inserted and exploded, and then the inner safe was attacked in a similar manner. None of tho papers in the vault wore disturbed. The manager ot the bank says the robbers did not get more than $2000. The police report, however, that the amount of currency stolen was 510,000. How the burg lars cams into town and now they left 13 unknown. German-Americans on tbe Samoan Policy. German-Americans at a mass meeting in Toledo, Ohio, refused by a vote of 397 to 7, to sustain the United States Government on tbe Samoan question. Speeches were made against any British-American alliance and strong resolutions wore adopted. Murderer John 3Innre Found Guilty. John Moore, who in March last murdered his wife aud live children at Hutchinson, Ka^.. was (onvicted of murder, which means a life term in the p*netentiiiry, Moore escaped from the Sheriff on the way to the jail, but was recaptured. Cyclintr Notes. The Nationnl Cycling Association has socured control of the cycle track at Flushing, L. I. Bicycle dealers place the sum expended by wheelmen in the German Empire at $153,000,000. The law prohibiting six-day bicyclo contests in Chicago has virtually beon decided unconstitutional. T- TTUnno A nofcin f U a. nr. n I *m\?m. 1 om_ XU Ticuun, auoiiiu, LUO luuun i|'iii uuthorities are constructing a system of paths* for cyclists only. The amateur riders in England can compete for long distance honors this aenson, an open twenty-four-bour race having been scheduled for July 22 >%nd 23 on a track near London. DB. TALMAGES SERMON. SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED PIVINE. enftject: "Looicinc uacKwara '-it i? wen to Review tlie Pait and Aronie the Soul to Reminiscences of Dangers Escaped and Sorrows Suffered. Text: "While I was musing, the Are burned."?Psalms xxxix.. 3. Here Is David, the psalmist, with the. forefinger of his rlpht hand against his temple and the door shut agaiDst the world,' , engagedin contemplation. And it would be well for us to take the same posture often, while we sit down in sweet solitude to contemplate. Ir. a small Island off the coast of Nova Scotia I once passed a Sabbath in delightful solitude, for I had resolved that I would have one day of entire quiet before I entered upon autumnal work. I thought to have spent the day in laying out plans for Christian work, but Instead of that it became n day of tender reminiscence. I reviewed my pastorate; I shook hands with an old departed friend, whom I shall greet again when the curtains of life are lifted. The days of my boyhood came back, and I was ten years of age, and I was eight, and I was five. There was but one house on the island, and yet from Sabbath daybreak, when the bird chant woke me, until the evening melted into the Bay of Fundy, from shore to shore there were ten thousand memories, and the groves were a-hum with voices that had long ago ceased. Youth is apt too much to spend all its time in looking forward. Old age is apt too much to spend all its time in looking backward. People in midlife and on the apex look both ways. It would be well for us, I think, however, to spend more time in reminiscence. By the constitution of our nature we spend most of the time looking forward. And the vast majority of people live not so much in the present as in the future. I find that you mean to make a refutation, you mean to establish yourself, ami the advantages that you expect to achieve absorb a great deal of your time. But I see no barm in this if it does not make you discontented with the present or disqualify you for existing duties. It is a useful thing sometimes to look back, and to see the dangers we nave escaped, atul to see the sorrows we. have suffered, and the trials and wanderings of our earthly pilgrimage, and to sum up our enjoyments. I mean, so far as (God may help me, to stir up your memory of the past, so that in tho review you may be encouraged and humbled and urged to pray. ? Among the greatest advantages of your past life were an early home and its surroundings. The bad men of the day, for the most part, dip their heated passions out of tho boiling spring of an unhappy I homo. We are not surprised to find tnat Byron's heart was a concentration of sin when wo hear his mother was abandoned and ttiat she made sport of his Infirmity and often called him "the lame brat." He who'has vicious parents has to fight every inch of his wav if be would maintain his integrity and at last reach the home of the good in heaven. Perhaps your early home was in a city. It may have been when Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, was residential as now it is commercial, and Cauai 9treet, New York, was far up town. That old house in the city may nuve been demolished or changed into stores, and it seemed like sacrilege to you?for there was more meaning in that small house than there is in a granite mansion or a turreted cathedral. Looking back, you see it as though it were yesterday?the sitting room, where the loved one sat by the plain lamp light, the mother at the evening staud, the brothers and sister3 perhaps long ago gathered into the skies, then plotting mischief on the floor or under the j table; your father with firm voice comi mandiug a silence that lasted half a minute. Perhaps yon were brought up in the ! country. You staud now to-day in menery under the old tree. You clubbed it for Irult that was not quite ripe, because you couldn't wait any longer. You hear the brook rumbling along over the pebbles. You step again into the furrow where your father in his shirt sleeves shouted to the lazy oxen. You frighten the swallows from the rafters of the barn and take just one egg and silence your conscience by saying they will not mls9 it. You take a drink rtf Mia vorv hnr>kflP that thn old weil fetched up. You go for the cows at I night and And them pushing their heads i through the bars. 0fttime3 in the dusty and busy streets you wish you were home again on that cool gross, or in the rag carpeted hall of the farmhouse,through which there came the breath of new mown hay or the blossom of buckwheat. You may have in your windows now fceau'.iful plants and flowers brought from across the seas, -but not one of them stirs in your soul so mnch cbarm and memory as the old ivy ana the yellow sunflower that stood sentinel along the garden walk and the forget-me-nots playing hide and seek mid the Jong grass. The father who used to come in sunburned from the held <tnd sit down on the doorsill and wipe the sweat from bis brow may have gone to his everlasting rest. The mother who used to sit at the door a little bent over, cap and spectacles on her face mellowing with the vicissitudes of many years, may have put down her gray head on the pillow in the valley, but forget that .-home you never will. Have you thanked God for it? Have you rehearsed all these blessed reminiscences? Oh, thank God for a Christian father! Thauk God for a Christian mother! Thank God for an early Christian altar at which you were taught to kneel! Thank God for an early Christlaa borne! I bring to mind another passage la the history of yourlife. Tbe day came when you set up your own household. The days passed along in quiet blessedness. You twatn sat at the taole morning and night and talked over your plans for the future. The most insignificant affair in your life became the subject of mutual consultation and advertisement. You were so happy you felt you never could be any happier. One day a dark cloud hovered over your dwelling, and it got darker and darker, but out of that cloud the shining messenger of God descended to incarnate an immortal sp rit. 'Two little feet started on an eternal journey, and you were to lead them, a gem to Rash in heaven's coronet, and you to polish it; eternal ages of light and darkness watching the starting out of I a newly created creature. You rejoiced and you trembled at the responsibility that in your f-ossesslon an immortal treasure was placed. You prayed and rejoiced and wept and wonderod; you were earnest in supplication that you might lead it through life into the kingdom of God. There was a tremor in your earnestness. There was a double interest about that home. Thero was an additional interest why you should j stay there and be faithful, and when in a few months your house was filled with the music of the child's laughter you were struck through with the fact that you had a stupendous mission. Have you kept that vow? Ilave you neglected any of these duties? Is your home as much to you as It used to be? Have those anticipations been gratified? God help you in your solemn reminisceuee, and lot His mercy fall upon your soul if your !andne?3has been 1)1 required! God have morcy on the parent on tb? wrinkles of whose face is written the story of a hild'ssin! God have mercy on the mother who. in addition to her other pangs. has tne pang of a child's iniquityl Ob, there are many, many sad sounds in this sad world, but the saddest sound that is ever heard is the breaking of a mother's heartl I Ilnd another point ia your life history. You found one day you were In the wronj; road. You could not sleep at nigbt. There was just one word that seemed to sob through your banking bouse, or through your office, or your shop, or your bedroom, and that word was "eternity." You said: I "I'm not ready for it. Oh, God, have nioriiyl" The Lord heard. Peace came to your heart. In the breath of the hill and iu the waterfalls dash you heard the voice of God's love. The clouds and the tree:hallod you with gladness. You came into the house of God. You remember how your hand trembled as you took up thecup of the communion. You remember the old minlstor who consecrated it, and you remember the church officials who carried It through the aisle. You remember the old people who at the close of the service took your band in theirs in congratulating sympathy, as much as to say, "Welcome home, I i ? .. u. .?l|>t n,,,,,.,), H,ncA JUU lUJJt auu, 1LIVUI,.. hands be all withered away, that communion Sabbath Is rosurrected to-day. But I must not spend any more of my time In going over the advantages of your life. Ijust put them in one gr^at sheaf, tad I call them up in your me^ ivy with one loud harvest song, such as the reapers sing. Praise the Lord, ye blood bought Immortals on earthl Praise the Lord, ye orowned spirits of heavenl But some of you have not always had a Bmooth life. Some of you are now in the shadow. Others had their troubles years ago; you are a mere wreck of what you once were. I must gather up the sorrows of your past life, but how shall I do it? You say that it is impossible, as you have had so many troubles and adversities. Then I will just take two?the first trouble and the last trouble. As when you are walking along the street, and there has been music lathe distance/you unconsciously find yourselves keeping step to the music, so when you started life your very life was a musical time bent. The air was full nf iov nnrl IHlnritv with hrlcht clear oar you made the boat skip. You went on, and life grew brighter, until, after awhile, suddenly a voice from heaven said, "Halt!" and quick as the sunshine you halted, you grew pale, you confronted your first sorrow. You had no idea that the flush on your child's cheek was an unhealthy flush. You said it cannot beanything serious. Death in slippered feet walked around the cradle. You did not hear the tread, but after awhile the truth flashed on you. You walked the floor. Oh, If you could, with your strong, stout hand, have wrenched that child from the destroyer! You went to your room and you said, 4'God, save my child! God, save my child!" The world seemed going out In darkness. You said, "I can't bear it, I can't bear it." You felt as if you could not put the lonK laslies over the bright eyes, never to see them again sparkle. If you could have taken that little one in your arras, and with it leaped the grave, how gladly you would have done it! If you could let your property go, your, houses go, how gladly you would have let tbem depart ;m you could only nave Kept that one treasure!_ But oue day there came up a chill blast that swept through the bedroom, and instantly all the lights went out, and there was darkness?thick, murky, impenetrable, shuddering darkness. But God did not leave you there. Mercy spoke. As yoti took up the bitter cup to put it to your Hps God said, "Let it pass," and forthwith, as by the hand of angels, another cup was put Into your hands. It was the cup of God's consolation. And as yon have sometimes lifted the head of a wounded soldier and poured wiueinto his lips, so God puts His left arm under your head and witb His right hand He pours Into your lips the wine of His comfort and His consolation, and you looked at the empty cradle and looked at your broken heart, and. you looked at the Lord's chastisement, and you said, "Even so, Father, "for so it seemethfcood In Thy sight." Ah, it was your first trouble. How did you get over it? God confronted you. You have been a better man ever since. You have been a better woman ever since. In the jar of nbe closing gate, of tbe sepulcher you beard the clanging of the opening gattf of Heaven, and you felt an irresistible drawing heavenward. You have .been spiritually better ever since that night when the little one for the last time put Its arms around your neck and said" "Good night, papa! Good night, mammal Meat In HHavenl" Perhaps your last sorrow was a financial embarrassment. I congratulate some of you on your lucrative profession or occupation, on ornate apparel, on a commodious residence?everything you put your hands on seems to turn to gold. But there are others of you who are Tike the ship on which Paul sailed where two seas met, and you are broken by the violence ot the waves. By an unadvised Indorsement, or by a conjunction of unforeseen events, or by Are or storm, or a senseless panic, you have been fluog headlong and where yon once disponsed great charities now you have hard work to win your dally bread. Have you forgotten to thank God for your days of prosperity, and that through your trials some of you have made Investments which will continue after (he last bank o! this world has explodod, and the silver and gold are molten in the fires of a burning world? Have you, amid all your losses and discouragements, forgot that there was bread on your table this morning, and that there shall be a shelter for your head from the storm, and ther?? is air for your lungs, and blood for your heart, and light lor your eye, and a glad and glorious and triumphant religion for your soul? Perhaps your last trouble was a bereave^ ment. That heart which in childhood was your refuge, the parental heart, and wtich has baen a source of the quickest sympathy ever since, has suddenly become silent forever. And now sometimes, whenever in sudden annoyance and without deliberation you say, "I will go and tell mother," the thoaght flashes on you, "I have no mother." Or the father, with voice less tender, but with heart as loving, watchful of all your ways, exultant over your success without saying much, although the old people do talk it over by themselves, his trembling hand on that staff which you now keep as a family relic, his memory "embalmed in grateful hearts?is taken away forever. Or there was your campanion In life, sharer of your joys and sorrows, taken, leaving the heart an old ruio, where the ill winds blow over a wide wilderness of desolation, the sands of desert driving across the place which once bloomed like the garden of God. And Abraham mourns for Saruh at the cave of Machpelah. As you were moving along your path in life, suddenly, right before you, was an open grave. People looked down, and they saw It was only a fow feet deep and a few feet wide, but to you it was a cavern down which went all your hopes and all your expectations. But cheer up in the name ol the Lord Jesus Christ, the Comforter. There 1? one more point of absorbing reminiscence, and that is the last hour of life, when we have ta look over all our past existence. What a moment that'wlll T ntn aa XTn nftlttrtn'n HrHnrr rflminla. UV3I JL piauc impuiovu J UJJU(j cence on St. Helena besides Mrs. Judson's dying reminiscence in the harbor of St. Helena, the same island, 20 years after. Napoleon's dying reminiscence was one of delirium?"Tete d'armee"?"Head of the army." Mrs. Judson's dying reminiscence, as she came home from her missionary toil and her life of self sacrifice for God, dying in the cabin of the ship in the harbor of 8t. Helena, was, "I always did love tjie Lord Jesus Christ." And then the Illstorlun says she fell into a sound sleep for an hour nod woke amid tho songs of angels. I place the dying reminiscence of Augustus Crnsar agalot the dying reminiscence of the apostle Paul. The dying reminiscence of Augustus Caesar was, addressing his attendants, "Have I played my part well on the stage of life?" and they answered in the affirmative, aud he said, "Wby, then, don't you applaud mo?" The dying reminiscence of Paul the apostle was, "i nave lougct a good flght, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me in that day, and not to mo only, but to all them that love His appearing." Augustus Caesar died amid pomp and great surroundings,"Paul uttered his dying reminiscence looking up through the wail of a dungeon. God grant that our dying pillow may De the closing of a useful life and the opening of a glorious eternity. SANG "ROCK OF ACES" FOR HOURS. Iu the Meantime a ftelcue P.irtr Wti Di(< Clnj; For the Siu{;er. There comes from London the account of a remarkable rescue of a man at Brightlingsea from the bottom of a well. Samuel Webb was at work in a well forty feet deep, when the sides caved in. The earth did not bury him, but so closed the well i ore him that he was in dire peril. A. force of rescuers besan work immedi ntely. To dig in the well meant to throw dowu the earth upon Webb and kill him Instantly. Therefore the rescue party dug a shaft beside the well and then a crosscut, supporting the roof with beams so that a secoud cave could not endanger Webb and the men at work. When the rcscno party began work Wobb began to sing ''Rock ofAges,'' and he continued to repeat this hymn for seven hours, the length of time the men were at work digging the shaft and making the cross-cut. His voice was very faint when he was I!#i~w hla uramnml nnsition lit the ILLkCU. * 4 M.S. V......r r bottom of the well, and he was seriously hurt by the rocics and earth that fell upou him. Bible Cliuirs in State Universities. Bible chairs have been established in the six different State universities as follows: Michigan, at Ann Arbor; Virginia, at Charlottesville; Georgia, at Athens; Missouri, at Columbia; California, at Berkley, and Oregon, at Eug ne. * \ . vrr,i . " 5 THE SABBATH SCHOOL A INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS TH FOR MAY 28. Subject: "ChrUt Before Pilate," John Th zvill., 28-40?Go" leu Text: "I Find No Fault in Him." John xix.. 4?Cominen tary on the Day's Lesion. 28. "Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas." ^ Where the Sanhedrim, under his leader- j11" ship, had condemned Jesus to death on the i0' cnarge of blasphemy. But as they were y?' forbidden by Roman law to put any one to lQ 1 death .they could not accomplish ''heir pur- 001 pose without tbe aid of the Boor, ji author!- 'P1 ties. Iherefore they brought their pris- fttE oner to Pilate's hall of judgment. Pilate Pai we know as one of the most unjust, vlo- teD lent, cruel, and dangerous of scourges, one >'01 who was truly what his name signified, the slaying 'Javelin* of the unhappy nation, be 29. "Pilate then went out unto them." tll? From the judgment hall, into tbe open 8? court, where was an elevated tessellated tra pavement; and as was the custom, the ohair of state was brought out for him to j sit upon as judge. "What accusation bring ye against this man?" Dr. Deems'emphasizes this question thus, "What accusation do you bring against Hlm?".'It was He that had roason for accusing them. They were A.'i the guilty party. L'i ou. "ii no were hoi a muiemciur ^ovu? doer), we would not have delivered Him up " unto thee." They knew they.bad no good " charge that would stand under the lioman " law, ;and therefore they wanted Htm to " take their word for It that He was worthy " of death, and order the execution. They " took the position that they were the judges, ( and Pilate had only to execute their will. ch 31. "Take ye Him, and judge Him ac- L' cording to your law." And of course limit A' the punishment to what you can Inflict. " They had to accuse Him of political crime " to secure even ordinary attention at the " hands of tho Roman governor. "It is not " lawful for us to put any man to death." " Thus tbey>showed their true colors. They " wanted not justice, but the death of Jesus. " 32. "That the saving of Jeeus" (John 12: '[ 32; Matt. 20: 19). The Jews, in their very < efforts to destroy Jesus, were fulfilling His in] own prophecy. The accusation they mi brought was threefold, involving tbe charge " of treason, the greatest crime known to < Roman law. (1) Seditious agitation; (2) gr prohibition of the payment of tbe tribute money; and (3) the assumption of the sus- \ plcioufl title of 'King of the Jews' (Luke all 23: 2). Of these (1) and (2) w?re notori- ' ously false, but were inferences wrongly drawn from His teaching. The third (3) was wholly untrue in the sense they meant < Pilate to understand it. 4(X 33. "Then Pilate," tuklng up the charge to which might be construed as treason, goes nil back to his throne in the hall, and called 60( (summoned) Jesus. The Jews of course prl were not present, as they refused to enter ly tbe hall, "Said unto Him, art Thou the th King of the Jews?" as these Jews accuse erl you of claiming. of ?4 am iUIn / r\9 V* al t * !/" Ot "onjresi iuuu buia vuiug v& ?u;soui I *?v or," etc.; 1. o., do you ask this question pi from the standpoint of a Roman, referring vi. to secular dominion, and the setting up ot an opposition kingdom which would be wl treason, or from the standpoint of the sp Jewish Messianic hopes and prophecies, al rightly understood. _ en 35. "Pilate answered (perhaps a little sll nettled), Ami a Jew?" what do I know ar of Your hopes and prophecies? "Thine bj ownaiatioq and tbe chief priests hare de- op llvered Thee." Those over whom You so claim to be Klnc repudiate You. "What hast Thou done?" Explain the whole af- wl fair clearly to me, what have You done to bu aroase such enmity? th 36. "My kingdom." J?sns Implies that bo He is really a, King. "Is not of this world." of Its source uud character are unlike those th of any eartbly kingdom. He had made no claim to civil authority (Dr. Hovey), and had no rivalry with Rome. "If My Kingdom were of tbis world, then would My v servants ngat." rneretore it caauoi, as i have said, be of this world. This was a simple appeal to facts. His disciples w*re 4 not organized to defend Hlin, bat only as a f school to learn the truth. tl 87. "Art Thou a King then?" Do You, a poor, helpless Jew. without friends?do You claim to be a King? "Thou sayest." Your statement is true. I am a King. "To this end," for this very purpose, to be Kirg, "was I born." "For this cause came I into the world." Claiming preexlstenco. God had sent Him, His Son, V into the world for this purpose. It was tho \ plan of God. He was a KlDg of far nobler , * lineage than Pilate or Caiaphas. "That I } should bear witness unto tho truth." This was equivalent to His reiening as King, h for it was the way He established and carrled on Ills Kingdom. The strength of ! Cmsar's empire is over the bodies of men, <_f this is over their hearts. "Everyone that jT is of the truth heareth My voice." To be ~l of the truth is to draw one's inspiration | L from it, ju3t as to be of God is to be coil- ^ trolled by influences ooming from Hio)> 33. "Pilate saith unto Him, what is truth?" And turned on his heel and did not wait for an answer. "He went out again to the Jews." And rendered his verdict, < "I find in Him no fault," or crime. Hearing Galilee mentioned as a part of the country where Jesus had stirred up people, Pilate next attempts to escape from his <p, perplexity by delivering Jesus up to Herod. Herod and his men of war mock His claims to be king, andnrray Him in royal robes, and send Him back to Pilate. Pilate again summons the chief priests and elders, and folio thorn fhnt Hflrfifi acrraas With hlS-de clslon that Jesus has done nothing worthy jj, of death. He still is afraid to release Him. mi The people londly call upon him to release ]0< the accustomed prisoner. yo 39. "Ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover." A custom befitting the nature of the feast. "Will ye therefore." The choice lay with them. 40. -'Then cried they all again." At the \Vi instigation of the rulers (Mark 15: 11). "Not this man, but Burabbas ? a robber" and a murderer (Luke 23: 19). Matthew says he was a celebrated prisoner. At this | juncture messengers came from Pilate's 0u wife declaring her dream, and entreating go him not to condemn Jesua (Matt. 27: 19). Taus Pilate was moved to do right. Pilate j took water, and washed nis hands publicly to before the people, thus expressing in sym- bu bol what he uttered in words: "I am inno- wi bent of the blood of this just person; see th< ye to it." But this action and these ^9 words in no degree removed the responsi- pa frtlity and the guilt from Pilate's soul. th< Tho soldiers tnen in jest aresseu tiuoua ag In a robe, representing the purple robe tas worn by kings. They put on Him a crown pe, f thorns. They put a rod in HLs hand for of a sceptre, They smote Htra, mocked Him Co in every insulting way. Pilate once more th< appeals to the pity of the Jews by bring- na ing Jesus out before them and saying: mt "Eece Homo. Eehold the Man." At e0I length Pilate yields to tho clamors of the J Jews, when they declare practically that they will accuse Pilate to Cajsar as an mc enemy if he spares a traitor. Pilate, therefore, delivered up Josiy to be orucl- ^h fled. ou' wo me GLOUCESTER SANK THE PLUTON. ?n The Spanlah Torpedo BoatFonnd Riddled . With Six-Pounder Shell*. ga| The gunboat Yankton returned to San- 3 tiago, Cuba, a few days ago after making ])?, an inspection of the wrecks of the Spanish ag; torpedo boats Terror and Pluton. 8h? , found the Pluton lying in eight fathoms ol .. ? water three miles west of the entrance tc fJ;? Santiago harbor. r Tho Pluton was lying on her port side, which was badly stove. Her starboard ral! ? was intact. Contrary to the reports pub- I lisbnd last July that tlia Plulm fras cut ic 13 1 two by a 13-inch shell, it was found by the sal Yankton that she had not been bit by a dul large shell, but had been riddled by sis- saj pounders, which shows that her sinking ^ was due to the work of the converted yacht an Gloucester. The Pluton's condition is sucL' n that she is worthless. ^ cot A Schoolboy'* IJnlqne Record. David Williams, elflven yean of acre, th* | 3e| ?oq of Mr. Walter Williams, attendance of- I r deer under the Lianelly School Board in Wales, bas just achieved what is believed . co be a unlqua record, having attended . school eleven years without missing a sin? i? gle lesson. i Cndercround Eleclrlc Railway for London A company bas been formed in London to build an underground' lflc>.:!o railway* \ s The distance will be four ftille?. d ( TEMPERANCE COLtJMNJ E PRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST' IN MANY WAYS. e Devil's Railroad?A Remarkable Temperance Document Prepared by a| Young Alan Who ii Serving m Life-* locui curiumodr uquo if nuo J/rua?# t Vice-President of the National Temper:e Society aenda to the Advocate the fol-? ring schedule which was prepared by a! ing man who Is serving a life sentence a Mississippi penitentiary for kllllne hlsj npanion wh^le.on n/ drunken gambling* ' ' . ; ee. The younjj man .was from a good] ally in good circumstances, but as tbe| rents were negligent as to their at-j idances upon religious observances tbej # ang man fell into evil company. Yielded! the wine cup. Since he entered prlsoii . has been converted. It is hoped thae ) publication of this sohedule will do on. It is prepared by one who haa veled over the load: J THE BLACE VALLEY HAILBOAD. standard Gauge, International Line. 1 lartered under the Laws of all the States. stop-over checks. No return trains, i STATIONS ON THE MAIN LINE. i. .Clgarettevllle 7.30 a.m. r.Clgaretteville..: 7.30 a.m; ..Mild Drink Statiom 7.45 " ! ..Moderation Falls 8.00 " I ..Tipplersville 9.00 " ! . .Topersvale 10.00 " I ..Drunkard's Curve 11.00 " j j, ..Rowdy's Wood .11.30 " .. Quarrelsburg noon. 'Rflmn.lnn nnn hnnr t/v-. trnnu to(fa nnit lldren.) v.. Quarrelsburg .. 1.00 p.ma v. .Lusty Gulch J. 1.15 " . .Bummer's?Roost 1.S0 ..Beggar'sTown 2.00 " .. Criminal's Rendezvous 3.00 " . .Dellriumville 4.00 " . .Rattlesnake Swamp 6.00 " . .Prisonbnrg 8.00 " ..Devil'sGap (brakes all off).. 10.00 " . ..Dark Valley 10.30 " [Passengers may feel some discomfort baling sulphurous fames, but never nd, there is no way to return.) ..Demon Bend 11.80 " J [Don't get frightened at the dying} oans you may.hear.) 1 * $0 . .Perdition .midnightj fManv -nnsfipno?Mr? r?l Infra thomanlvna n# !" anxiety by committing, suiolde.) riokets for Sale by All Barkeepers. annual 8tatemext. j Dur vory popular line carries annuallri 3,000 paupers. Brings misery and woo 3,000,000 persons. Dispatches Into Et?r-| -3$ ty 60,000 unprepared souls. Carrie^ ? . '.55 ),000 drunkards. ConveyB 100,000 *. t? Ison. More Immigration passes annual-) over our line tban any other. We pos{4 ely refuse to be responsible for the por-f by and wants of the widows and orphans) those who ride over our line. They mftyt le with us It they pay the fare. Our ejnDrea are paid nromptly. See BotnansJ ,23. N. B. The great Llctnse Law, under ilch we operate, relieves us from all onslbllltles for accidents and suffering ' ' ong our line,.or that is caused by oar lployes. We insist that all attempts bji , ' . ly women and enthusiastic preaohen id church members* to stop our business 1 invalidating our charters are in direct iposltlon to the great doctrine of "Pert nal Liberty." f j - ^ We hereby give notice, that any woman , lo dares to oppose our most iucratm isiness will be branded a "crank," ana at any man who dares to oppose us will denominated a "bolter " from some ont tho great political parties and he takes 0 risk of losing his political influence. D. E. yil, General Manager. i. L. Cohol, Agent. ***** I jifc * j iere are at least 49 kinds of foolishness^ To drink a stimulant when not In nee<) of It, simply because asked to do so, la so foolish that it borders on idiocy. icro are as many as 37 kinds of foollslc BD. J jS One kind makes himself known by "treating" because some other fooli?ty man bos done so, or because it is et senseless "custom." J 10 "treatlni?" habit fa resnnnslblo foii sro drunkouness, "big-heads," business i?es, poverty, crime and remorse than! a perhaps think. j . '> Don't "treat" or be "treated" and youi will treat yourself better and be treat-j ed with more consideration by others' :at do you think about it? A School For Baby Drunkards. 1 3omo truly Rrue^ome fact? have comef t in consequence of a recent inquiry at >nn into the subject of alcoholism in ele-t .X mtary schools. 3Ixteen per cent, of the children refused! drink "milk because it had no taste,!* t twenty*five per cent, drank beer and? ao every day, while- eight per cent, ot; 390 babies of sevon nnd olght years of age re regularly once a day treated by their J rents to a glass of brandy "to make) strong." Of 423 children of the aamct e a? above, not a single one had never >tod beer or wine, and only twenty-flver r cent, had never tasted brandy. A tow the children were oven accustomed to gnac, ana too ouriousiact appeared tnac i number of girls who were given Cogc or brandy with their luncheon was toh larger than that of bora thus pol led." ' Lnd if these things be done at Bonn? itch prides Itself on being one of tbd ? ist cultured towns In Germany?what la be expected of less enlightened plaoos? '* e Emperor, when uext he is on the lookt for a new field of activity, might do rsethan turn his attention to the elentnry schools In the town of the Muse? the banks of the Bhine. * t The Crnflade in Paragraphg. , iefore the devil can be chained, ther uvu uuyt rnuai uu uuueu. ?iiree saloon keepers of Sullivan, III.4 J damnge suits aggregating 821,000 filed linst them in one day lately. Ieat is worth odo dollar a pound in nila. This is probably duo largely tc 1 tact that most 0! the Manila butchers re recently gone into the saloon buslis. Ivery Intemperate man in a community iko a derelict at sea, a danger to all who 1 the same waters. No drink while on iy is nn axiom not of morals, but ot ;aclous prudeneo. Ve are blameworthy for the existence ol evil that we will not try to destroy. 'he Augusta Ciironicle is authority for >.statoment that a law in New Zealand npels intoxicated men to have their atographs taken and distributed to barkers, who, thereafter, must refuse ta 1 them liquor. n bis annual statistical statement ot Boat's drink bill. Dr. Dawson Hums state? it last year the United Kingdom spent 00 ? oxidants two million and a fifth men in in 1807. In Scotland, however, there 3 a slight decrease. Ltomperancmlomonstratlon is to bomnd? the Paris exposition by opening on tha >unds avoryiargotemperanco restaurant fflther with what are termed "Klosaue* Temperunoe," from wbich all a!colioll< uIls will be excluded. 9 N ;