Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mil ra ) tar?:e Reinforcements Continue to ^ Sail For South Africa. VALUE OF COLONIALS RECOGNIZED I Troop* From England, Canada ?n?l Now /Zealand Knthu*iaMlcally Cheered a? They Leave For the Front?Duke of -* Marlborough Sail* For South A'rlca? (hlils and End.* of New*. London (Dy Cable).?The departure of the second detachment of Loudon %'olunteers for South Africa Saturday led to a f repetition of the scenes of enthusiasm of the previous Saturday along the whole routo from Wellington Barracks to Nine Elms Station. At the latterpoint theDuko of Connaught, the Lord Mayor, the Sheriff? DUKE or VARLBOAOGG3. {He goes to South Africa as a volunteer ia the Yeomanry.) and other dignitaries had assembled- The volunteers were rapidly entrained for Southampton, and steamed away to the strains of the national anthem. Large crowds met the volunteers at Southampton and gave them a ringing send off as they embarked on the transports Ariosto, Kinfauns Castle and Gaul. , About 11 o'clock the Dakfr-^nd Duebnss of Marlborough drove to the Waterloo railroad station and made their way through a crowd or khaki clad ofBcfers aud Red Cross nurses nud a labyrinth of baggage trucks to the reserved saloon carriage, where Captain and Lady Greafell, Ladies Blanford, Dudley aud Essex and Mrs. Arthur Paget were seated. Crowds cheered the Duke when the train departed. The Duke is much pleased at the expressions of friendship for Great Britain emanating from the United States, and is; seriously anxious to lsam if such feelings represented the majority of American opinion. JudgiDg from all appearances nnd from the frankness of his conversa-^ tlou, the descendant of England's greatS warrior has dropped bis ra:.k and is just! an ordinary Captain of Yeomanry, bonostl^ I anxious to serve his country aud to ' late, as far as in him lies, bis famous an-'.' cestor. gB 1 A special dispatch from Naples says tlujra Mr. Macrum, former United State* Consal;, at Pretoria, is reported to be the bearer 0>t ~-, n letter to President McKiuley from Preil?S! dent Kruger in which the latter proposes, peace terms based upon the status quo, with complete independence and a saveafear franchise. ** Advices from Cnpft.Town say1 that EiflJd Marshal Lord Koberti Has uppolntea l?cra Btanley, Member of Parliament for Southeast Lancashire and a former lleutenantof I the Grenadier Guards, to be press censor. Lord Koberts has Issued a general or* Jer forbidding looting. . Large reinforcements h*vebeen received At Cape Town. The American hospital ship Maine has also arrlvrt. / Trials for disloyalty are jta.iorogresa at Queenstown as well as at QapflrTowa. The Modder Biwr.newa Is light v hpt from KlmberlafThere.Jjpi recital of ati uosuccessfal Bow attwnpt to capture one thou-, sand De Beers horses and males. Boer prisoners declare that the Oran&'e Free State and Transvaal burghers,-are good friends and have no Idea of giving tip the tight even when defeated. / General Lord Kitchener is reorganises the British foroe near Stormberg.'- > The War Office has recet&d the following from Lord Boberts at Oape Town: "General French reports a demonstraiiOD Witt cavalry And two gun's toward Hebron on Friday, but that otherwise hi* situation Is unchanged." CANADIAN TBOOPS DEPART.' Great Demomtralloa In Btllhx When the Artillery Section IMtiled. Halifax, N. S; (Bpeola!).?The first Motion of the second contingent which the Government of Canada Is sending to Sooth Africa to take part in the war embarked on the steamerj Laurentaln, whlah had been chartered for the purpose Saturday. The paction consists of artillery, and Is in com-. muod of Mujor Hurdmau, 1 The scene along the streets as the soldiers marched to the pier was one of great enthusiasm. Thousands assembled along the line of march nnd cheered almost constantly, waving flags and baiidkerohlefs. s New Zealand Troop* Sail. Wellington, N. Z. (By Cable-).?The see* ond New Zealand contingent sailed for South Africa Saturday. The Premier, in a Bpeech to the troops, said that, If neoM? Bary, he knew that every man capable of, ^ bearing arms would volunteer. By helping, the Empire, they were securing New Zealand, and upholding the Queen, the coun . ry auu cue coDsutuuon. Colonials to be Enlisted. Cape Tows (By Cable).?Recognizing the Importance of colonial troops, Lord Bobarts has authorized the formation of a complete division of cotoniula under General Brabant. It is intended to raise in Cape Colony additional mounted irregulars. As a further mark of favor, LordBoberts, it Is said, intends to select bfc. own bodyguard from tlie colonials. Boer Lob*os Intimated 6125. Rexsbcrg, Cape Colony (By Cable).? Carefully compiled Azures from republican sources, some of which have been investigated and found to be correct, show the Boer losses up to date are, approximately, 0425 men, including 2000 casualties during the siege of Ladysmith. No rriaouer* Admitted to a Prison. The Kansas Penitentiary Is qunrantinedy against tbe entire State, and Sheriffs, have been notified that prisoners will not ba received. Smallpox exists in several localities. and it Is sought to protect the one thousand prisoners. Boer-Brlliali War Notes. The Boers do not curry bayonets. Men ^ver five feet nine Inches high are not enlisted iu the British cavalry volunteers. Genera! Bnller is using a number ol traction engines to haul supplies at Chleveley, Natal. Loodon military experts privately lay [British defeats to the incompetence ot the (generals. The Baptist churches in South Africn jnum&er twenty-two, with a membership ol (nearly 1700. j It is said that the loss ot the Boers in killed since the beginning of the war fa 4000. These llgures, however, are net re'sarded aa authentic. EX-SLAVES DEFRAUDED. Pension Swindle is Now Reaching Great Proportions. Eflort* to Stamp It Out?In Spite of OIJl. cial Warnings Many >'ecroe* Art* Payinc Money to the Promoter*. WAsniNGToy, D. C. (Special.).?The enslave pension swindle bus taken deeper root and spread further than bad been supposed even by Government officials. The delusion that the United States Government is about to pension all the persons who were in 9lavery before the Civil War is a fixed belief throughout the Southern States, thanks to the ingenuity with which the men bohiud the scheme have fostered it. Here in Washington, where wide publicity has beeu given to the rascally chiiracter ol the swindle, poor old negroes are paying money regularly in the expectation of getting a big windfall from the Government and now reports from all over the South ahow that the delusion is spreading everywhere fastar than the Government exposures can follow: A discovery made by the Senate Committee on Tensions shows what a lucrative scheme this must be to the men who are preying on tho ignorance uf an unfortunate class. The committee has two "membership certificates" in the so-called "association"'to which the former slaves are induced to belong. It costs twenljjr-flve eent? to get oue of these cortifloataij and the duos are ten cents a month. Bttsides that, before a local branch of the "association" is formed its members have to pej $2.50 for a charter. One of the certificates which has fallen into the hands oJ the Senate committer Is dated July 5,19'J7, and Is numbered 1307. Tti&otlier is dated April 17, 13?9, and is numbered 33,710. This indicates the momentum with wbicli the delusion is spreading. By the time the secoud certificate was issued?nine montha ago?the heuds of the "association" must nave g;uuureu in over ?3U,uw, wnu uu or pecses except the cost of printing and mail ins seductive oirculors. Tbe circular^ are euough to convince people more, intelligent and better educated thahcheaverave ex-slave. Tlieyar9 profusely.'Illustrated, and Rive histories ol tbe progress ot the "movement." The dissemination of this literature received a ?everQvv?8t-back when Assistaut Postmaster-General Heath, ou the recommendation ot Pension Commissions Evaa^borred It from tho mails. Nevertheless-though badly hampered, the promoters of the scheme continue to push tbeljp plan with unabated vigor. '.^ Unfortunately, it is easy enough to gel some unthinking Congressman to iutro dace, "by request," a bill to pension exslaves, and this has been douo in mors than one Congress. Of course, the introduction of tbe bill is the end ot it; it i? promptly killed, but that i3 enough to accomplish the purpose of the promoters They are able to say that a bill has been ot will be introduced, that money is needed for "expenses," and the victims, encour aged by the news, fall over themselves ic their hurry to pay subscriptions and dues. 8enator Gallinger, Chairman ot th* Committee on Pensions, has investigatec the matter, and added hla vigorous denun- I ciation to those of Commi-sioner Evnas j and Mr. Heath. The victims, however, be- j long to a class that is hard to reach ia the main, and the lie is traveling a long way while the truth is getting its boots on. TO REPAIR THE CONSTITUTION. ( i Bill to BeCQlnuiiii?lon the Old Frigate Ke afifporteil Favorably. (Special).?Senato, ^Itfiaoj from the Senate Committee or ^jjfatB' Amtlrs, reported favorably the l.?i 1' ' the Secretary of the Navy tc repair of the old United Stale: frlp^ODBti Itutloa and to recommissiot | Washington Navy Yard or as the Secretary of tlio tfavy may det&^ae. STEAMSHIP CUT DOWN. ArdShtxthu Sinks After Collision With th. BtrmM Winter in Vineyard Sound.| ^ ,|?mbd Haves, Uas3. (Special).?Th? ateamship Ardandhu, Captain Dundas from Sew London, Conn., for Halifax, N S., was sank in collision with the Metro poUta^.lioAr Herman Winter, from Dnstot forljj^w York City, off Robinson'a Hole Vlneyard Sound, and cut half way through f the ArJiindhu's crew of thirty frtuBfer james Henderson, of Glasgow, anc Sfliooad Mate Fred Dowe, of .Boston. The' feerman Winter reaclxed tbls porl wltlrtlflff bow gone; She bad oil bqard tb< tvrenty-qjlae men who escaped from thi Ardantdh^ Her cargo was not damaged. - * Sionll-Pox Sconrue in Utah, 4|nj&KBufferiug from u scourge c, Sittajl?ft^fewhlch has assumed alarming proponMwV. The disease spread from Monta&rifc;to the State, and the mining .'caragflr*&d small towus, as well as the larger cities have It. Qianliti Wunt Stamp Tux Repealed. The drucglsts of New Hampshire art signing petitions to be presented to tht .United States Senate by Senators Chandler aud Galliuger aSKing J or mo repeal 01 at stamp taxes affecting the drug and medi cine trade. The druggists assert that tin war tax bears harder upon them than up. on any other trade. Plague Bacillo* Found ou Rtti. The bacillus of the bubonic plague, nflijjti Ingia Adelaide, Australia, lias bwen lOBfffi ou dead rats in a place where a piag$ftvpa< tient was isolated. The Australian col1 onles have declared Adelaide an lnfectecji Cavalry Back From Cirtia. ' The United States Transport Kllpatrftjk from Nuevitas, Cuba, arrived at Newport News, Va. The Kilpatrlck had aboard a squadron of the Eighth Cavalry, com manded by Major Wiliiam Stautou, eightytwo enlisted men, II/e commissioned oN fleers, one acting assistant surgeon and sixty horse3. They started at once for Fort Riley, Kan. Sauta Cruz Occupied by Our Troops. The Americans have occupied Santa Cruz, on Laguna de Bay, Laguna Province, P. I. It was reported many insurgents were concentrated tiier<>, bar the town was tound deserted. CAPE NOME GOLD FIELD.' ?? Information Given by the American Consul at Victoria. I i I I j Heavy KimIi l?xpecte<l In the Spring?The J Co-it of Living?$'200 Will Kent ? I Small House. Wasiiinotox, D. C. (Special).?Abraham j E. Smith, United States Consul at Victoria, li. C., iu a report to the State Department, predicts a great ru3li to the Cape Nome gold Held In Alaska this spring. The distance from Victoria to Cape Nome is 2500 miles, entirely by water, and the transportation agencies have a'raady booked al[ the passengers that can be carried on the . first trips on all the vessels that can be ob- | tained for the service. At a recent meeting of representatives of the company it was | computed that 65,000 persons desired to go to Cape Nome as soon as possible. The prevailing fare from Seattle or Victoria to Cape Nome is $100 for Qrst-class and $80 for second-class passage. The rate for the transportation of freight la $40 a ton. "The reports that had been circulated last season in regard to the gold discoveries at Cape Nome were quite generally disputed here." writes the Consul, "the opinion being that the Atlln and Klonklke eouutrles wore-jnore promising and also easier of access. Biit the last two steamers from the Norttreffectually dispelled all un- J certainties, the passengers bringing with them indisputable evidence that all along the beach iu the vioinity of Cape Nome gold in paying quantities can be had for the digging. . , "A number of these men have called at ; the Consulate, exhibiting specimens of tho j gold, saying they dug It on the beach ne?r the water's edge; that men with only hand shovels and the simplest and rudest of , pans cleared from $50 to $100 and even $300 per day, while sometimes a clean-up of from $1000 to $1500 has been reported. Nuggets worth from $300 to $400 vere found near Anvil Creek, and it is believed $300,000 to $400,000 was taken out of Snow Gulch last summer; one man, it is said, took out $190,000, while another claims i still more." 1 Consul Smith reports that there are now between 5000 ana GOOOvpeopie at Nome City, Anvil City, Cape York, Port Clar- ' ence, and other places in the vicinity, housed in buildings of the most temporary character. There are two newspapers printed in the district, from which he extracts the market quotations current last fall. Beef and butter were $1 each n pound, flour $10 a hundred, wood from $35 to $50 a cord, tomatoes $3 a can, coal $75 a ton, and lumber $250 a thousand feet. Eo3t;iurunt prices were on the same scale. The charge for a steak was from $1.50 to $3. For aa order of ham and eggs.or three eggs one had to pay $2. For $1.50 the hungry/ miner could regale himsslf with pork chops, mutton chops, boiled mnckeral, a hamburger steak, or an oysterstew. If he desired to spend only $1 he could have a choice of I corned beef hash, pickled pigs' feet, a box I of sardines, a Welsh rabbit, or a cup of | co(Too with bread and butter. i The rent of an eight-room house at-Capo INOme is pur iduuiu, uuw VI i labor is ia proportion to the -p Lougslioremeu receive $2 a&TjOMrjMM cat-J ptuter.s 51.50. The ruliu? Inp'a colored linen shfrt, fQX^MraP ilitntioa or the rare and iaxurio^jflHpR; known as the wblte^hlrt. Clg&re.'ind drinks cost fifty oents afcb. STARVATION IN INDIA. Worst Fears Realized and 49,000,000 Person* In >eed of Relief. Calcutta (By Cable).?The Council a few | days ago considered the famine situation. l'be official ostimattf3 9how the cost to the I Government of the relief works, etc., to tho end, of March will be $12,8r.0.000. I About 22,000,000 persons now are affected in British territory and about 27,000,000 in the n\tlve States. The Viceroy, Lord Curzon ot Kedle3ton, said the famine area hud expanded, surpassing the worst fears, and they were now facing a cattle, water and food scarcity of terrible character. About 8,250,000 persons, he continued, already were receiving relief. While In 1897 tho world 'shared India's ; sorrow and contributed hundreds of thousands of pounds toward the relief fund, the Viceroy pointed out, India now would nave to siru^mo uiwuo, iui vuo mvufi'iu of every Englishman ia the world were centred on South Africa. It would be the duty of the Government to pursue the task of saving million') of lives, and ic would pend Its last rupee, Is necessary, to do ja. AMBUSHED BY FILIPINOS., Two Americana Killed in a Elgbt With Insurgents In Lacuna Province. Washington, D. 0. (Special).?The' first untoward happening in the highly successful campaign now going on ia Luzon Is announced by General Otis in the following dispatch: "Manila. "Pack train of twenty ponies, transporting rations between Santo Tomas and Snn Pablo, Laguna Province, escorted by fifty men under Lieutenant Ralston, Thirtieth Infantry, ambushed yesterday; two men killed, live wounded, nine missing; pack trnln lost; lieutenant and thirtyfonr men returned to Santo Tomas with killed and wounded; affair being lnvesti HjDoret, Forty-fifth Infantry.struck ic9urIflfliita la Batanges Mountains, propared in Mnluuh to. moat him; he killed eight, wounded three, captured seventeen, one Spaniard, six rifles. His casualties, two meftfcllghtly wounded." A LYNCHING IN KANSAS. Two Murdernrs Ilonjjfld by fi Mob In the County Jail Yard. Fout 8cott, Kan. (Special).?George Sil- i bee and "Ed" Moelcs, half brothers, who were convicted of murder early ia the weeli, were lynched by a mob in the county jail yard here Saturday. The two men, who hailed from Kansas City, had been convicted of murder in tiio lirst degree, their victim being a young German farmer named Leopold Ediinger. The crime occurred near this city In October last. Father Kills His Wounded Son. At North. S. 0.. D. Jefeofct shot down hig i brother, Jame$\A. Jefooat. A3 be Iny | wounded on tbe'gcouad their futhor flred j ut the prostrate bJdy, killing his 900. It was the ending 0ft a family quarrel of long standing. '' ^ - Mr?. TevU Gets 87,000,000. Mrs. Susan Q. Tevis received nearly all of the estate of her late husband, Lloyd Tevis, by a decree of distribution from Judge Coffey at Snn Francisco, Cal. Tue property distributed to her Is valued at about il,000,000. The eutire estate was bequeathed to her, and she Is to make provision for the Tevis clilidron. , John llaakln Dand. | it hfB%ome, liraQjjJJpoil, on Coneston Irako, England. W^yq'one years old, andjtiad llpij^f^^^^^ye^rs In^jlaaloa, ' between Yaag4p|jk^^ ' wi3e killed and wounded. Brijcailler-General Anderson Retired. Brigadier-General Tbomas M. Anderson, Commander of the Department of tlie Lakes, has been relieved from active duty, having reached the age ltmit, slxty-foui years THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.I WftRhlngton Item*. firigbani H. Roberta pleaded before th? (louse of Representatives bis rip;bt to a ?ea! is ii member from Utab. Officer.? of the State of W.ishinsrton are ] accused of having Jieeri iastrumeotal in j the kidnaping uy British Columbian or(lcials of an American named Everett, and the State Department will investigate. The Navy Department has prepared a tariff Tor Guam based on the schedules now j In use for Cuba and Puerto Rico. The House passed the Senate measure to | Duild the League Island and Mare Is'.aad dry docks of stone instead of timber. The Senate resolved to make an inquiry is to polygamy in the United States. Colonel George II. Raudall, Eighth lafantry, and Colonel James 31. Bell, Twenty-seventh Infantry, wert nominated by !.he President for brlgadler-geuerals. A delegation of Puerto Ricans appeared oefore Secretary Root to urge measures for ihe relief of the people of the Island. The Senate bill increasing the powers of :he Director of the Census was passed, with a proviso that the printing must be* lone by the Public Printer. Representative James S. Shermau, of New York, has declined to accept the secretaryship of the United States Senate. Postmasters have-been notified that the postage on letters to the Philippine.} has >een reduced to two oenta. Our Adopted" lalnnrifi. Yellow fever has practically'disappeared from Havana. Cuba. There are now only ive cases In tue^hospltals. General Otis will' extend the time at which natives must retire to their houses from 8.35 to 10 p. m. The.inhabitants ot Manila are jabilatit over this concession^* the early dosing of houses, etc., on the nvt QightBi prevailing there caused much disjomfort. 'v-V The Law Committee has begun work. It will establish police courts everywhere la Cuba, so.as to frlvaall prisoners a speedy hearing. Theoit will formulate a law to prevent perjury, which Is almost a national viae. I Cuba, Hawaii ?p<}.P.aerto Rico will have American exhibits, und(j)f "Old Glory," at the Paris Exposition. ;v General Maximo Gomez visited the Spanish Club at Renredlo?, Cuba, and aske I the Ynembersto hoist the Spanish flap; over the ilfib, which was Immediately done. General MacArtbut's troops arepursuing many small bands, killing numbers of the FiHpinos andseourlng guns. General Otis at Manila reassured a delegation of Filipinos who feared the United States would fotce the friars on the people Nine Americans are believed to be prisjners of Philippine insurgents in Tayabai province. Thef total customs receipts at the port of Havana, Cuba, for the vear ended December 31, 1899, was $14,072,114.79. V Domestic. At hi special municipal election In Helsua, Mont., It h^s been decided to buy an electric llghtfelaot at a cost of $30,000, and 'o bond the olty for $600,000 to buy orbulid i water, worjg^Maht. Oia^ejr ? ; JHRW30D, ot- Arlington, ure., a aeCUbaroMlieOregon Legislature, commit:e>a tftiloltfe by shooting himself la the IjL It 1s snld that domestic troubles No more enlisted men of volunteer remittents are to be sent to the Philippines. There is a Federal position at .Ohapel, Hartford Couaty, Md., that no one wants. ?t is the posto-tflce. Nobody could be found to take charge ot it, and so ft will be jlosed up. Mr. ami Mrs. William F. Gilbert, of Caniod, Conn., celebrated their golden wedding at their home. Relatives and friends 'rom Bridgeport, New Haven, Danbury and Hher places called ou them. The statement of tho State Dispensary u South Carolina for the year 1833 has ;een completed. During the year the imount of profits going to the counties, :owns and oitle^ was $220,492. The net nroflts to the State which go to the credit >f the school fund are $103,689, making tho :otnl uet profits $414,191. The total gross profits for the yoar were $483,520. Tin; otal receipts for the year;a,'were>iil,63S,933. Two daughters of the Rev. Q. N. Day J ? ? X.. Ul? A? Plia.il W OJLO Utu ffUDU (U tjunuui O iUi.a VI xsuwmw tiiver, W. V.i. They were crossing the river on horseback. The horse felt down, .browing them from his back. The father iuwr the accident, but bis sklfT sank before le could reach his children. A ohurch in Leavenworth, Kau., has o!> rainerl a Circuit Court judgment against '.be Chicago unci Great Western Railway Dbmpanv for disturbing Sunday services jy working trains near tiie church. Murshal 0. Wagoner, of Toledo, Ohio, :he Infidel wbo<e conversion to Christianity was recently announced, has burned 'lis fine library, consisting of the writings of infidels. Tbo British bark Inverlochy arrived at San Francisco. Cal., US days from Swansea, and the British ship Kilburn, 150 days from London. William Hummell, be'd at Willlamsport. ['enn., uuder the charge of quadruple murler of his family, has confessed. He refused to give siny motive for the crime. He will bo tried ue.xt March. I TH-- 1? T ^.licrlllo rcv l,oa J. IJ U UYCUIU^ X VOL, \Jl UVUitlllliu, Ikj . , u>? i sensational article declaring that trualon ami revolution are in progress. It says .bat 100,000 men would go to Frankfort If 'he situation was understood. tore lie ii. Dr. I. M. CUne, Chief of tbo Weather 3ureau of Texas, Is in Mexico establishing observations in all the Mexican Gulf ports. Major Lallaude, Chief of Police of Guaremala, a former resident of Michigan, lias jeen murdered while trying to make an arrest in a minlug village in that country. The Emperor of Germany is convinced :hat tl'.e present educational system is not ractical enough, aud he has formulated a !>luu for reforms in the ujgh schools of the jnipiro. ' : The iron and stee! manufacturers of France have lodged a protest with the Commerce Committee of the Chamber, igainst the ratification of the commercial treaty with the United States. The Royal Commission appointed tons certain the cause ol railway accidents tn the United Kingdom recommends that all railways be compelle.J to use automatic ' jar couplor.s. The Provincial Government of British Columbia has declared its intention of so uneudiug its alien exclusion law as to hereafter permit Americans to hold claims purchased from Canadian locators. Tho officials of the Bank of Peru, at Lirca, received from their branch bink ia London two boxes, each of which was supposed to coutain $25,003, put upou boinn I opened one of the1 boxes was fpund to bt' tilled with bags of shot. It is stated semi-offlcinlly that the new Herman Naval bill will ask for $ 153,000,000. The expenditures will extend over sixteen years. The Mexican Government is taking strict means to preveut the Introduction of tht bubonic plague, and has forbidden vessels from Brazil to enter any Mexican port. The whole Rhine district is threatened with floods, owing to the masses of snow uud frequent thaws. A number of the Moselle towns are now flooded. The Minister of Bolivia had a conference with members of the Brazilian Governin?nt. He eliiims the State of Atnazoiias is Hiding GuIvbz in Alt*, hu<1 demand* thai "Brazil seu'd-'troops aud-vessels to st:l>juga.te.tlie rebel Government. Duke of Took, wiio died in Surrey ajWjflPd, Iia&baen fn?iine since Adfadeatl) .<!T tho Duoheea.^ had beet^otgautly Tiini wavlir^ iiaye beei known (or a long tlin&'.bava swept along thi Chilean coast, dofoffrconsiderable damA vote of (jonndeDcWUKilJB Frtnoh Government wa9 passed bjFtli? Qhamtitr ol Deputies by a vote of 3trio74. Tue vote waf on an interpellation of the Government's attitude toward tbe strikow of St. Etlenue. GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. PRECNANT THCUCHT3 FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. His Beloved Siee|>?Redeeming Lo*t Oji portiltiJtiex?The Abiilinj; Christ?Common KhmIiy Bring* Fence?A Pr:?yet of Abnegation?Pity Mine Inflrmltiei Ai chililren dear, when evening sliaiiowi gather, flnmn fr,..inin ? hnmn to mothar'a side again. We. too. the busy hours of life all over. Turn us awuy alike frotn joy and pain; We seek the shelter of the Arms Eternal Whoso clasp can heal the wounds that lie so tittup, And. like h child on mother-bosom nestled, Forgot thi day in slleat, dreamless sleep. Th?n comes the :uoru. the sun and mother's kisses. An untried day awaiting eacor feet. The dew-washed earth enwrapped in cloudless glory, The air all rapturous with bird-song sweet. 0 glad, new morn in God's love-radiant country. Blessed are they who waken in thy light! For they shall wake who si iep upon HI? bosom; His tender voice shall rouse them, when the night ' , Of death has stolen all their pain and sorrow, . And brought refreshing to their watch. worn eyes; For death la but the hush of children sleeping To wake with smiles when dawn lights up the skies. ?Ada Melville Shaw, in Zion's Herald. ? Redeeming Lost Opportunities. Another yeaf has closed around you. Its horizon boundary has fallen behind you, SlIULblU^ Ull IVlCfOl kuia it*i ftf\j spunu \Jk my * Dili you need the last red embers of its sinking fire to make visible to you with their glow the preciousnoss of opportunities and blessings written in invisible ink while they were enjoyed in your memories? Did ycSix need the last level rays of the sunset of the yenr to slant across "all its pa3t scenes to beautify them, as the setting sun brings out the red on the pine stems and the goldon gleam on the upland pastures? The close of the year open9 your eye3 to realise how much you have lost, how unprofitable you have spent your time, how you have sold your precious hours and days for things of naught. There is no sadder word in the English language than the word "gone." How much Is gone that you would gladly recall! How much is gone that you would gladlv bury forever! How much is gone that has left you poorer and weaker than you were before! A whole year of life taken out of your little store of | threescore year3 aud ten; bow much it might hav? done for you, and how little it ha9 ac- ! tually accomplished! As it is vanishing J from ydur sight, and your eyes are opened, ! and you see the beauty of its wings, catch up after Its departing hours, seek to redeem them. And the last hours of the year, with God's help and blessing, may do more for you than the whole year has done.?Hugb Manmillan, D. D. The Abiding Christ. Thert is one thought whiou, strangely , enough, soama to bo seldom suggested to the j Christina vforld by tbe recn'mnc) of the | anniversary of our Lord's'birth. That thought j is that Jesus Christ is just as truly and es- j sentially with us now in the world as He i was when angels sang to the wakeful shep- | herds and the wise men brought their gifts | to the Babe in the Bethlehem manger. If j there was any legacy of hope and confl- i dencp which Christ bequeathed to His j disciples, ere His martyrdom on the cross, i it was that He was not to leave them in j any vital sense, but was to abide with them and with all believers la the world forever, ' if Christ should come to earth again," and ' If our Muter ware still among us." Christ is in tne world today, la every essential ssnse. His Spirit is with us?not merely ! His example, His influence, His memory, < hut His livini? movinsr. workintr. Hoiv ! Spirit. If we do not believo this, why do j wo apeak of the Holy Spirit as descending 1 upon stirred assemblages aqd moving them witb visible and mighty power, unaccounta ble save iis that of/a present, conscious ; vitally co-operative Bung? We do believe, j we must believo. In our inmost hearts, that ' ouf Lord Jesus Christ has not departed, but is witb us still in every essential and . affective sense. Common realty brings Pe ce. We sing "Nearer My God, to Thee." then i go about our several duties, letting pride, ambition, and in too many cases mere follies. till up the golden present. Turn about! Try faithful service, unswerving fealty to the Master who has a right to claim all this at our hands. A light-hearted maiden who | was preparing wedding garments showed ; a ludy a yoke she had been embroidering. | "Oh, yes." laughed the quick-witted friend. | "You will find it a yoke, this wedded life, I embroider it as you may." She was perfect- r ly correct. It was a yoke; but how much hannier. safer, more sheltered and oberlshed tbo position with a dear companion at one's i jide. and when tbo fond protection of a faithful mate made life mor& complete! i There is neither thought nor recognition of the existing yoke where, fealty exists on both sides. It is only unfaithfulness that feels and frets over, and struggles against, 30 dear a bon?. Try serving this dear Protector in all faithfulness, and this new year will help us not only to keep In safe and pleasant paths ourselves, but we may have, in fact we shall have.it in our power to help Dthers up toward the kingdom of Ood.? Christian Work. A Prayer of Abnej?ition. Lord, take from me that sorrow which the love of self may produce, but create in me a sorrow respmbling thine., Let me not henceforth desire health or life, except to jpend them forthee, frith thee and iu 'thee. r n?ii? frhnl- fhnn wr/\nlHat air a mrt rtifchftr health or sickness, life or death, but tbat thou wouldst dispose of my health and my sickness, my life and my death' for thy glory, for my own eternal welfare, for the use of the church and the benefit of thy saluts, of whose number, by thy grace, I hope to be. Thou alone kuoweat what is good for me; thou art L-jrd of all; do, therefore, what seemeth to\thee best. Give to me, or take from me; zonform my will to thine; and grant that with humble and perfect submission and in holy confidence I may be disposed to receive 1 he orders of thy eternal providence, and may eqnally adore every dispensation which will coma to me from thy hand; through Jesus Chffftt our Lord. Amen. Pity Mine Infirmities. 0 thou most sweet and- loving Lord.whom I now desire to receive with all devotion, thou knowest my infirmities and the necessities which I ondure;in how many sins and evils I am involved; how often lam weighed down, tempted, disturbed atuj defiled. Unto thee 1 come for remedy. I Entreat of thee cousolation and support. Be thou favorable unto me, 0 merciful Jesus, sweet aud grasious Lord, and grant to me, thy poor, needy creature, sometimes, at least in this holy communion, to feel if it be but a small portion of thy hearty love, that my taith may become more strong, my hope lu thv goodness may be increased.and that charity once perfectly kindled within me, after the tasting of this heavenly manna, may never uucuy. Aineu. Repentance i3 not lopping off particular sins. If I have a vessel full of holes, and stop only part of them, the vessel will sink juat n*surely as if I did not stop any. We innst break offirom all siu and turn r.nto Ood. ? bUjj&yMoo'lv PZTRQ^flhl FUEL A SUCCESS3Iaay 2f??M isanclie? and Torpedo CoaU co U?e It. . TL-e success of the petroleum fuel experiment made last autumn aboard the torpedo boat Talbot, which was fitted out with tbe special furnaoes at Norfolk, Va., ba? pfoven ao satisfactory that -Oftor boitoi Wei will be adopted fexclualvely for uae oh all launcher and amill oraft la. the Davy. ' The torpedo boat Porter bas arrived at the Navy Yard. The adopttqu of petroleum fuel Is governed by the peculiar needs and construction of each twel. The Portei already la a flyer, and it la believed can be made even faster by petroleum fuel. I INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY I I. Subject: Jean* and Nicorfeino*. Jolin 111., 1-18?Golden Text: John ill., 16- | Memory Verses, 14-17?Commentary on the Day'i Lesaou. Connecting Links.?After Jesus left Jethabara He journeyed north up tho Jorlan valley to Galilee, and over tbe mounalns to Caoa, near Naz#t;etb. Here Hp vas present at a wedding, and wrought HW Irst mfracle, turning tbe water Into wine. Thence with His mother and His brethren He went down to Capernaum, about twenty miles to the northeast on tbe sea of Galllee, where He remained a few days. John 2:1-12, From here He wont to Jerusalem to attend the first Passover of His ministry. John 2: 13 At Jerusalem He asserted His authority by cleansiug the temple from the traders. John 2: 14-22. 1. "Of the Pharisees." A verystrict and religlonc sect of the Jews. They were orthodox and believed in the immortality ol the soul and a future state. They laid great stress upon their traditions, esteem ing them as highly as they did the Scriptures. They expected the Messiah would be a temporal deliverer and king, and were generally looking for Him. "Nlooilnn-iiu " A rich ruler of the Jews, a Phar (gee and a member of the 8anbedrifl, the supreme-counoil of the Jewish nation. a. "Came to Jesu9 by flight:" The act of oleafcslng the templehatforouifht Christ into prominence. The plain inference is also, that He bad perform&d miracles that are not. mentioned by ..the Bible writers. He came privately, by night, "as an act ol prudence and dlacrotlon." The Interesting point is not why he came by night, but that he oame at all. "Rabbi." This waj showing great respect to one who had not been eduoated In the rabbiaical schools !'A teaoher come from'Goa." This was a s'omplete endorsement of Jesus and Hit work, and now, having thus endorsed aim, he was under greater obligations to accept the truth that Jesus was about to proclaim. 3. "Verily, verily." Expresses the truth and unchanging validity of what was about to be spoken. This was considered o.1* equal Import with the most solemn oath. "I say unto thee." Jesus here entered Into the very lieart of gospel truth. He did not undertake to preach a pleaslog sermon In order to make a new disciple of this "master In Israel," bht Aate a personal, thorough, heart-searching talk, in which Nloodemus wns made to understand that he was not In the kingdom of God simply because he was a pious Jew. ''Except." "Jesus meets the 'except' of Nlcodemu3 with another 'except.' Nicodemus says 'do;' Jesus says 'be ' We must be before ara rt?n Hn " "T>r.rn nfffiln." "From above." Converted; regenerate J. To begin life anew. A new life, with a now nature, new principles, new affections, new aims. It is tho being made a new creature la Christ Jesus. Gal. C: 15. As the natural birth introduoes us Into natural life, opens our natural senses, and prepares U3 tc aajoy natural things; so tbe spiritual birth introduoes us into spiritual life, opens our spiritual senses, and prepares us to enjoy spiritual things. "Cannot seV Eajoy, 3hare In, eater. V. 5. "Klagdo.cof God.Vi The kingdom of-ffrace here and of glorjnr hereafter '* 5. "0' water and of the Spirit." We present three different views as to the meaning of the term "wqter." 1. Water, washing and cleanslag (ire figurative expressions usod in Scripture to denote a spiritual operation on man's heart. It Is act necessary that we shouli understand two different things, as this 13 probably only an elliptical fnrtn of speech for the Holy Spirit under the similitude of water. 3. A number of expositors think the water has reference to Christian baptism. 3. The expression refers to John's baptism, which was unto repentance, and was alone kuown j to Nloodemua. The lost comment has un- I doubtedly the correct explanation. Jesus I simply said to NIcodemus, You must thoroughiyrepont and b'e born from above. 6. "Of the flesh is flesh." Like produces r like with regard to both flesh and spirit. We are thoroughly fallen, and a clean thing cannot come "from an unclean. 7. "Marvel not." Do not wonder at this, there are many things you do not under- 1 stand. Thou canst not even understand , Lho blowing of the wind. "So Is every- i one." As with the wind the Spirit's opara- I1 lions are invisible, beyond our discovery, 1 and known only by its effects. 0. "How can these things be?" He could i 1 not comprehend spiritual things. 10. "A master of Israel." One who had studied the Old Testament as he had, and ( thought so mucb, and accopted theposi- ' tion of teacher, ought to have known these 1 ttilDgS. I 1 11. "We." Edereheim thinks that in all j probability St. John was present during this . ontlre interview. "Do know." He spoke | with the greatest possible assurauce. Not j upon hearsay but frotn personal knowledge, j "STe receive not our witness." They re- ! ceived Hlsmlraoles as genuine, yet refused ! to accept the spiritual truths He taught, j Ye is always plural and this is spoken with { reference to the class to which Nlcodeinus j belonged. 12. "How shall ye believe." If you do not;believe the iirst principles?the be- r orlnnlngs of gospel truth?how shall ye believe |f I continue the subject farther and : tell you of the deeper things, the heavenly , things, such as "My divinity (v. 13); the ] atonement (v. 14); salvation by ialth(v. 15); the great love ot God (v. 16)?" 13. "And no man, etc." There was a false notion among the Jews that Moses had isoended up to heaven to get tbe law. ; Jesus in effect says, No one, not even Moses, bath ascended up to heaven to search out heavenly things; buttho Son of Man has dwelt "from all eternity in the Ijoflom of the Father," and has come direct from heaven. "In Heaven." He is omni- j present, filling heaven and earth with His presence, and even aow is in heaven. 14.. "The Serpent." Num. 21: 4-9. Tiie ! llstory of thebrazea serpent is a p.irabln )f the gospel. "Sou of Man be lifted up." I. In His crucifixion. 2. In His exhaltu* :lon. 3. In the publishing and preaching of His everlasting gospel. ~. 15. "Whosoever/* "Gentiles as well as Tews. "Not perish." Not bo banished ,'fom thoVresence 0( "Have eternal life." Here Is a double beneilt offered.^!Those who believe in Christ are exempted from eternal perdition. 2. TLey are brought to eternal glory. 16. "So loved." Such a love could uol be described. Jesus does not attempt it There is an eternity of meaning it. tha! little word "so." 17. "To condemn the world." To de , stroy tbe Gentiles which the Jews supposec j tab a 'nlAr>? tclinn the MeSSiP.L CSme ! It. "3elieveth on Him." Tills ixp.ies o | f;6Wfttlon from the world and a thorough .9*J3ntauce, a3 well as obedience and faith r*6llevefh not is condemned." The greatest sin we can commit agalast Gc??. Is to reject His Son. The moralist, as well as the profligate, is condemned already if he rejects Christ. MUMMEST OF ALL BROTHERS. Live -Together and Haven't Spoken to Each Other for Sixteen Years. John and George O'Brien, brothers, of Beaver Island, Mich., have lived in the wme bouse for sixteen years and during | that period never exchanged a; word with i sacli other. They sleep in thei samo bed, ! >at at the same table, ait in tfte same pew j it church, and work at the same bench in j their little cooper shop. When the men were boys they had a nuar- j rel over a trivial tiling and vowed iii the i heat of It that they never would speak to sach other again, and the compact has L lever been broken. Seated at the table side by side, they never passed each other'food. Iathecaopersbop it was frequently necoeasary for ' them to u.ce tools in common, but the one I who'Wanted the tool patiently waited till the other laid it down. When they went to- the woods to saw they pat the day through, each working stoical!y at his end .of the cross-cut saw with never a word to say. ' ' Once the brothers, ascompanled by a friend, started from St. James on thp Ice (or Sand Bay to chop wood. When out JOflde d(stance John.broke tbrough tho ice tod called?but notjon, Georp??for im>; | rtm?-WOUldn't take my hand if I reached It^lras the friend who saved John's lifel- '1 ' Manr German Corporations Formed. During 1899, 864 joint stock ,comr>ani?>?t wfth a total dapltclization of $136,000,000, 1 were chartered In Germanv. THE Wliqn He U Gone? tloua?North field Coininltr^^^^H^^HflSH the Statement* of Ptofeuor on This Subject?Dented by Sclentlsn^^HH| "Whan T nm r?rtwa ? In o.'xliflH "fh*? al'n Will shine oil in the sky; The tinkling rivulets will run. And flowers will bud and diet When I nra gone the breeze will blow Across the meadow still, Aud trees will bloom and grain will grow Upon the distant hill! Wbeu I am gone the wave3 will break Upon the sloping strand, And happy children still will make Their castles in the sand! When I am gone the bird3 will sing As blithely as to-day, A.nd men and maidens, in the Spring Will live to love away!" "When you are gone," she said, "the rose* Will blow itsolt in June; The windiu? brooklet, as it flows, Will sing the same old tune! When you are gone the ducks will quack lust ai they quack to-day, And every planet, in its track, Will swing through space away! When you are gone the bumble bee Will bumble as before, And sails will gleam upon the sea. And waves will shake the shore! When you are gone, the gentle breeze Will blow as now it blows, Bur, oh, my friend, some breweries Slay be compelled to close!" ?S. E. Klser, in 'Chicago Times-Herald. Alcohol la Not a Food. The committee appointed at the North- _ field (Mass.) Summer Conference of Chrls^ Hull Wnrltnru Anciist 11 18(19 fcrt InvaaM-. gate the statements of Professor Atwater* of Wesleyan University, on the nutrltlvo) value of alcohol, has made an exhaustive! report iu a sixteen page pamphlet entitled) "An Appeal to Truth." | This committee acted in co-operation with the Advisory Board of the National Temperance Societies, the Presbyterian Woman's Temperance Association,the Permanent Committee on Temperance of the General Conference of the Methodist Epls- ' copal Church, the Permanent Committee on Tempernnceof the Presbyterian Church,' / the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Massachusetts Total Abati-i neuce Society, the National Department of! Scientific Instruction and the Non-Parti-: jan National Woman's Christian Temper-: ance Union. {> I Under these auspices the data furnished1 Dy Professor Atwater as the result of his: experiments at Middletown were subjectedl to a searching Analysis by leading experts; in physiological chemistry, and the following deductions are made: l Flr9t?Professor.Atwater says his experiments proved that alcohol Is oxidized tni the body. This is not denied, but it Is1 denied that Professor Atwater's claim; ) proved alcohol to be a food. Many poisons; f besides alcohol are oxidized in the body.; j The Middletown experiments are said to J prove that alcohol in being oxidized in tha I body furnishes heat and energy. This, . again, is not denied. But the assertion ismade that the claim proves nothing in -v , favor of alcohol, because Its Injurious action at the same time far outweighs th* vflue of the heat and energy It liberates^ as 13 liie casu wua otuor puiauua uuuiiQu, In the body. . ? ' v Seoond?Professor Atwater ia Ills experiments proved that alcohol protests the materials of the body from consumption: just as effectively as corresponding, Amounts of sugar, starch and fat. But! eminent scientillc authorities testify that! , these statements are not supported by bf6; > own figures in the tables of his first official1 ' data, bulletins, published by the Depart-' ment of Agriculture in 1399. This is the) testimony of professors occupying the' chairs of pathological chemistry in the; University and Believue Hospital Medical) Society, New York; of physiology in tho! Medical School of Northwestern University,1 Chicago; of hygiene In the Medloo-Chlr-urglcal College, of Philadelphia, and of af former professor In the Philadelphia Polyclinic aud College for Graduates. Third?These scientists, after careful ' ' study of Profo3Sor Atwater's report, ?amel to the same conclusion, viz., that bis tables! do not show that alcohol protected tho! oody material, but show, on the contrary,' i distinct loss of nitrogenous maternrt svhen alcohol was administered. The en-: tire testimony in an "Appeal to Truth"; ioes show that, according to his own ta-' < > ales, Professor Atwater's costly expert* , ments hav? produced uo evidence to sustain his charge of error against the present temperance teaching tbat alcotioi la not a food, but a poison. Fourth?The report says of Professor Atwater's unpublished experiments: "If thoy show the same loss of nitrogen in the man who took alcohol as do bulletin No.' 69, such unanimity wohid by so much refute the statement that alcohol protects the materials of the body for the consumption. If they should vary, that variation would prove such data inadequate, for to be worth nnythlng for generalization there should be uniformity in the results of such a limited number of tests made under the conditions so unusual to Everyday experlance." An English Soldlnr'n Testimony. , An English soldier recently returned from India, and at a temperance meeting ho attended said that he had only been home a few hour3 but was proud to bear testimony in favor of total abstinence. He . had been in engagements on the frontier,' marched under the burning rays of an Indian sun, camped and lived on the Himalayas where the snow was ever present, represented his country in swimming, cricket and football matches, and amidst it all enjoyed good health and had not tasted a drop of intoxicating liquor. Drink was the greatest enemy a young soldier had to contend with in India. It unfitted him for action, rendered him more llubleto fall into vicious habits, and was most dangerous to health. As Secretary of the Army - > ?- LI. Temperance Association m ma regime^., he had care'uliy complied the returns ol crime, sickness, etc., and but for the drink, crime would almost he unknown and the hospital cas?s reduced more tban one-half. The teetotal soldier was more to be depended upon when dangerous work had to bo done, and his superior officers used to select men from the members of the A. T. A. on such occasions, and these men were not ashamed to be known as "Havelock's Saints." Xew Method of Temperance Work. This bas been started by tho Illinois Christian Citizenship League. It consists of a series ot meetings, at least four, and children's meeting. At these meetings the people are asked to come forward ana sign a pledge to the effect that they wilt do all in their power to prevent the sale of intoxicating and malt liquors In their own town, except it be for medicinal andchemlcal purposes. On oach signer a bit of red ribbon is pinned; also on the children at their meetings, when they promise to help. The Crnsade in Urlef. >: : ,If you wish to keep out of debt, keep out .. - ' ? > V or tue saioon. The way to prevent drunkenness is to de- > ' Uroy the cause. Drink revenue is wet with tears and stained with blood. A good example is set by tbo Boston Fire Department, In that any member of the force is subject to dismissal who enters u saloou while in uniform. A woman was the first person to cause the arrest and conviction of a saloon keeper at Biuffton, ind., for keeping his drunkard factory open on Sunday. ' The new legal code in Germany ordalDS that habitual drunkards are put in the same .category us minors. A minister addressing a gathering of ministers at Hartford, Conn., is reported to-ll|we advocated a re.Horc to whipping as a punishment for drunkards. I^^GRuudlan liquor dealers are organlzlng-fijL the coming Dominion elections agents going all over the couu> try forming branch leagues of the different ^eourtmttyts of the trade. "Wpftmy^of young rufflaus, worse barbaSKfe thaSfc^uncivilizdd countries car show, Is beifiy trained to vice and orlme throughout the country by rum and it? allies'. This is a terrible indictment, uo> merely of the nation's youug manhood but also of American civilization itself.