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BRITISH RETREAT.
General Boiler's Army, Unable
r to Relieve Ladysmith, Recrosses
(lie Tagela River.
FAILDPiE OF Wffl
Boers' Rfsrht Tisiik Impervious to
L Attack After Despf rate Fighting: in
f Which They Say 1500 British
Soldiers Were Killed.
General Culler's Report of Defeat?He
Says the Difficulty of Securing.a Water
Supply Contributed to the Failure?Kerreat
Accomplished Without Interference
From the Boer*?Bullet' Thinks
This Shows That tho Burghers Have
Been Taught to.Respect the Fighting
Fnwers of the British Soldiers?The
Danger of Intervention by Kuropean
Powers?England l'repnren For Any
l'.-?...nrr_nrrl?ri to the >'uvy.
London* (By Cable).?General Bailor ha9
^ Informed the War Office that his entire
force has retired across tha Tusela River,
K leaving tho Boers in full control. The following
is the text of General Bulier's dispatch,
dated Spearman's Camp on Saturday:
"On January 20 Warren drovo back the
enemy and obtained possession of the
southern crests of the high tableland extending
from the line of Actou Homes and
Hooger's Poort to the western Ladysraith
hills. From then to January 25 be remained
in close contact with the enemy.
' ?GESERAL Slit HEAVERS BCLtEB.
( He has met defeat twice at the hands ol
the Boers iu his efforts to relievo Lady?;
smith.)
"The enemy held a strong position oa a
ransro of small kopjes stretching from
northwest across the plateau from Acton
Homes, through Spioa Kop, to the left,
bual: of the Tugela.
J "The actual position held was perfectly
j 'teuable, but did not lend itself to an adf
vaace, as the southeru slopes were so,
/ steep that Warren could not get au effecL
tive artillery position, and water supply
k| was a di Acuity.
"On January 23 I assented to bis attackg
lag Spion Kop, a large hill?Indeed, a
^ mountain?whioh was evidently the key of
I the positioD, but was far more accessible
' from the north than from thp south. .
"Oa the night or January418 he attached
Kniou Koo but found it Ydrv difficult to
bold, as its perimeter was too large, and,
venter, which lie bud been led to believe1
existed, in this extraordinarily dry season,
was fouod very deficient, .... :-/m
"The crests were bold all that da*;
against severe Httuclc And a heavv shell
Are. Ourtnen fought with great gallantry.
Would especially mention the conduct" oL
the Second .Qaineronlans and the Third';
King's r.iflijs, who snpported the attack oirl
the mountain from the steepest side, ahtf'
la each uaso fought tbeir way to the tdp,
and the Second Lancashire Fusileers and
Beconu Middlesex, who magnificently
maintained the best traditions ofthe British
Army throughout the trying day of
January 24, and Thornycroft's Mounted
, Infhiury, wno fought throughout the day
k equally well alongside of then*.
A "General YVoodgate, who was In com-.
band at the summit, having been wounded,
the o fleer who succeeded him deolaed on
Kr the night of January 24 to abandon the
K position, and did so before dawn, January.
tp "I readied Warren's camp at 5 a. m. on.
January 25, and deeided that a second atBfc
tact npon Splpn Kop was useless and t^>r
IMS: tofor^tUr^^t wus t0? 3tron? ^
f ''Accordrtflfij^fcpoMgA^^ggjiRTf the
force to the aoatWWBMBMKtaT At 6 a.
m. we commenced ^ RfEwios the train,
and by 8 h. m., January 27 (8aturday), Warren's
foice was concentrator sonth of the
Tugelawithout the loss'of a 'man or a
pound of stores.
"Tbe fact that tbotroops oonld withdraw
from actual touch?in some easw'the lines
were less than 1000 yards apart?.with the
enemy in the manner It did la, I think, safflcent
evidence of the morale of the troops;
and that we were permitted to withdraw
E oar cumbrous ox and male transports
R across the river, eighty-five yards broad,
f with twenty-fooi banks and a very swift
ourrent, unmolested, is, I think, proof that
F the enemy has been taught to respect oar
r* soldiers'lighting powers."
BKiriSH DEFEAT AT SPIOX KOP.
Boer Story of the Hard Fighting Which
Drove Warren's Men Back.
Boer Caup, Modder Spruit, Upper Tugela
River, via Lorenzo Marques (By
Cable).?Some Yryheid burghors forming
tbe outposts on the highest hills of the
Spion Hop group rushed luto the laager
announcing tint the British had taken
Spion liop. R^-enforcements were summoned,
but nothing could bo done for
Falling Tree Kills Tito Men.
A falling hemlock tree crushed E iward
Beede and his son to de-ith near Kane,
Penn. The hemlock had lodged against
auouier ireo, rniu ui~j wcin rUur.t<u>>iiii
to dislodge It whoa Che wind swayed 5j
and it fell on them.
Dentist* For the Army.
I A strong effort is being made to open the
army to dental surgeons, aud a bill has
been prepared for introduction to Congress
authorizing the appointment of such surgeons
with the rimk of Major, so as to
allow one for each regiment.
Boer-Uritluli War Note*.
The British War Office has plnceil an order
feor thirty-two billion cartridges iu
oases.
About 200 telegraphers have been sent out
with the various army divisions la South
Africa.
The peace minority io England have
formed a South African conciliation committee,
Among the prisoners taken by Lord Dundonnld
was a grandsou-in-law of Presldeat
Kruger.
The American mule must be vacoinated
before he can be enlisted In the British
Armv service in South Africa In the future,
Tbe Admiralty ban passed upon his case.
?ad decree is final.
f
some time as the lull was enveloped Ic
mist. At <la\vn there was a siguitleant
Sinn, the Kuflirs Oeeing to their kraals
ffoni the hilly. Telegraphic comouitiication
with the head laager was also cut oft.
At daylight the Ileidelberg and Carolina
eontingeuts, who were supplemented, commenced
the ascent. There are three spurs,
rather precipitous projections, facing the
Boer position. Up the^e the burghers,
leaving their horses at the llrst bault o?
rocks, ascended.
At the summit they found the British
heavily entrenched. Between the British
trenches aud the Boer commaudos there
was a stretch of open veldt, which had to
bo rushed under a heavy rifle, Ivddito and
shrapnel Are.
Meanwhile two parties ot burghers-as- j
cended the other two spurs', covered by the j
Free State Krupp, Creusot and Maxim i
guns. The British tried to rush them, tut
tliA*r inffintrv f?*l! na h*ifnr? n k^vMia Th?
Urine continued with undiminished furv.
the Boers advancing step by step until 2
o'clock. '
Then a white flag was displayed and !
150 British in the first trenches surrendered.
They were seut to the head
laager.
The storming of the rest of the summit
was still proceeding. The ears of the beholders
were deafened by the tremendous
cannonade. *
At midnight the British infantry advance,
of which the earlier stages had been reported
in the afternoon, continued on two
of the kopjes east of Spiou Kop. The object
of the British was to gain the summits
of the?e two kopj.es In order to outflank the
burghers who were attacking the trenches.
Many were shot down on top of the^opjes,
but the British were so numerous TOat the
gaps were filled, automatically.
They reached the summit of tbflblsecond
kopje, but pot no further. Meanwhile the
Maxims were belching flame on both sides,
while a wall of flame from the Boer Mausers
bold back the British centre. Under such
pressure they gradually gave way, broke
and abandoned their position.
The British prisoners speak highly of
the bravery of the burghers, who, despising
cover, stood on the skyline to be shot
at by the Dublin Fusiliers, who were sheltered
in trenches. The Boers rushed the
trouches, shouting "Hands up, -wfeapoas
down." The resistance, however, continued
for some time loncer. Then th6 Dublins
aud tho Light Horse had enough,
and, throwing up their arms, rushed out
of the trenches.
An unusually high proportion of the
British lvddite shells failed to exoiode.
The effect 01 the British abandonment ot
Splon Kop can hardly be gauged yet, bat
it wlil undoubtedly be immense.
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TALK OF 1NTERVESTION.
British Xmwj to Be Prepared For Any
Zfeftd bio Ein?rj;eacj.
L0KD0*'(By 'C&ible).?'Tho intervention of
one or more of tbe European powers
against Great Britain is now more than
probable.
The whold nation suddenly roalizes this.
Every London paper announces it more or i
iess directly and calls for the fleet to be j
made ready (or action.
Dr. Leyda, who 1ih9 been received warmly
by high Government officials in Berlin
and in other European capitals, suggests
that intervention is justified because of
England's Inhuman methods of warfare,
which are contrary to tbe Geneva convention;
the wrongful seizure of ships
and th* breaobes of neutrality b^<Tortugul
inlavor of Saarland. ,
'European intervention is in the atr. Orders
sent to thi British battleships at Perim
and Aden to join the Mediterranean fleet
at once show that the British Admiralty
expect to be called upon :it short notice.
In her present temper England will not
stand Intervention from anybody. Hence"
the baste to (rot the fleet in shnpe to stun^
F^wflHF^yiuioed state of construction
pw^raMK^DlQflr oI tVe.HiposItioa.wlll oc
jlti^l^&^dvortised jifttl, even if it b?d^m^^Mniary
to tfork day und sight
Tbe'"ipflirlian sectloa Js-tbe subject ot
njax^r-'aiforeciHtlve notices in the' pre&s.-j
Th?:
J The i?* w
krt ii
Health la about a 4Q<Vin counties in which
the disease 1? the rfiosrfcerloiis, the last being
that ofCaldwellygfljunty, where nearly
flfty per emit, of the MSBple aro 'snfferiuz
from the dlJpase. Th?f cause of these resignationjiFtihe
InokjBi'mouey wifU wlilclP
Th?disease-.j^fi^dirUasLJEore virulent,
and^fatallttiMM^^nJgri^rte'l la coDsldloo,
shows affllcrWlllianx
H. a^qj^^.j?tObicago, has purchased
at mastal^pailo the plant oPrhe
Patrons NotlOQaj=Banufneturlnc: Company
aud 602 acres otl'nnd known as Mildred,
^llL Theprlce was *31,000. Mildred was projectedaome
five years ago by a number of
grangers who Intended to form a model
manufacturing . town where farm implements
/or the entire country would be.
made. The scheme was a failure.
Capture otTul bj tlie Army and Navy.
? ..vu i.lmirul Wntunn
& CUL/iD^l?UU uuui >. ..?wvu ?k
Manila has bsen received at the Navy Department,
Washington, telling of tbe capture
of Taal Jiy tho army and navy1. It
appears from the dispatch that the gunboat
Marietta of the navy performed important
service in shelling the insurgent
trenches, while taujor Johnson with a battalion
of tbe Fifty-sixth Infantry carried
tbe bridge crossing the river between Taafi
aud Lemlrlng. >.i?
Knforclnc Sunday Laws in
Tlie Sunday laws in Baltlmor&;jijp?
1 were enforced Sunday with .aitrM^'jqjbr
by directiou of the Grand Jury. v
Took Cera* Worth
Diamonds valued at $ 093 wec^jj^o!4^
' from thcsafe in the office ol Joseph
ison <k Son, manufacturing jewelt^*.10;
: Philadelphia. The thief was la p0 session
1 of the combination, ns there were -?
on the safe. There was notii'-;. ,?, ? j.*
i cate the manner in which."1?. 7. ?
. entered the office, and it *9 believed ho
was familiar with the pla;e'
Smallpox Epidemic Ser'?,l*in M lnlMippi.
The new State Boardjf Httalth organized
at Jaokson, Miss., by Meeting Dr. Gant. of
, Water Valley, Presid3"1- , The smallpox
situation was declar'? serious all over the
( State, and oompulsf1^ vaccination recomBlended.
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DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON, j
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject: The TVotiilers of the Ifnmsn
Hand?Our lMiyoical Structure I'roof
of Divine Wisdom?-The Kxtended
Hand the Symbol of Infinite !Hercy?
(CopyrlRUt, Iiouis Klopsch, 1900.]
W.\sniNrtTf)\. D. C.?Tlie discourse of Dr.
Ta Imago Is a lesson of gratitude for that
which none of us fully appreciate and
shows the Divine meaning in ocr physical
structure; text, I Corinthians xiij, 21, "The
eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no
need of thee."
These word9 suggest that some time two
very important parts of the human body got
into controversy, and the eye became inso- I
lent aud full of braggadocio and said: "I |
am an independent part of the human sv?- |
tem. How far I can see, taking In sprinp:
moruing and midnight aurora! Compared
with myself what an Insignificant tblnrr is
the human band! I look down upon it.
There it hangs, swinging at the side, a
clump of muscles and ner7es, and it cannot
3ee au inch oither way. It has no luster
compared with that which I beam
forth." "What senseless talk." responds
the band. "You, the eye, would have been
put out long ago but for me. Without the
food I have eurnod you would bave been
sightless and starved to death years ago.
You cannot do without me any bofter than
I can do without you." At this part of the
disputation Paul of my text breaks in and
ends the controversy nby declaring, "The
eye cannot say unto the* hand, I have no
need of thee."
Fourteen hundred and thirty-three,
times, as nearly as I can count by aid pfc'
concordance, does the Bible spealc of'Idle.J
human hand.' We are nil familiar Wltfijajflg
hand, but the man has yet to be borirafp^
can fully understand this wondrousinatrameai.
Sir Charles Bell, the English gar*
neon, came home from the battlefield of
Waterloo, where he had been amputating,
limbs and binding up gunshot fractures,
and wrote a book entitled "Tho Hand: Its
Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evl
dencing ueaign." uueicisso proiuuuu n
book tlint only a scientist who is familiar
with the technicalities of anatomy and
physiology can understand it.
So we are all going oa opening and shutting
this divinely constructed instrument,
the hand, Ignorant of much of the revelation
it was intended to tnnke of tho wisdom
and goodness of God. You can see fcy
their structure that shoulder and. elbow
and forearm are getting ready for the culmination
in the hand. Tberd is your
wrist, with its eight bono3 and their ligaments
in two rows. That wrist, with its
bands of libres and its hinged joint and
turning oa two axes?on the larger axle
moving backward and forward and oa t)ie
smaller axis turning nearly around. And
there is tbe palm of your band, with, its
live bcnes, eaqh having a shaft and two
terminations. There aro the Angers of
that hand, with fourteeu bones, e^'oh finger
with its curiously wrought tendons,'
flvo of the l>ones with ending roughened
for the lodgment of the nails. There is
the thumb, coming from opposite direction
tc moet the lingers, so that in coa<j
junction they may clasp and hold fast that
? "An '1 uolmv f a fnl/a Tliflpa ii rd.
WUll'll ucoiiy w v kilaw*
the long nerves runniug from.. the
armpit to the forty-sir . ^musciijfc
so that all are under*! .mftawfit
The whole anatomy of your ;har?5g$ :
complex, us intricate, as wyicmetfHWfcuseful,
as God could make it. Whaf '^h
not do? It can ciimb.it can Wty WiM
pusli, it can repel,-it, c(VC me,riac?.dt*Mfc
clucl), 1'. '-an deny, it run affirm, lt cai?^Rj
tend, it can wouvo, it can batlief^t^flHi
smito, It cau bumble, it can exait,^lti?Hf
900tbe, it can throw, it cau defy, it cin.
wave, it can impreci'te, it can pray. ? ;,k
A skeleton of the hand traced ou blackboard
or unrolled in diagram or hung in
medical museum is mightily illustrative of
the Divine wisdom and goodness, but how
j much more pleasing when in living action
nil its nerves and muscles and bones and
I tendons and tissues and phalanges display
J what God invented when He invented tbe
i Human band! Two .spooltoons of it we
| carry at our side from the time when in
Infancy we opon them to take a toy till in
Ibe last hour of a long life we extend them
In bitter farewell.
With the Diviue help I shall speak of the
hand ns tbo chief executive officer of the
soul, whether lifted for defense, or oxtonded
for help, or busied in the arts, or
oiTerod in snlutnfion, or wrung in despair,
or spread abroad la benediction. Ood evidently
intended nil tho lowor order of living
boings should havo weapons of defense,
and hence the elephant's tu?t, and tbe
horse's hoof, and the cow's born, and the
lion's tooth, and tho insect's stiug. Having
given weapons or defonsa to tho lower
orders of living boings, of course He would
nnf !?:ivn mat), tho hlffllOSt order of liviUCT
beings on earth, defousoless und at the
mercy of brutal or ruffian attack. Tbe
right?yoa. the duty?of self defense i* so
#tfldent it uceds uo argumedtution. TUo
band Is the Divinoly fashioned weapon of
deferiso. Wo niny seldom have to use it,
for such-prirposes. but the fuot that we art)
equipped insures safety.' Tho hand ii a
weapon sooner loaded than nuy gun,
aooner dfuwn than any swor<!. Its Angers
bont into the palm, it becomes a bolt of
Iiso it is against aci-Mcnl!
?a times in all our exportitave
with the band warded
at would have extinguished
broken thuakull or crippled
le. While the eye has dis>aok
or struck it <lcwa or
5very day thauk God for
, and If you waut to hear
iirn who tu swift revolution
kia had it crushed or at
Soa'.h Mountain or San
j let me say that he who
of tbo bnad'uniitjiircjd and
i no other. You cowards
iword.cane or carry a pis(OcJkeFbnd
better lny asido
your deadly weapon'. At the" frontier or in
bartmr<ta% Inpds or(jts aa officer of the law
about to/tud&pnn arrest such nrmk;g may
be neces&jnv but no' Citizen moving in
t'ieso regions needs such reinfo.reejMp^^Kyou
are afraid to go down
these^rtftftrdr along these country roada
,wlth<p| dagger or flroarms, hotter ask
yourjjrahdmother to go with vou armed
yith scissors und knitting needle. VVliat
co\ynrds, it not what intended murderers,
uselessly to carry weapons of deutb! Jn
our two hands God gave us all the weapons
we need to carry.
Again, the hand is tho chief executive officer
of the soul for affording help. .Tust
see.how that Itnn<l is constructed! Hi-w
easily yoa can lower it to raise the fallen!
IIow easily it is extended to feel the invalid's
pulse, or gently wipe away the tear
of orphanage, or contribute alms, or
smooth the excited brow, or beckon into
safety! Oil, the helping hands! There are
hundreds of thousands of them, and the
world wants at least 1,000,000,000 of them.
Hands to bless others; .hntyis to rescue
others, hands to -saVfr - where. What are
ail these schools and'clrurcliesand asylums
of mercy? Outstretched bauds. What are
all those hands distributing tracts and car
rying medicines and trying to cure blind
ayes and deaf ears and broken b.>nos and
disordered intellects and wayward sons?
Helping Lrnnds. Let each ouo of us add to
that number, If wo hnva tfcro, or It through
casualty only one add tbat ouo. It these
ring
.face ofChrlstv^JRf none dibept&ry Schef^'
' fer seems to Hat? put rauCfiatressupon the
hand'of GJ?riat. :.ai?d?fed.'the mere* of that
band, thtf gentleness of that hand, Is beyond
alU-W^I^portrnyat. Home Of His,'
mfraflieaHeJ^rfcrined by wml ofi month
h" t*5) ^^ n& taCfa' Tij
to ln!n!^d to me? '^9 toolc her by the
hand." Was the blind mun to have optic
nerve restored? "Ho tooi^ hjm "by the
hand." Was the domoii .to^bA eiorolfeed'
from a suffering mau? "Heftoolf Wra by,
tbe hand." The people caw this nrid be-*
sougtat Him to put His hand upon their atfiioted
ones.
HN own hand? free, 300 bow tho Lon
sympathized with th? man who had lo8<
the uso of his baud. It was a ease 0
atrophy, a wasting away until the arm ^nc
liund had bcou reduced in size beyondVi;
medical or surgical restoration. More
over, it was lib iij;ht hand, the most im [
portant of the two, for the left side in al
its parts is weaker than tb? right side, and
we involuntarily iu any exigency put out
the right bund because we know it i9 th?
best hand. So that poor man had lost
more than halt ot hi* physical armament,
It would not have been so bad if it line
heou the left hand. But Christ looked a!
that shriveled up rluht hand d.inglinf
uselessly at tho man's side aud tben cried
out with a voice that had omnipotence ic
it, "Stretch forth thy hand," and tb<
record is, "He stretched it forth whole as
the other." The blood rushed through the
.shrunken veins, and the shortenod
musclos lengthened, and the dead nerves
thrilled, aud the lifeless fingers tingled
with resumed circulation, and the restored
man held up in the presence of the skeptical
Pharisees one of Jehovah's masterpieces,
a perfect hand. No wonder that
story is put three times in the Bible, sc
that if a sailor were cast away on a barren
island or a soldier's New Testament gol
mutilated in battle and whole pages are
destroyed the shipwrecked or wounded
man in hospital would probably have at
least one of those three radiant stories ot
what Christ thought ot the human hand.
How often has the hnnd decided a destiny!
Mary, Queen ot Scots, was escaping
/coin imprisonment ot Lochlever In the
dress ot a laundress and' bad her face
thickly veiled. Wlien a boatman attempted
to remove the veil, sh^ptit up het hand to
defend it and so revealed the white and
Mir hand of & queen, asrd so the boatman; <
JooJc bier back to captivity. Again and ,
Jg&aln it has. been demonstrated that the-.
pSKLbath a language a> certainly as the
5noifth.' Paimtatry, or tbe sciencaJ>y which
fcster and d satiny^ art^reiid^lu the J
lines oiine a ana, is ywi cruueuauu uuunc
tain andftnaatlsfaatory. batvii Ritrolom '
was the m$Sr of aatroaWw^iilchemr
wag the-mother oi chemistry it may be.
that palmistry will result' In a science yet
to be born., .
Again, as the chief erebdtlve Officer of
the sou), behold thS? haj|d bpsy la the arts!
What a comparatively dull plnca this
world wfould be without pictures, without
statuary, without music, without architecture!
Huvo you ever realized what fifty
seeming miracles are in; the\ Ave minutes'
lingering of piano oitharpJOC flute? Wlio
but the eternal God edulqtilibake a hand
capable of that swift sweep of the keys or
that quick-feeling ofthephifclB of n flute
or the twirfc.of tlio fingers aajliitho strings
of the hnrp? All the compos8$;<ol music
who dreamed out the oratorlMv^d the
cantatas of the ages would hMapftd their
work dropped flat and use less'Thxt for tho
translations of the hand. Under 'the daft
fingers of the porformer what cavalries
gallop and what butteries boom and what
birds carol and what tempests march and
what oceans billow! The great architects
of the earth might have thought out tho
Allmmbfa^ and the Parthenons and tho
St. Sophias and the Taj Mahals, but all
those visions would unve vanished had It
not been for the hand on hammer, on
plammet, on trowel, on wall, on arch, on
pillar, on stairs, on dome.
In' two discourses, one concerning the
ear and "theijOtbar . concerning the eye, I
spokeiromthe pptent text in the Psalms,
"H,e thwsjp^ailed the ear, shall He not
boar?,". aftHrme taat rormea icq eye, sunu
He not see?" but what use ia tbfc.eye and .
uriyit use la the ear If the badjjf-had not
t>?H&trung with nil Its nerves adtfc move l
;Mtlx9Hjts .muscled and reticulated with
Writs joints and strengthened with all its
wooes und contrlvod with all its ingenulflei!
The band hath forwarded all the arts
land tunneled the mountains through
Whloh the rail train thunders and launehed
all the ahlppfng and fouglit all the battles
and built nil the temples and swung all the
cables under the sea as well as lifted to
midair the wire tracks on which whole
trains of thought rush across the continents
and built ull the cities and hoisted
the pyramids.
Do not culoglzo the eye and ear at the
expense of the hand,for the eye may be
blotted out, as iu tho case of Milton, and
yet i;ls hand writes a "Paradiso Lost" oi?V
"Samson A^onistes;" as in tho case of Wifi
iam II. Prescott, and yet his hand m%
write the cnchantlcg "Conquest of Peru.?-j
Or the car may be silenced forever, as in i
the case of Beethoven, and yet his hand I
may put into Immortal cadences the "Ninth !
Symphony." Ob, the hand! The God
fashioned band! The triumphant hand! I:
is an opon Bible of Divine revelation, andi
tho five fingers are the Isaiah aud theEzekiul
and the David aud the Micah and the
Paul of that almighty inspiration.
A pastor iu his sermon told how a little j
child .sppreclated the value of bl3 hand
when he was told that on the morrow it
tnu->t bo amputated in order to save his
life. Hearing thai, he Went to a quiet
place anil prayed that Qod would spare
Ids haud. The surgeon, coming tho next
day to do his work, found the hand so
much better that .amputation was postponed,
uud the hand got well. The pastor,
telllag of this In a sermon, concluded by
boldiug up his hand and saying, "That is
the very hand that v/a* Bpared in answer
to prayer, and I hold it up, a monument
of Divine moroy."
Again, the hand in tho chief executive officer
of tho sou! when wrung in agony.
Tears of relief are sometimes denied to
trouble. Tho eyelids at such time are as
hot and parchcd and burning as the brow.
At such time even tho voice is suppressed,
and there is no 30b or outcry. Thon the
wringing of tho hand tells the story. At
tho cIosh or a life wasted in sin sometimes
comes that expression of the twisted
linger;?the memory of years that will
never return, of opportunities the liko of
which will never again occur, and conscience
In its wrath pouncing upon the
soul, and all the past a horror, only to be
surpassed by the approaching horror. So a
man wrings his hands ov-.-r the casket of h
(lead wife whom ho has cruelly treated.
So u man wrings his hands at the fato of
sons and ilaugliters whoso prospects have I
boeu ruined by his inebriety and ueglect and I
depravity. S> tl'e sinuer wrings his
hands when, after a life full of offers of
pardon and peace and heaveu, he dies
without hope. When there ore sorrows too
poignant for fomentation on.,tbo lip nnd
too not lor tue tear giunus 10 ?.-um iu i?-.
tors of crystal on tin* cheek, the hnnd raoltos
Clio tragedy with more t}mt>hnsl9 than
nnvthlngin ".Macbeth" and "King Lear."
Again, thu hand is the chief executive of|
llcer of the soul ia sal.itatlon. A former
President of the United Statoa said: "I
think handshaking is a great nuisance, and
should be abolished. It not only makes
the right arm sore, hut shocks the whole
system and unfits a man for writing or attending
to other (lutia^. It demoralize.? '
the entire uervous and muscular system!"J
JJut while this exercise may he fatiguing it |
is also an opportunity. He who knows j
how heartily to shake bands has one of the
mightiest arts for conveying happiness and
good cheor and lifo eternal. After you
have shnlion hands with one a Hue of communication
is opened that was not opon
before. Two hands clasped in greeting
are a bridge on which alt sympathies and
kindnesses<md oncourageinents and blessixiurs
or033 over. , i
Hut it is not always in sncb glad greeting
that we can employ our right bund. Alas
that so often wo have to employ the hand
ia farewell salutation! It your right hand
retained some impress of all such uses, II
would be a volume of foero.woments. Oh,
i im I'nn/iiivii In which vonr riffht hand has
participated! (Joodby at the steamboat
wharf. Gou-thy at tlie rail train wlndouf.
Ooodby before tho oponlnp of ttie buttle
I Uoodby at tbe dying pillojr. Wo all needed
graeo Tor such handshakings, 1 hough on:
hand was strong and their hand was weak ,
and wo will iHM'.l trraca for tho cooilns^
goodbvs, and that graco wo bad bettor seek
:*M!e 'amid the fellelti?? aud
:itotn?^ uoutoKBU, xuankGod thore wil)
aje riojcocdby iuheavoii!
And-what'betier use can I mako of tay
haudA, which are the cbiof executlV^/fleer ,
gian how to Spread thein.
poatolic beuudictfon
ouncod for centuries 'and,,
f thousands o (assemblages,
and obseqnles, at harvpsi
aet'dayB, by all the mlalspel
lath1* past as It will b?
Ur> of tbe Gospel until tbe
; reaches up Its right hand
gtit? hand of the cbnrch
brtUqdlctlon wbiob, when it
'i&faave nothing for oufc
r h?*ven to bestow: "Jjla#
the graco of our Lord, Jesus ChrUt, and'
the love of God, aud tbd;oommuntoax>f lft";
Holy Chiost, * bo with you oil forev?r?
7
TJiere ar? 119 schools for m?K alctt W
Berlin, .Germany.
HIE GREAT DESTROYER. '
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT |
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Tj.n T? ? ?; r.nnoli *? I
rcrorntiniiA?.A Climax by Which the
Kamoua TemprriiiH-e Lecturer Thrilled
Hi* Hearers?A I'oworfal Illustration.
Oo you se-? yonder farmer just planting
bis II el J? '
lie does all the work, friends, but I get the
yield.
lie's drinking the frait3 of lite lands and I
his kine, 1
If I wait- a few >ears his whole farm will '
bu mine.
Chorus. ' |
He's workiog for me. He's working for (
mo.
My wife nnd my children he feeds, don't
you see?
Both houses and lands he is earning for ,
me. ]
He's working for me; yes, working for j
me.
Do you hear tnat mechanic complain of ,
his fate? I
Cursing trusts and monopolies early and i
late?
Vet though wages are low and prices are |
dear.
He still can find money to bay him his (
beer.
Chorus. !
My wife and my daughtora wear salttas,
' while he . .
la buying me horses and carriages?see? .
Th^naeo lhat poor washwoman, wrinkled (
gray: '
i i i J !
quo furu, uuu uwr uusutuiu ov/Uii unutws Ho
wiqte worke/blmself; then I used to fret 1
Butjpbalf loaf la bettor than none, to be j
jfry wife and daughters have jewels, but [
:--:s she ' ,
It washing: to help pay my servants for
me. I
Then there's that policeman with uniform '
g?y. ;
He's paid by the town, but the work?well,
now say,
Wero it'-not lor my business he'd soon lose f
his job.
There'd be few to "pull In" for this blue- ,
* coated "bob." j
Chorus! i
I make the men drunk and he "pulls '
them," you see.
Not a man on the "force" but is "solid" :
with me. , t
A Reminiscence of John B. Gough. j
Many and many a day ago, on the then ,
frontier line of the Valley of the Mlune- ]
sotu, in the at that time beautiful village ,
of Mankato, word went oat that Gough (
had been encuited by the local lyceum ba- ,
redu to lecture on" temperance. Gough
came. H* was received by a committee of
men who.hud fought Indians, swam rivers,
spoiled the virgin forests,-opened new soil
endured poverty, suffered hanger nnd
never surrendered their belief In tbe right.
Thev escorted bim t'o the opera house and
stage.
His speech was 'slow at first, gestures
few, illustrations not many. The village
topers were out in force, and sonje more
decent men for whom women were praying
to give over the habit of drink. He told
something of his own life, of the misery
brought by drink, of tbe laws of self-denial
and self-sacrifice. He was intense at
all times, am! this intensity bore down upon
the listeners until he had ma.de them
one with himself. Even the email village
boy Inclined to cat cali3 and gurgling
whistles was silent, .and there came
through the sepulcbrlil hall no found but
tho raw cry of the winter wind from outside.
He made some slight -.comment on the
condition of a druiikard'a-family?tho want
which came upon them, the loss of self-respect.
He described tho degradation of
spirit which rested with the habitual
drinker and how it that spirit was not destroyed
mere sisjulng of the pledge would
not redeem. He pleaded for exercise of
will power, more potent In affectiug reform
than all the drugs and medicines in
the world. This'was but developing the
minds of his hearers for a climax.
Suddenly lio swung one arm high in the j
air* and shouted:
"A drunkard and his fall to the depths
dE everlasting hell ia like the man who
climbs to the top of St. Peter's in Rome.
Ho is on the very summit of the great
dome, ttie blue sky above and the world
far, far beneath. He looks down from liis
perch, and having nothing to grasp, to
hold to, grows dizzy.
!Everytblug is wiilrlinc: now before him.
His senses leave him. He is swooning. His
feet slip. He is off of tne dome. He Is iu
the air. He is falling?
"Down!
,:Down!
"Dov?-!;.
' To Lhft'.jarth beneath and the rain ol
himself.
"Thus descends the drunkard?
- "Down!- Down! Down!
"To thy Gros of hell and the ruin of his
soul!"
The whole exclamation was accompanied ,
wit.li such use of his right arm and body as j
to bring the fearful descent immediately to '
tho eve of the mind. , I
A A A AM... ?UA Tk/v
A auuuuci iuu uvur iuo auuicuun. alio \
sobs of women were heard. Men felt uncomfortable.
Meu and women are llvlugr (
to-day who stilt feel the power of that II- i
iu".'ration, uttered by lips long alnce oold. i
?Chicago Times-Herald.
. ' i
A Terrible Drink Story.
Day by <lay Instances are made publio ot \
the disasters due to drink. Tb? wonder Id (
that tlio working classes, who are the |
greatest sufferers from the demon, do not ,
rise and demaud the total ces&SnWfc?>f the (
manufacture and sale of,alcohol as a bt>vcrage.
In London a man and hla wife went ,
{ ) bid farewell to a British Army Reservist ,
who was "Sailing for South Afrlcn. They
became .intoxicated, the woman was j
knocked flown' by an omnibus and takon to
a hospital, lint as she had a dread of bos- ,
pltnls her husband would not let her remain,
being: too drunk to realize the
seriousness of her condition. '* When be
awoktt in the roornlug he found his wife
dead by his side. Equally pitiful stories
are heard daily by magistrates and coroners,
but half the havoc wrought by driuk
is cover published.?Christian Budget.
Pr.'??ecuUon of "lirantly Drop*" Seller*.
The 3iile of "brandy drops*' by candydealers
to school children has now become
such a flagrant evil in Jersey City, N. J.,
that School Superintendent Henry Snyder,
Dr. John D. MoGill, who i? P esidtmt of
the I'olicu Board, and Assistant Prosecutor
V.m Winkle joiued In a plan for .the suppression
of the sales by prosooution of the
eller.* under tha law prohlbltfng the sale
of liquor 10 minors.
The Cruiade In Brief. ]
The Society of Total Abstainers, just
formed in Vienna, is the 11 rat ever established
in Austria. (
A large Ainerioau insurance company announces
that it will provide a special policy
at a loweijrafce for abslalners.
Scotland has beaten England in the number
of teetotal chief magistrates elected
this jear. The provovts of thirty-three
towns are total abstainers.
Nearly one-third of the towna nnd townships
of Ohio are now without legalized
saloons, largely a$ the result of the efforts
n( UiH A ml. Sn lorn. Ij<?ai;ue.
Let us not forget that the chief loss ol '
rjonrnrany In Luzon whs tho loss or out '
>&ood natno at clie hands of the salapn ? to .
w/itotliin^ ot the loss of life and health
PfondlMgtractor ol the rneu who ware made
^XFfflrbeer which Is consumed throughout, ?*
jreMfrld in a single. your would maket|$ '
imfce six feet dcop, tlireo and t|ireerqqt^a^ '
{jliatiired at tbo sugar factorlfli ^
%Qor to a nntffe is l&t!$ ^S?)nod
lsc^5SSid^or^N^rt>conted offeDMe*
HIE sakha^^^^H
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM^^Hf
FOR FEBRUARY 18.
Subject: .lesn* at .Jacob's Well, ,1ohn Jr.,
fi-SG?Golden [Text: John iv., 24?
Memory Verse.*, 11-14?Commentary
on the Day'* Lesitou.
In-tiioduction.?Sycbar, formerly She- ]
:betn, now Nablus, Is nt tbo foot of
Vlouct Gerlzlm, between Gerizlm and
Ebiil. It is noted In the Scriptureaas the j
place wbere Abraham flr9t stopped on bis j
oming from Haran to CanaaD, where God
ippeared to him uud promised to f?ivo the <
and to bU seed; and where be ilrst built }
in altar to tbe Lord. In tbo fourth cen?
;ury B. C. (about 332) Sanballat erected a ,
temple on Gerizlm la opposition to tno i
Jewish temple.
CoxN'ectijfo Li>*kk.?After the interview ,
with Nlcoderaus at the tlmo of the Passover
feust, Jesus and His followers left
rorusalem and spent about eight months
In Judea. Jesus taught the people and J r
His disciples baptized them. Vs. 1, 2. j J
When Jesus heard cf the Imprisonment of .
John (Matt. 4: 12; Mark 1: 14), and that I 1
the Pharisees were endeavoring to stir up j
the disciples of John against His disciples, i
He dotermlnod to leave the Jews and go !
Into Galilee. I '
5. "8ycbar." Or Shecbem, at the foot
>f Mount Gerlzim. "Parcel of ground."
Purchased ot the children of Hamor (Gen. I
?3: 19), and given to Joseph. Gen. 48: 22;
rosb. 24: 32. I
6. "Jacob's well." The well Jacob dug.
the word for welt in the Greek means I
fountain. At the beginning of the last
jentury it w&9 105 feet deep, bat at pres*
Hit It is only seventy-flve feet deep. It Is I
i?ven and one-half feet in diameter and Is
aralled with masonry. "Jesus., .being S
weary." He was a man, as well as God, 1
md became weary and bangry. He jourleyed
on foot, sharing with HLs disciples
he fatigues and hardships of the way.
'The sixth hour." Nbon. There is a dlference
of opinion here; several good auhorltles
think it was six o'clock in the fc
ivenlng. v
7. "Woman of Samaria." This woman v
ived In the country. "Give Me to drink." a
n this latitude the weather is sometimes c
ixceedingly hot at noon even in Docember, a
vhen it is cold at night. Jesus asks a favor r
md thus opens the way to grant one. t
8. "TO Duy meat. roou. juuu, u ? c
bought, had remained with Jesus. c
9. "Being a Jew." His dress and dialect v
lisclosed His nationality. "No dealings a
vlth tbe Samaritans." The Samaritans r.
70ro tbe descendants of the Ethiopian and v
iabylonlsb colonists upon whom the As- q
yrlnn conqueror of the ton tribes bestowed e
he lands of the captive Israelites. Seo 2 t
Cings 17: 24-33. Between these people and <j
be Jews a deadly batred existed. t
10. "The gift of God." John 3: 1C. Tho t
lessiah, and the salvation He is bringing to i
nan. "Thou wouldst buve asked of j]
3iin." Spiritually, our positions are re- (
rersed, It is thou who urt wearv, anil n
ootsore, and parched, close to tbo well, t
ret unable to drink; ft Is I who can give q
hee the water from the well, and quench v
:hy thirst forevei. "Living water." The 3
jlft of tbe Holy Spirit. JoUn 7: 37-39. Also i|
ailed "the water of life." Rev. 21: 6; 22; v
, 17. "Clean water." Ezek, 36, 2G, 27. See n
ilso Isa. 55: 1; 53: 11. . a
11. i"Notuing to draw ^Itb." The tfWls u
iad, oftentimes. no Implements for draw* v
ng water.' , v
12. "Our father Jacob." They wero
tot the descendants of Jacob, although
ome of the ancient blood might have been *
n their veins.
13. "Shall thirst again." Jo3U9 does ||
lot disouss tbe question of greatness, but i<
urns her thought towards spiritual trutb, e
is He did Nlcodemus. t.
14. "Shall never thirst." He does not n
nean that ono draught shall satisfy us, b
>ut that we will always bave In tbo soul a 0
_-.i <?UI,n1l hn in Him" I.
Veil Ul 1IY1U? TTniui wuiit. MW M.w. ?
Phe religion of Jesus has to do with the f
nuer life. Christ puts new principles and n
iffectiona within us. "A well of water." c
L fountain of water. The supply Is ex- ?
mustless. Here is an unfailing fulness of t
ove, joy, peace and spiritual strength?a c
ull salvation. "Springing up." Whoever has s
his living water in the soul already has t
ttornal life. The water of life is, 1. Given 0
>y Jesus. 2. It Is pure. 3. It satisfies the h
oul. 4. There is a never failing supply, t
i. It Is froe. 6. It Is for nil who thirst. n
15. "Give me this water." She did not j|
inderstand His meaning fully, but she was t
inxious to receive any good He might be [
ibla to impart. v
16. "Go, call thy husband.'* These y
words were spoken, 1. Tomaketho woman n
consider her owu state. 2. To show her
:bat He knew her hoart and secret life. ^
Before she can receive living water she
must be convinced of ber depravity.
18. "Five husbands." The Ave had eithir
divorced her for immorality, or were
lead; to the sixth she was not married. J
it this time divorces were very common, "
:nd a man put away his wife for any c
!aulf. '
19. "Thou,art a prophet." She speaks *
acnaoffnllv nnd rueotrniZQS Him S3 OnO ^
svitli a divine mlssloD.
20. "Oar fathers worshiped." Abraham
iDd Jacob. Tbe Samaritans pretended to
3e descendants of tbosc patriarchs. This
woman here Introduced tbe question that
r-bs causing the* dispute between tbo Jews
and Samaritans. If He wero u prophet He
jould tell ber whether Mount Gerlzlm or
Jerusalem were the proper place for publio
worship. To tbe Samaritans, Gerlzlm
was the most sacred spot on earth. It bad
been, as they believed, the seat oX Paradise.
21. "The hour cometh." The hour hasJ
:ome in which spiritual worship is a^out
to te established, and "tho Jewish rites
tud ceremonies abolished."
22. 'Ye kuow not what." You are 1
Rnorant not only of tbe place, but also of
Llio object and nature of true worship,
rhe Samaritans believed in God, but they
rejected tbe prophetical writings and all ^
otuer books of Soripture oxcept the five
books of Moses. Their worship was it (l
rnix-d worship. They feared the Lord, and
served their own pods. "We know what v
wo worship." We, Jews, ackncvUdge ,
Sod and Hira only, and offer to Hit., the t
3'icriflcos prescribed In the law. "02 the .
Jews." The Messlith is of the Jew?. liven
the Samaritans believed this.
23. "True worshipers." Ia opposition ,
to false worshipers whose worship consists .
in external acts. "In spirit." In heart,
with sincere love and devotion. "In truth." ,
In sincerity, and in obedience to tbe r
truth. "Stieketh such." Desltes such
worshipers.
24. "God is a Spirit.-' God is nn in- ,,
finite Spirit, filling the heavens and the tJ
earth. He peivades, governs and upholds
all things.
25. "All things." Necessary for us to
know. '
26. "I. ..am lie." This was the first
direct disclosure of Himself as the Mes- ?
siah. (I
Teachings.?As wnter quenchcs the s
thirst, refrwhes and invigorates the bo.ly, ,4
purifies things defiled, and renders the f
earth fruitful, so the Holy Spirit 8"tis!lw ^
uud pud Bo's the soul. h
v
MACHINE DISPLACES LABORERS. J
Dock ShoTelera Must Make llootn For an 9
Automatic Utilomder.
The announcement made at Ashtabula, >
Dliio, that orders have boen placed 'or two c<
more automatic iron ore un loaders to be i
built at once for use on theOarnegie docks ?
at Conneaut carries with it great irapor- ?,
lance. For months tests have beon in pro- *<
Rro3S on the first anil only autoraatio ore
unloader in the world. At first it was believed
by many to bo a failure, but/In Its
improvod form it Is meeting every antici- !
patlon. tl
As gigantic expense is involved in their *
construction, the placing of two additional 3
orders is taken to mean that it l\as been &
perfected and will soon be adopted at every
or?-iecelvlug port on the Great Lakes.
This will directly affect thousands of ore
shovelers.
great scoop, which Is a part of the I
raaMtve four-hundred ton machine, dtps I
up t?a-tons of ore nt n time. One machine
W^gjten hours^u dt^r can dUplRce^
Tallepc Man In tlie World,
rrofesaor Virchow, of Berlin, will exhibit
;o his class In pathology a Kansau, L?wis
tVllklnn, rujiuiuil to bo 'the tallest man in i
,!ie world, puimiug out the re.nar!;able
ivuomalttiea of his skull. ,
ea n
ah!
corn ^HmEH
Not or pleasure
rtow are we living fo^.the long toaN^^H0^HH|
What are we .sowing of eternal friiHHHHB
3h, idler, trifler. plensure-seeker, stay
What of that endless life beyond tgfday!
rVh.it of tho worlc begun for heaven's coneluding.
The pattern we shall tlni?h over there?
iV'hat of the loves and friendships, hopes
and longings,
That earth bequeaths to heaven^ diviner
air?
rhe potter's band may crumble with hi*
clay;
IVhat he designed survives, beyond today.
Ml life's best music swells tho angel chores*
Wh bear our songs to heaven,like the lark.
S'o living lire is quenched that bums within
us;
Some Jlame eternal kindles from its spark.
Sarth's noblest, sweetest, will not pasa
away;
:t shall be ours once more, beyomi.. today! .
:.aca nour a sentence,ana eaca-yfftr a enactor
v.-*
Such is the book oflifo,ia sequence clenr.
?arth fills a voltunejfceflfren?ohl how many!
But h1 I oao story, written there or here.
Itrive then, 0 friend,thb best in tbee to say,
Por that divine review, beyond today!
?James Buckhcm, lu Zion's Herald.
What th? Atonement Mean*.
The atonement must ba spliitual. It must'
le a transaction in the realm of spirits,
ybicb. however it may be manifested in ?
islble act or suffering, is essentially M
.notber sphere. Where' wo lay the strese
in a certain empirical event, a crucifixion,
. shedding of blood, a quid pro quo, we arc
egarding it still in the light of
he blood of bulls and ram9, tbosa
arnal ordinances which can never talcs
iway sins. But when wo follow the
rork of psalmists and prophet*; id getting
,t the spiritual principle whtoh-.underlays the
aaterial sacrifices, we are -Obliged, with the
writer to the Hebrews, to treat the sacrifice
if Christ in the same way. Through the
iternal spirit He offered Himself. The cross,
he spear, the nails, the crown of thorns are
letails, accidents of the situation. There can ^
ie no qualitative relation between such
hings nnd the forgiveness of sins. But that
nward and spiritual transaction, tbatvasl
Irarna tbat was enacted in the spirit of x
Jhrist, of which we gain sufficient though
aomentary glimpses in His utterances on
he cross may easily be a deed of sucli
uality aud moment that it touches the
?hole body of human sin, which also ia
piritual, and potentially at any rate bears
t away. Evidently a spiritual transaction,
rhljjkisnot in space or time, is inconasellrorate
with things which are in space
nd time. A spiritual transaction, which in
iot of the sizo or weight of a hair, a mere
,-orti or thought, may overbalance, outrelgh,
the whole n?citerial universe.
Blotted PajM Cannot i;? Cleaned.
The cycle or each year is liko an opeq
Ink, which is closed at the end, on the ever?
angthening chain of life. If there Is anj
vent in man's history which will bring hire
aut up against oternity, it is the last daf o?
i year that is (lying. Tho effect of it should
e unmistakable. There should be sorrow
ver a past with which none should be eatiflcd,
and noble aspirations for an opening
uture. The past, at best, Is only a blotted
cine, which wo cannot obliterate, but God
an help us to keep the future clean. Day*
re eloquent !n the vividness with which
hoy keep the iniquity of the past befor?
rod and ourselves. Like grimspectres thej
eem to stalk out from under the arches ol
ima, pointing to privileges abused, meant
f ?raco neglected, and the Gospel unieeded.
. . . Life at best is evanescent; end-,
tie question presses: Aro wo writing om
nines on sands to bo washed out by th?
ncoming tide, or on the tablots of immoral
souls in God's book of remJMnbrancer
f wo deduct all the day3 which' we might
rish had be^n unlived, and reckon onl> ?
lioso which God Las accepted, life would
ot b* more than a span. Time must b?
rh? i i,y the work allotted to
yt? riaa.
A I.lvin; Ctiriat.
If tho city of oar heart i3 holf wit.i tii?
>resence of a living: Christ, then the deui
lead will como to us. and wo shall know
hey are not dead but living, arid bloss Him
rhe f\i3 been their Redeemer, and rejoice in
he work that they are doing for Him in Hij
>erfect world, and press on joyously toward
>ur own reicniptiop. not fearing even the
jrav?, since by its siae stands Hp* whom w?
caow and lovo. who has tho kex'& cflf death ^
md hell. A living Christ, dear frlofide; th?
>ld, ever-new, cvor-blossfd truth/He.livetUi
io was dead: Ho is alive for evermore. Olv
hat everything dead and formal mlxht gc
>ut of our creed, out of our life, out of oui
leart today! Ho is alivo. Doyoubelieva
t? What aro you dreary for, 0 mourner?
iVhat aro you hesitating for, 0 worker?
iVhat are you fearing death for, 0 man? Oh,
f we could only lift up our heads and liv?
pith Him; live new lives, high lives, lives
if hope and lovo and holiness, to which
leath should ho noth ng but the breaking
iway of the last cloud, and tho letting of
ifu out to its completion! Phillips Brooks
Thought* of Mr. Moody.
Alter thi-, it was noised about, that Mrraiiant-for-Truth
was taken with a sumQons.
When he understood it he called fot
lis friends, and told thorn of it. Then snl<1
ic, "I am jxoiutf to my Father's; and though
rith great difficulty I have got hither.yei.no*!
! do not repent me of all the troutds I have
ieen at to arrive where lam.- My sword
give to him that shall suecve 1 mo in rry
lilgrimage, ami my Courage and Skill to .
lim that can get it. My marks and ecar.?
carry with me. to bo a witness for me. thai
have fouuht His battle, who will now b?
ny re warder." When the day that he must
? i. ...... mnnt' iu>n.tirin:tnied him
I" nrzUK" ?? - J ,
o ttu- rivor .side. iuio which as ho went, he
aid."Death,whero U thy stint:?" And us ho
reut down lie^per.he slid, "Giave. where is
hy viotor\V" So he passed over, and all the
rum puis .sounded for him ou tho other s>id?.
-Tho Pilgrim's Progress.
A I'rayer for IInipAll
our years ar;? thine. 0 Lord, and daily
re rcmemberthe loving-kindness which has
lied our lives with good. Pardon our mispent
time,our failures and transgressions-,
nd teach us how to rightly estimate and
ullj use the opportunities piesontrd to us.
teveal thyself in tho communion of ft?
ours of "prayer Show us thy will in the
/ord written and by the teaching of
by Spirit. Hive us obedient hearts aud
uick-discerning ? y<s. Let failli hn pure,
nd love abound, und z?al and knowledge
rork together in thy cause. Provide for
very need and rid our hearts of serious
are. Work in us and through us according
i tbv need for Urn salvation of (lie worm
nil may it bo otir joy to do thy will. So
rown tho clays of this and all our years on
urtli with love. An<l to our risen and aatrLded
Lord be praiso. Amen.
It is not a mer<* memorial service. It
:ands not merely poluting,ba k to tl?? past,
c stands as a symbol^-! a witness of tho
ivinest truth of JKlstlfuity?a Iivine
hrist in tlxe hearts<s#5Tvin? men.?Lyman
.bbott.
f^ldtaaaMTMih Ituineri.
Genoral'Otis.ift ^report to the War DoJartment
at Washington, says that u year
n the tropics \7itK army rations hss practically
ruined the teetn of fifty per cent, of
[he men In the army, nud t <ut the teeth oi
|b? rest^rbqjir evidence* of decay. The
Stir Department will ask Congress tc
take provision for ttie addition 01 dentists
Rate of Po?tsm^u Philippines.
The postage ou letters, one ounce or
less, addressed to the Ladrone or Philippine
Islands, under the postal regulation,
has been reduc?d to two cents. Ttie foreiga
rate of five cents Is still tn torce to Cab*
?nd the Hawaiian Islauds.